Police record less crime here than in most towns: an average of 4 recorded violent incidents and 9.7 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Housing is within reach: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 4.3 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Schools lag: brevet results 7 points below the expected rate. Health outcomes fall short of most towns: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 7% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns.
Figures: recorded crime, SSMSI (Ministry of the Interior) · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025). Pierre-de-Bresse 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 Pierre-de-Bresse 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.
Château, actuellement écomusée de la Bresse bourguignonne: Photo: PRA · CC BY 2.5 · Château de Terrans: Photo: H.P.Frei · CC BY-SA 3.0
The data
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Pierre-de-Bresse.
Who lives here
Pierre-de-Bresse skews older, with 37% of residents 65 or over, more than in both Saône-et-Loire’s towns and compared French towns
56.4median age
Degrees are held by 15% of adults. The 15-to-24 age group: 7.8%, lower than both Saône-et-Loire’s towns (9.5%) and compared French towns (11%). Under-15s account for 13% of the population.
Pierre-de-BresseSaône-et-Loire medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
37%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma26%
CAP or BEP35%
Baccalauréat17%
Higher education15%
Women and men · all residents
54% women, 46% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 87 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.
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Safety
Recorded crime per resident is lower in Pierre-de-Bresse than in 87% of compared French towns
4recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a yearASafety Grade
In 2025, criminal damage led the graded crimes in Pierre-de-Bresse. The town has 1,050 jobs for 700 working residents, so people come in from nearby communes to work. Police and gendarmerie figures for Pierre-de-Bresse show 19 offenses in 2025.
Recorded by type · 2025
Criminal damage14
Sexual violence5
Armed robbery0
Fraud13
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.
4
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
9.7
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
19
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
24.6%
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, other physical violence, burglary, vehicle theft and theft from vehicles go unpublished (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the département’s average stands in, 24.6% of the index here. Because that share is over 10%, this Safety Grade is less sure than most. 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.
HousingCost of living A−
The median sale price of homes in Pierre-de-Bresse is €1,453/m²
€1,453/m²median sale price
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Advertised rents are estimated at €9.52/m² a month, near Saône-et-Loire’s towns (€9.77/m²) and lower than compared French towns (€12.41/m²). The sales split: 91% houses, the rest apartments. The market in Pierre-de-Bresse: 90 sales of houses and apartments between July 2023 and June 2026.
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Pierre-de-Bresse€1,453/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Saône-et-Loire median€1,438/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€1,484/m²
82
€9.52/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€7.53 to €12.05/m² a month)
4.3
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€8.92/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€23,820
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté de communes Bresse Nord Intercom'
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
HealthHealth C+
Pierre-de-Bresse is 17.1 mi from the nearest emergency department
−7%deaths against expected, after care homesC+Health Grade
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
After the care-home adjustment, Pierre-de-Bresse’s deaths ran at 93 per 100 expected, above Saône-et-Loire’s towns (86) and compared French towns (88) alike. 3 GPs practise here. 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. France’s death rates at each age would predict 399 deaths here from 2016 to 2025; there were 473, 18% more.
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw118
Adjusted93
Median town88
Expected100
3
GPs in Pierre-de-Bresse · 2.7 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
17.1 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Ch Louis Pasteur Dole
17.5 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Ch Louis Pasteur Dole
85.5 · 78.9
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Saône-et-Loire, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Pierre-de-Bresse has 1.6 jobs for every resident in work
12%walk, cycle or take transit
Half of residents lived on more than €23,400 a year per consumption unit, close to Saône-et-Loire’s towns (€24,330) and below compared French towns (€25,970). At the census, 5.2% of working residents in Pierre-de-Bresse didn’t travel to work at all. Just over a tenth of people in the labour force have no job.
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving82%
On foot7%
Bicycle4%
Motorbike or scooter2%
Public transport1%
1,050
jobs based in Pierre-de-Bresse, 1.6 per working resident
10.9%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€23,400
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
5%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
B
Walkability: better than 64% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
History
Old homes shape Pierre-de-Bresse: 19% were built before 1919, more than in both Saône-et-Loire’s towns and compared French towns
3historic monuments
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
2 of the 3 are houses and mansions. Among the classé monuments in Pierre-de-Bresse is Château, actuellement écomusée de la Bresse bourguignonne. The earliest of these monuments dates from the 15th century. The Culture ministry lists 3 historic monuments here: 2 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 1 inscrit (the second level).
Commune in Saône-et-Loire, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Pierre-de-Bresse is a commune of 1,967 people in the Communauté de communes Bresse Nord Intercom'. 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
1,967 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes Bresse Nord Intercom'
Département
Saône-et-Loire (71)
Région
Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Area
10.9 sq mi (28.1 km²)
INSEE code
71351
Pierre-de-Bresse’s neighbors
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →
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.
