Housing is within reach: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 3.1 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Its lowest grade is for walkability — 43% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 5% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Its other grades sit near the middle: B for health and B− for jobs & income. Homes change hands at a median €1,096/m².
Figures: prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting and employment, INSEE census 2023 · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025). Palinges 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 Palinges 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
Work & commuteJobs & income B−
Palinges has lower unemployment than Saône-et-Loire’s towns or compared French towns: 4.7%
At the census, 4.9% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train. Jobs based in Palinges number 200, against 600 residents in work (0.4 per worker). Also worth knowing: the median disposable income was €24,580 a year per consumption unit, near Saône-et-Loire’s towns (€24,330) and lower than compared French towns (€25,970).
5%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving86%
On foot2%
Bicycle2%
Motorbike or scooter2%
Public transport1%
200
jobs based in Palinges, 0.4 per working resident
4.7%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€24,580
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
7%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
C−
Walkability: better than 17% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Who lives here
Degrees are less common in Palinges than in Saône-et-Loire’s towns or across compared French towns: 18% of adults
People 65 and over make up 28% of the town, between Saône-et-Loire’s towns (30%) and compared French towns (22%). Nearly one in ten residents are aged 15 to 24. The median resident of Palinges is 50 years old.
50median age
PalingesSaône-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 diploma24%
CAP or BEP37%
Baccalauréat16%
Higher education18%
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% 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
Palinges keeps more of its old housing than Saône-et-Loire’s towns or compared French towns: 24% built before 1919
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
The earliest of these monuments dates from the 12th century. Among the classé monuments in Palinges is Château de Digoine. On the Culture ministry’s list, Palinges counts 2 historic monuments: 1 classé at the top level of protection and 1 inscrit at the second.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
HealthHealth B
Palinges’ death rate, adjusted for age and care homes, is lower than in 56% of compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
From 2016 to 2025, 151 residents of Palinges died, against 176 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 14% fewer. The nearest emergency department to Palinges is Ch du Pays Charolais Brionnais, 7.9 mi away. Life expectancy in Saône-et-Loire: 85.5 years for women and 78.9 for men (2025); France averages 85.9 and 80.3. There are 3 general practitioners locally.
−14%deaths against expected, after care homesBHealth Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw86
Adjusted86
Median town88
Expected100
3
GPs in Palinges · 3.4 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
7.9 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Ch du Pays Charolais Brionnais
7.9 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Ch du Pays Charolais Brionnais
85.5 · 78.9
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Saône-et-Loire, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Palinges has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average
The yearly rates for 2023–2025: 2.8 violent offenses and 3.3 graded property crimes per 1,000 residents. More of the graded crimes in Palinges were other physical violence than anything else (2025).
2.8recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year
Recorded by type · 2025
Other physical violence0
Armed robbery0
Theft from vehicles0
Fraud7
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.
2.8
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
3.3
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 · Small counts of family violence, sexual violence, burglary, vehicle theft and criminal damage go unpublished (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the département’s average stands in, 100.0% of the index here.
Nearby attractions
Château de Digoine and 2 more in and around Palinges
Other places to visit, museums and heritage in and near Palinges. Best known first.
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Palinges
Is Palinges safe?
Palinges has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average.
Are schools in Palinges good?
They grade A+, better than 97% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Palinges expensive to live in?
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Palinges grades A+ for cost of living.
About Palinges
Commune in Saône-et-Loire, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Palinges is a commune of 1,405 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
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.
