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Over-65s are 28% of the population. It is a town of 1,161 residents in Saône-et-Loire, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté.
School results are strong (A+): brevet results 11 points above the expected rate. Housing is within reach (A+): A year’s estimated rent on a 70 m² apartment is 25% of the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Its remaining grades are unremarkable: C+ for jobs & income and B for walkability. 16% of its homes are second homes.
Figures: brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025. Matour 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 2 things Matour does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Matour 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.
Matour has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
The Culture ministry lists no building in Matour as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Domaine de Rambuteau, in Ozolles, 6.1 mi away.
26% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Matour.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
No general lycée lies within 5 km; the nearest is 11.8 mi away.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Saint-CyrNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 63 | 100%+11 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
From July 2023 to June 2026, 26 homes were sold in Matour. The sales split: 96% houses, the rest apartments.
Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
The nearest emergency department to Matour is Ch les Chanaux Macon, 15.9 mi away. France’s death rates at each age would predict 140 deaths in the town from 2016 to 2025; there were 110, 21% fewer. Average lifespans in Saône-et-Loire: 85.5 years for women, 78.9 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 nationally.
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 · The adjustment for care homes is TownRatings’ own modeling, not an official figure.
People aged 15 to 24 are nearly a tenth of the population. 28% of residents are 65 or over, near Saône-et-Loire’s towns (30%) and higher than compared French towns (22%). Degrees are held by 23% of adults.
53% women, 47% men
About 90 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Saône-et-Loire 52.3%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
| Matour | Saône-et-Loire median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 18% | 15% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 9.2% | 9.5% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 20% | 19% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 25% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 28% | 30% | 22% |
| No diploma | 24% | 25% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 30% | 31% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 18% | 17% | 18% |
| Higher education | 23% | 22% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Saône-et-Loire median and France median: the median of compared communes
The median disposable income is €23,390 a year per consumption unit. For its 450 residents in work, Matour has 400 jobs: 0.9 each. At the census, just over one in ten commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Museums, gardens and heritage in and near Matour. Best known first.
Nothing in Matour is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
One notable person was born in Matour.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Matour | 1,161 | — | — | A+ | — | A |
| Chauffailles | 3,638 | 10 | A | A | C+ | B+ |
| Cluny | 4,942 | 12 | A | B− | A− | B− |
| Charolles | 2,772 | 13 | A+ | A | A | B− |
| La Chapelle-de-Guinchay | 4,018 | 15 | A | B− | A | B− |
| Crêches-sur-Saône | 3,198 | 15 | A− | B− | C− | A− |
| Charnay-lès-Mâcon | 8,227 | 15 | B | C | A− | B |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Matour has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 3.8 recorded violent incidents and 4.5 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
They grade A+, better than 100% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Commune in Saône-et-Loire, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Matour is a commune of 1,161 people in the Communauté de communes Saint Cyr Mère Boitier entre Charolais et Mâconnais. 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) · 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.