Pupils here do better than most: brevet results 4 points above the expected rate. It is strong on health as well — after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 33% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. A 70 m² home at the median €1,925/m² costs 5.3 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the Communauté d'agglomération Le Grand Chalon. Getting around depends on the car: just over a third of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 7% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work.
Figures: brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting, INSEE census 2023 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi. Mellecey 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.
Each subject compares Mellecey 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.
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
HealthHealth A
Deaths in Mellecey run below what its ages would predict: 67 per 100 expected, fewer than in both Saône-et-Loire’s towns and compared French towns
−33%deaths against expected, after care homesAHealth Grade
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Average lifespans in Saône-et-Loire: 85.5 years for women, 78.9 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 nationally. From 2016 to 2025, 204 residents of Mellecey died, against 206 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 1% fewer. There are 4 general practitioners in the town.
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw99
Adjusted67
Median town88
Expected100
4
GPs in Mellecey · 3.2 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
5.3 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Ch William Morey Chalon Sur Saone
5.3 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Ch William Morey Chalon Sur Saone
85.5 · 78.9
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Saône-et-Loire, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Incomes in Mellecey run higher than in both Saône-et-Loire’s towns and compared French towns: a median €31,850 a year per consumption unit
7%walk, cycle or take transit
Unemployment runs at 3.5%. At the census, 6.9% went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport, below Saône-et-Loire’s towns (13.8%) and compared French towns (13.4%) alike. Mellecey has 250 jobs for 600 working residents, 0.4 per worker.
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving90%
Public transport4%
Bicycle2%
On foot1%
Motorbike or scooter1%
250
jobs based in Mellecey, 0.4 per working resident
3.5%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€31,850
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
2%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
C−
Walkability: better than 23% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
HousingCost of living B+
The median home in Mellecey sells for €1,925/m², against €1,438/m² in Saône-et-Loire’s towns and €2,430/m² in compared French towns
€1,925/m²median sale price
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The estimated advertised rent is €9.77/m² a month, about level with Saône-et-Loire’s towns (€9.77/m²) and below compared French towns (€12.41/m²). Estimated advertised rent for houses: €8.65/m² a month. Also worth knowing: between July 2023 and June 2026, buyers took 30 homes in Mellecey.
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Mellecey€1,925/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Saône-et-Loire median€1,438/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€1,925/m²
30
€9.77/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€7.95 to €12.01/m² a month)
5.3
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€8.65/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€25,440
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté d'agglomération Le Grand Chalon
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Who lives here
Degrees are more common in Mellecey than in Saône-et-Loire’s towns or across compared French towns: 40% of adults
51.1median age
Under 15: 17% of residents. People aged 15 to 24 make up 6.5% of the town, below Saône-et-Loire’s towns (9.5%) and compared French towns (11%) alike. The 65-and-over age group makes up 28% of residents.
MelleceySaône-et-Loire medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
28%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma14%
CAP or BEP25%
Baccalauréat19%
Higher education40%
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About an even split. Median share of women: Saône-et-Loire 52.3%, France 51.8%.
INSEE, census 2023 · Saône-et-Loire median and France median: the median of compared communes
History
Old homes shape Mellecey: 20% were built before 1919, more than in both Saône-et-Loire’s towns and compared French towns
4historic monuments
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Among the classé monuments in Mellecey is Château de Germolles. The earliest of these monuments dates from the 12th century. The Culture ministry lists 4 historic monuments in the town: 1 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 3 inscrit (the second level).
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Safety
Mellecey has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average
1.4recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year
Violence against people averaged 1.4 per 1,000 residents a year over 2023–2025; graded property crimes averaged 3.9. The graded crime recorded most in Mellecey was other physical violence (2025).
Recorded by type · 2025
Other physical violence0
Sexual violence0
Armed robbery0
Drug use0
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.
1.4
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
3.9
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
0
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
100.0%
of the index rests on the département’s average, used where small counts aren’t published
Source: SSMSI (Interior Ministry), recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 · Licence Ouverte · For family violence, burglary, vehicle theft, theft from vehicles and criminal damage, 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, 100.0% of the index here.
Commune in Saône-et-Loire, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Mellecey is a commune of 1,348 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
Population
1,348 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté d'agglomération Le Grand Chalon
Département
Saône-et-Loire (71)
Région
Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Area
5.5 sq mi (14.2 km²)
INSEE code
71292
Mellecey’s neighbors
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →
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.
