Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
With 173 residents, it is a town in Saône-et-Loire, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté.
Mont is too small to grade: French towns get subject grades from 1,000 residents. Second homes make up 15% of its housing.
The one thing Mont does most differently from other towns.
The Culture ministry lists no building in Mont as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Maison dite Maison Sévigné, in Bourbon-Lancy, 2.7 mi away.
27% 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 Mont.
A quarter of residents are 65 or over, below Saône-et-Loire’s towns (30%) but above compared French towns (22%). Under-15s account for 17% of the population. Half the people of Mont are older than 48.
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Saône-et-Loire 52.3%, France 51.8%.
| Mont | Saône-et-Loire median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 17% | 15% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 11% | 9.5% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 18% | 19% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 29% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 25% | 30% | 22% |
| No diploma | 15% | 25% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 46% | 31% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 15% | 17% | 18% |
| Higher education | 24% | 22% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Saône-et-Loire median and France median: the median of compared communes
2.5% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train at the census, below Saône-et-Loire’s towns (13.8%) and compared French towns (13.4%) alike. Median disposable income comes to €25,760 a year per consumption unit.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
General-bac pupils go 13.4 mi to the nearest lycée. The town’s pupils have a collège 2.7 mi away.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Ferdinand SarrienNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 62 | 97%+9 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.
The market in Mont: 6 sales of houses and apartments between July 2023 and June 2026. Renting a house costs an estimated €7.88/m² a month.
Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Heritage, museums and family days out in and near Mont. Best known first.
MuseumÉglise Saint-Nazaire de Bourbon-Lancy4.5 km west, in Bourbon-LancyFortFortRemparts de Bourbon-Lancy4.4 km west, in Bourbon-LancyFortFortTour du beffroi4.4 km west, in Bourbon-LancyMuseumMuseumMusée Saint-Nazaire4.6 km west, in Bourbon-LancyChâteauChâteauChâteau Puzenat4.5 km west, in Bourbon-LancyWater parkWater parkCeltÔ4.7 km west, in Bourbon-LancyPhotos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
Nothing in Mont is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Mont yet.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mont | 173 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Bourbon-Lancy | 4,674 | 3.1 | A+ | A+ | A | B |
| Dompierre-sur-Besbre Allier | 2,959 | 10 | A− | A+ | A+ | B− |
| Gueugnon | 6,528 | 11 | A+ | A+ | B | B+ |
| Digoin | 7,353 | 13 | B+ | A+ | C | B− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Commune in Saône-et-Loire, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Mont is a commune of 173 people in the Communauté de communes Entre Arroux, Loire et Somme. 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.