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946 people live in this town in Saône-et-Loire, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté.
Pouilloux has no grades yet: French towns are graded from 1,000 residents up.
The Culture ministry lists no building in Pouilloux as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Monument aux morts, in Montceau-les-Mines, 4.4 mi away.
18% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Pouilloux.
23% of residents are 65 or over, about level with compared French towns (22%) and below Saône-et-Loire’s towns (30%). Graduates make up 26% of adults. Pouilloux has a median age of 46.8 years.
49% women, 51% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Saône-et-Loire 52.3%, France 51.8%.
| Pouilloux | Saône-et-Loire median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 15% | 15% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 11% | 9.5% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 20% | 19% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 30% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 23% | 30% | 22% |
| No diploma | 17% | 25% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 34% | 31% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 18% | 17% | 18% |
| Higher education | 26% | 22% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Saône-et-Loire median and France median: the median of compared communes
For its 400 residents in work, Pouilloux has 50 jobs: 0.2 each. 8.7% of the labour force were unemployed, below both Saône-et-Loire’s towns (10.7%) and compared French towns (10.1%). No commute at all: 3.6% of working residents in the town at the census.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
For the general bac, the closest lycée is 4.6 mi away. The town’s pupils have a collège 2.2 mi away.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Nicolas CopernicNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 152 | 91%+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.
22 houses and apartments changed hands in Pouilloux from July 2023 to June 2026.
Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Nothing in Pouilloux is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Pouilloux yet.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pouilloux | 946 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Saint-Vallier | 8,508 | 2.6 | B+ | A | A− | C− |
| Sanvignes-les-Mines | 4,235 | 4.1 | A | A+ | A | C+ |
| Montceau-les-Mines | 17,064 | 4.4 | B− | A | C− | B− |
| Blanzy | 5,955 | 6.2 | A | A | B+ | B+ |
| Montchanin | 4,976 | 11 | B+ | B+ | B | C |
| Torcy | 2,678 | 12 | B+ | A− | B+ | A− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Commune in Saône-et-Loire, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Pouilloux is a commune of 946 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) · 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.