Taken together, its subjects give Paray-le-Monial an A+ overall, better than 97% of compared French towns. In the ranking it comes #5 of 29 in Saône-et-Loire. School results are strong: bac results 2.8 points above the expected rate; brevet results at the expected rate. Add cost of living to its strengths: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 4.2 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Jobs and pay trail most towns (C): 1.9 jobs per working resident; 13.9% unemployment.
Figures: brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · employment, 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.
Each subject compares Paray-le-Monial 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.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Paray-le-Monial.
Schools
93.6% of candidates passed the brevet at the two collèges within 5 km, at the expected rate
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Near Paray-le-Monial, 96.8% of lycée candidates passed the bac, higher than both Saône-et-Loire’s towns (94.3%) and compared French towns (92.9%). For exam results, it comes #6 of 31 in Saône-et-Loire. At the general lycée, 100% of 129 candidates passed the bac, a point above the expected rate.
100%passed the bac (general and technological)ASchool Grade
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Who lives here
An older town: 36% of people in Paray-le-Monial are 65 or over, more than in Saône-et-Loire’s towns and across compared French towns
Under-15s account for 13% of the population. 22% of adults hold a degree, about level with Saône-et-Loire’s towns (22%) and below compared French towns (30%). The share aged 15 to 24 is 9.7%.
54.2median age
Paray-le-MonialSaône-et-Loire medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
36%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma30%
CAP or BEP28%
Baccalauréat14%
Higher education22%
Women and men · all residents
55% women, 45% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 81 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Saône-et-Loire 52.3%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
INSEE, census 2023 · Saône-et-Loire median and France median: the median of compared communes
HousingCost of living A−
The middle sale price in Paray-le-Monial: €1,462/m²
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
A house in Paray-le-Monial goes for €1,561/m², an apartment for €1,330/m². Advertised rents are estimated at €9.36/m² a month, near Saône-et-Loire’s towns (€9.77/m²) and lower than compared French towns (€12.41/m²). Houses are advertised at an estimated €8.72/m² a month.
€1,462/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Paray-le-Monial€1,462/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Saône-et-Loire median€1,438/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€1,561/m²
215
Apartments
€1,330/m²
162
€9.36/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€6.87 to €12.76/m² a month)
4.2
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€8.72/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€24,510
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté de communes Le Grand Charolais
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Safety
Recorded crime per resident is lower in Paray-le-Monial than in 83% of compared French towns
More of the graded crimes in Paray-le-Monial were criminal damage than anything else (2025). This Saône-et-Loire town has 5,650 jobs for 3,000 working residents, so people come in from nearby communes to work. In all, 180 offenses reached the police record locally in 2025. Each year (2023–2025 average), violence against people came to 7.5 per 1,000 residents and the graded property crimes to 7.4.
7.5recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a yearA−Safety Grade
Recorded by type · 2025
Criminal damage55
Family violence44
Sexual violence25
Other physical violence20
Theft from vehicles15
Burglary12
Vehicle theft9
Drug use83
Fraud58
Theft without violence48
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.
7.5
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
7.4
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
180
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
1.9%
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 armed robbery, this figure isn’t published when it’s small (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the index uses the département’s average instead, 1.9% of the index here. Crimes are counted in the commune where they happen, then divided by its residents, so a town that draws people in from around can look higher. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
History
7 historic monuments, 4 classé
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
The protected list starts in the 16th century. Among the classé monuments in Paray-le-Monial is Ancien prieuré Notre-Dame. Scaled to its population, that is 7.5 protected monuments for every 10,000 people locally. Homes from before 1919 make up just over a tenth of the total, higher than both Saône-et-Loire’s towns (10%) and compared French towns (7.4%).
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Work & commuteJobs & income C
Paray-le-Monial has higher unemployment than Saône-et-Loire’s towns or compared French towns: 13.9%
Households’ median disposable income: €23,950 a year per consumption unit. At the census, 5.1% of working residents in Paray-le-Monial didn’t travel to work at all. 16.2% of commuters left the car at home at the census, walking, cycling or taking public transport.
16%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving78%
On foot11%
Bicycle4%
Public transport2%
Motorbike or scooter1%
5,650
jobs based in Paray-le-Monial, 1.9 per working resident
13.9%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€23,950
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
5%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
A−
Walkability: better than 78% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
HealthHealth B
Adjusted for age and care homes, Paray-le-Monial sees fewer deaths than 61% of compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Its six care homes for older people (421 places) count their residents as Paray-le-Monial’s; allowing for them, deaths were 16% below expected. France’s death rates at each age would predict 1,677 deaths in the town from 2016 to 2025; there were 1,730, 3% more. Life expectancy in Saône-et-Loire: 85.5 years for women and 78.9 for men (2025); France averages 85.9 and 80.3. For a family doctor, residents of Paray-le-Monial can choose among 7 GPs.
−16%deaths against expected, after care homesBHealth Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw103
Adjusted84
Median town88
Expected100
7
GPs in Paray-le-Monial · 2.8 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
0.9 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Ch du Pays Charolais Brionnais
0.9 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
Jacqueline Maillan: Studio Harcourt, Public domain · Léon-Benoit-Charles Thomas: William-Adolphe Bouguereau, Public domain · Jean-Pierre Boyer: Illustration tirée du livre « Le costume et les usages ecclésiastiques selon la tradition romaine » de Xavier Barbier de Montault, Public domain · Alexandre Lapandry: Zegreg63, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Richard Trivino: TaraO, CC BY 3.0 · Joseph-Daniel Guigniaut: Herminie Mutel, CC BY-SA 4.0
Paray-le-Monial’s neighbors
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Paray-le-Monial
Is Paray-le-Monial safe?
It grades A− for safety, #8 of 29 in Saône-et-Loire. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 12 burglaries and 55 acts of criminal damage.
Are schools in Paray-le-Monial good?
They grade A, better than 88% of compared French towns and #6 of 31 in Saône-et-Loire. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Paray-le-Monial expensive to live in?
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Paray-le-Monial grades A− for cost of living.
About Paray-le-Monial
Commune in Saône-et-Loire, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Paray-le-Monial is a commune of 9,291 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.
