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Population 4,976: a town in Saône-et-Loire, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté.
Good value, with catches elsewhere. Pupils here do better than most: brevet results 4 points above the expected rate. What holds it back is health — after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 3% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. At the median price of €1,434/m², a 70 m² home costs 4.2 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the Communauté urbaine Le Creusot Montceau-les-Mines. All told, that adds up to a B+ overall, better than 73% of compared French towns. In the ranking it comes #20 of 29 in Saône-et-Loire. The rest of its grades are middling: B for safety and B for walkability.
Figures: brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · 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) · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting, INSEE census 2023.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas. The overall grade uses the other six subjects.
The 2 things Montchanin does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Montchanin 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.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
The Culture ministry lists no building in Montchanin as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Château de la Verrerie, in Le Creusot, 4.6 mi away.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Montchanin.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
The brevet pass rate near Montchanin is 87.0%, about level with compared French towns (87.5%) and below Saône-et-Loire’s towns (90.0%). Collège pupils travel 0.7 mi to the nearest one. There is no general lycée within 5 km; one lies 5 mi away.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Anne FrankNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 108 | 87%+4 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.
Advertised rents are estimated at €9.98/m² a month, about level with Saône-et-Loire’s towns (€9.77/m²) and below compared French towns (€12.41/m²). The median price, €1,434/m², comes from 122 sales of houses and apartments in Montchanin from July 2023 to June 2026. House rents are put at about €8.09/m² a month.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,434/m² | 110 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Montchanin has 5 family doctors. Ages and care homes taken into account, deaths in Montchanin come to 97 per 100 predicted. From 2016 to 2025, 844 residents of Montchanin died, against 676 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 25% more. Also worth knowing: women in Saône-et-Loire live to 85.5 on average and men to 78.9 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France.
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 care-home adjustment is a TownRatings modeling step, not an official statistic.
17% are under 15, higher than Saône-et-Loire’s towns (15%) and near compared French towns (17%). Those 65 and older account for 28% of residents. Residents of Montchanin have a median age of 46.7.
52% women, 48% men
About 92 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Saône-et-Loire 52.3%, France 51.8%.
| Montchanin | Saône-et-Loire median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 17% | 15% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 9.5% | 9.5% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 22% | 19% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 24% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 28% | 30% | 22% |
| No diploma | 25% | 25% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 32% | 31% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 18% | 17% | 18% |
| Higher education | 20% | 22% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Saône-et-Loire median and France median: the median of compared communes
On average over 2023–2025, every 1,000 residents saw 6.6 violent offenses and 12 graded property crimes a year. In 2025, 130 offenses were recorded in Montchanin. Police and gendarmerie recorded 130 offenses in the graded categories in the town in 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 · Small counts of vehicle theft go unpublished (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the département’s average stands in, 3.1% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
The median disposable income was €23,500 a year per consumption unit, close to Saône-et-Loire’s towns (€24,330) and below compared French towns (€25,970). Unemployment runs at 11.8%. 2,200 jobs are based in Montchanin, for 1,850 working residents (1.2 per worker).
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Nothing in Montchanin is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
One notable person was born in Montchanin.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Montchanin | 4,976 | — | B+ | B+ | B | C |
| Torcy | 2,678 | 2.8 | B+ | A− | B+ | A− |
| Le Breuil | 3,538 | 4 | A | B+ | A+ | A |
| Le Creusot | 20,509 | 4.1 | C+ | A | C | C |
| Blanzy | 5,955 | 5.1 | A | A | B+ | B+ |
| Montceau-les-Mines | 17,064 | 7.1 | B− | A | C− | B− |
| Saint-Vallier | 8,508 | 8.6 | B+ | A | A− | C− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades B for safety, #16 of 29 in Saône-et-Loire. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 25 burglaries and 34 acts of criminal damage.
They grade A−, better than 77% of compared French towns and #14 of 31 in Saône-et-Loire. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Homes cost less than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €1,434/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Montchanin grades B+ for cost of living.
Commune in Saône-et-Loire, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Montchanin is a commune of 4,976 people in the Communauté urbaine Le Creusot Montceau-les-Mines. 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.