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A town of 1,885 in Saône-et-Loire, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté.
Lux’s best grade is for walkability (B) — 97% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 8% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Homes sell for a median €1,811/m²: 70 m² comes to 5 years of the median income per consumption unit in the Communauté d'agglomération Le Grand Chalon. Health is its weak spot: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 7% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Elsewhere it is close to typical: B− for safety, B for schools and B− for jobs & income.
Figures: amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting and employment, INSEE census 2023 · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · recorded crime, SSMSI (Ministry of the Interior) · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education. Lux has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
The one thing Lux does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Lux with other French towns of 2,500 or more, ordered by how far its rank is from the middle. American and UK towns are graded separately.
Lux has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
Lux has 1 historic monument on the Culture ministry’s list, none at the highest level (classé).
The oldest protected part dates from the 17th century; the first monument here was protected in 2001.
Heritage, museums and other places to visit in and near Lux. Best known first.
MuseumMusée Nicéphore-Niépce3.1 km north, in Chalon-sur-Saône
MuseumMusée Denon3.1 km north, in Chalon-sur-SaôneAbbeyAbbeyAbbaye Saint-Marcel-lès-Chalon4 km northeast, in Saint-MarcelMuseumMuseumMaison de Nicéphore Niépce3 km south, in Saint-Loup-de-VarennesAbbeyAbbeyAbbaye Saint-Pierre de Chalon-sur-Saône3.1 km north, in Chalon-sur-SaônePhotos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Lux.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
From 2016 to 2025, 135 residents of Lux died, against 145 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 7% fewer. In Saône-et-Loire, life expectancy at birth reaches 85.5 years for women and 78.9 for men (2025), next to 85.9 and 80.3 for France. The nearest emergency department to Lux is Ch William Morey Chalon Sur Saone, 1.7 mi away.
Source: INSEE, deaths by commune of residence 2016–2025 and censuses; Eurostat, death rates by age (© European Union); INSEE, BPE 2025; DREES, APL 2024; INSEE, life expectancy by département 2025 · Licence Ouverte · Care-home places are adjusted for by TownRatings, using a model rather than an official statistic. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from D to B+.
Jobs located in Lux: 650, for 850 residents in work (0.7 each). The median disposable income is €25,490 a year per consumption unit. No commute at all: 3.6% of working residents locally at the census.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Its heritage reaches back to the 17th century. Homes built before 1919 account for 6.7% of the housing.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Vocational results within 5 km: 88% passed the bac pro, of 433 candidates at 5 lycées.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Louis PasteurNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 120 | 92%+6 pts |
| Lycée général Pontus de TyardNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 256 | 99%±0 pts |
| Lycée privé polyvalent Saint-Charles PrivateBest against expectations: 5 points above the expected rateVocational lycée | Vocational lycée | 111 | 97%+5 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Degrees are held by 30% of adults, higher than Saône-et-Loire’s towns (22%) and near compared French towns (30%). Retirement age and beyond: 22% of residents are 65 or older. Children under 15 count for 16% of the people here.
51% women, 49% men
About 95 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Saône-et-Loire 52.3%, France 51.8%.
| Lux | Saône-et-Loire median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 16% | 15% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 11% | 9.5% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 26% | 19% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 25% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 22% | 30% | 22% |
| No diploma | 16% | 25% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 30% | 31% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 18% | 17% | 18% |
| Higher education | 30% | 22% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Saône-et-Loire median and France median: the median of compared communes
Police and gendarmerie figures for Lux show 49 offenses in 2025. Each year (2023–2025 average), violence against people came to 10.6 per 1,000 residents and the graded property crimes to 10.9. Of the graded crimes locally, criminal damage came up most often (2025).
Not in the gradeTheft without violence, drug use and fraud are shown for information but left out of the Safety Grade, which counts violence plus burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and criminal damage per resident.
Source: SSMSI (Interior Ministry), recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 · Licence Ouverte · For sexual violence, burglary, vehicle theft and theft from vehicles, the count isn’t published when it’s small (five or fewer in a year of the last three), so the index uses the département’s average, 14.7% of the index here. With more than 10% of the index estimated that way, this Safety Grade is less sure than most. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Apartments in Lux sell for €1,784/m², houses for €1,891/m². The estimated advertised rent is €11.99/m² a month, higher than Saône-et-Loire’s towns (€9.77/m²) and near compared French towns (€12.41/m²). A house rents for an estimated €9.12/m² a month.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,891/m² | 49 |
| Apartments | €1,784/m² | 52 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Lux has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
Ferme de la Cour Basse: Photo: Jean Philippe CHRISTOL · CC BY-SA 4.0
One notable person was born in Lux.
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →
| Town | People | Miles | Overall | Cost | Safety | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lux | 1,885 | — | — | B− | B− | C+ |
| Saint-Rémy | 6,410 | 1.3 | A− | B− | B | B |
| Chalon-sur-Saône | 45,102 | 2.6 | B+ | B+ | C | B |
| Saint-Marcel | 6,211 | 2.7 | A | B− | B+ | A− |
| Châtenoy-le-Royal | 6,267 | 3.3 | A | B | A− | B− |
| Champforgeuil | 2,637 | 4.5 | — | A− | — | B− |
| Ouroux-sur-Saône | 3,214 | 5.3 | — | B+ | — | B+ |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
They grade B, better than 59% of compared French towns. 99% of 256 candidates passed the bac at Lycée général Pontus de Tyard in 2025, at the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Lux grades B− for cost of living.
Commune in Saône-et-Loire, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Lux is a commune of 1,885 people in the Communauté d'agglomération Le Grand Chalon. TownRatings compares communes, France’s local unit: each has its own mayor and its own statistics. Its area takes in the town and the countryside around it.
Built from INSEE’s 2026 official geography (COG) and IGN Admin Express boundaries
Sources: INSEE, census 2023 (population, employment, commuting) · INSEE, Filosofi 2023 (income per consumption unit, poverty) · DGFiP, DVF property sales, July 2023 to June 2026 · Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025 · SSMSI, recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 · Ministry of Education (DEPP), brevet and bac results and value-added indicators, 2025 · INSEE, deaths by commune of residence 2016–2025 and censuses 2012–2023; Eurostat, death rates by age (© European Union); INSEE, BPE 2025 (care homes, emergency and maternity units, GPs, pharmacies); DREES, APL 2024; INSEE, life expectancy by département 2025 (provisional) · INSEE, BPE 2025 and Filosofi 200 m grid (walking distances) · IGN Admin Express (boundaries) · TownRatings grades: our own summary of the data, ranking French towns against each other only, updated November 4, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
Contains public sector information under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab): INSEE, DGFiP, the Interior Ministry’s statistics service (SSMSI), the Ministry of Education (DEPP), the Health Ministry’s statistics service (DREES) and the Housing Ministry (Carte des loyers). Commune boundaries: IGN Admin Express.