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MornaySaône-et-Loire

In Saône-et-Loire, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, this town has 146 residents.

Is Mornay a good place to live?

Mornay is too small to grade: French towns get subject grades from 1,000 residents. Second homes make up 36% of its housing. It skews older: just over a third of residents are 65 or over.

What makes Mornay stand out

The 2 things Mornay does most differently from other towns.

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Mornay’s outline. No photo of the town is in our collection yet.
Mornay’s story

1 historic monument, the oldest from Antiquity

Mornay has 1 historic monument on the Culture ministry’s list: 1 classé, the highest protection, and 0 inscrit, the second level.

The oldest protected part dates from Antiquity; the first monument here was protected in 1943.

51% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.

  • 1943First protected: Vestiges gallo-romains
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The data

Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Mornay.

Who lives here

Few people in Mornay are 15 to 24: 4.6%, fewer than in Saône-et-Loire’s towns and across compared French towns

35% of residents are 65 or over. Degrees are held by 28% of adults, higher than Saône-et-Loire’s towns (22%) yet lower than compared French towns (30%). Mornay has a median age of 50.7 years.

50.7median age
MornaySaône-et-Loire medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma19%
CAP or BEP24%
Baccalauréat22%
Higher education28%

Women and men · all residents

51% women, 49% men

About an even split. Median share of women: Saône-et-Loire 52.3%, France 51.8%.

Ages and diplomas in Mornay
MornaySaône-et-Loire medianFrance median
Under 1515%15%17%
15–244.6%9.5%11%
25–4423%19%23%
45–6423%26%26%
65+35%30%22%
No diploma19%25%19%
CAP or BEP24%31%26%
Baccalauréat22%17%18%
Higher education28%22%30%

INSEE, census 2023 · Saône-et-Loire median and France median: the median of compared communes

History

Mornay keeps more of its old housing than Saône-et-Loire’s towns or compared French towns: 51% built before 1919

France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.

Among the classé monuments in Mornay is Vestiges gallo-romains. Its heritage reaches back to Antiquity.

1historic monument

Monuments by protection · Mérimée

Classé1
Inscrit0

Among them · Classé

Antiquity
oldest protected part
1943
first monument protected

Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period

Work & commute

Fewer people in Mornay are out of work than in Saône-et-Loire’s towns or across compared French towns: 5.0%

1.7% of commuters went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport at the census. Half of residents lived on more than €24,830 a year per consumption unit, about level with Saône-et-Loire’s towns (€24,330) and below compared French towns (€25,970).

2%walk, cycle or take transit

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving90%
On foot2%
Public transport0%
Bicycle0%
Motorbike or scooter0%
0
jobs based in Mornay, 0.3 per working resident
5.0%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€24,830
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
9%
worked without traveling (at or from home)

Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte

Housing

Renting in Mornay costs less than in Saône-et-Loire’s towns and across compared French towns, at an estimated advertised €9.10/m² a month

Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.

House rents are put at about €7.38/m² a month. From July 2023 to June 2026, 7 homes were sold in Mornay.

€9.10/m²estimated apartment rent a month

Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month

Mornay€9.10/m²
Median of towns€12.41/m²
Saône-et-Loire median€9.77/m²
€9.10/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€6.94 to €11.93/m² a month)
€7.38/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included

Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte

Nearby attractions

Chateau de Chaumont-Laguiche and 3 more in and around Mornay

Heritage and other places to visit in and near Mornay. Best known first.

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Everything we know about Mornay

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Landmarks

Mornay has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.

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Famous people from Mornay

Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Mornay yet.

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Mornay’s neighbors

The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →

All towns in Saône-et-Loire →
CharollesSaint-VallierSanvignes-les-MinesMontceau-les-MinesBlanzyParay-le-MonialCharollesSaint-VallierSanvignes-les-MinesMontceau-les-MinesBlanzyParay-le-MonialMornay
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
Mornay146—————
Charolles2,7727.1A+AAB−
Saint-Vallier8,50810B+AA−C−
Sanvignes-les-Mines4,23511AA+AC+
Montceau-les-Mines17,06412B−AC−B−
Blanzy5,95513AAB+B+
Paray-le-Monial9,29113A+A−A−B

People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.

About Mornay

Commune in Saône-et-Loire, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté

Mornay is a commune of 146 people in the Communauté de communes Le Grand Charolais. 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
146 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes Le Grand Charolais
Département
Saône-et-Loire (71)
Région
Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Area
7.8 sq mi (20.1 km²)
INSEE code
71323

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.