Romenay’s best grade is for cost of living: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 3.7 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. It is strong on safety as well — an average of 5.4 recorded violent incidents and 10 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Health is its weak spot (C−) — after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 2% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Most journeys need a car (C−).
Figures: prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · recorded crime, SSMSI (Ministry of the Interior) · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting, INSEE census 2023. Romenay 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 Romenay 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 Romenay.
HousingCost of living A+
Renting in Romenay costs less than in Saône-et-Loire’s towns and across compared French towns, at an estimated advertised €8.29/m² a month
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The median sale price was €1,352/m², below both Saône-et-Loire’s towns (€1,438/m²) and compared French towns (€2,430/m²). The sales split: 98% houses, the rest apartments. The market in Romenay: 90 sales of houses and apartments between July 2023 and June 2026.
€1,352/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Romenay€1,352/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Saône-et-Loire median€1,438/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€1,367/m²
88
€8.29/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€6.69 to €10.26/m² a month)
3.7
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€8.14/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€25,780
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté de communes Terres de Bresse
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Who lives here
Older residents shape Romenay: 33% are 65 or over, above Saône-et-Loire’s towns and compared French towns
7.8% of the population is aged 15 to 24, below both Saône-et-Loire’s towns (9.5%) and compared French towns (11%). Among adults, 16% have a degree. The median resident of Romenay is 53.2 years old.
53.2median age
RomenaySaône-et-Loire medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
33%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma28%
CAP or BEP34%
Baccalauréat16%
Higher education16%
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 95 men for every 100 women. 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
Safety
Romenay records less crime per resident than 80% of compared French towns
Over 2025, Romenay logged 21 recorded offenses. The graded crime recorded most locally was burglary (2025).
5.4recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a yearA−Safety Grade
Recorded by type · 2025
Burglary8
Family violence7
Criminal damage6
Armed robbery0
Theft without violence6
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.
5.4
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
10
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
21
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
20.8%
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 other physical violence, sexual violence, vehicle theft and theft from vehicles, 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, 20.8% of the index here. That estimated share passes 10%, so treat this Safety Grade with more caution than most. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Work & commuteJobs & income C−
Walking, cycling and public transport carry fewer commuters in Romenay than in Saône-et-Loire’s towns or compared French towns: 6.6%
For its 600 residents in work, Romenay has 400 jobs: 0.7 each. After tax and benefits, the median income is €23,930 a year per consumption unit. At the census, 8.2% of working residents in Romenay didn’t travel to work at all.
7%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving83%
On foot4%
Motorbike or scooter2%
Public transport2%
Bicycle1%
400
jobs based in Romenay, 0.7 per working resident
9.8%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€23,930
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
8%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
C−
Walkability: better than 22% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
HealthHealth C−
Romenay is 18.1 mi from the nearest emergency department
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
From 2016 to 2025, 387 residents of Romenay died, against 307 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 26% more. Weighed against its ages and care homes, Romenay records 98 deaths per 100 expected. There is one general practitioner here. Also worth knowing: in Saône-et-Loire, women can expect to live 85.5 years and men 78.9 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France.
−2%deaths against expected, after care homesC−Health Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw126
Adjusted98
Median town88
Expected100
1
GPs in Romenay · 2.3 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
18.1 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Ch les Chanaux Macon
18.1 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Ch les Chanaux Macon
85.5 · 78.9
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Saône-et-Loire, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Romenay is rich in protected monuments: 34 per 10,000 residents, more than in Saône-et-Loire’s towns and across compared French towns
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
32% of its homes were built before 1919, above Saône-et-Loire’s towns (10%) and compared French towns (7.4%) alike. Among the classé monuments in Romenay is Ferme de La Train, sise au hameau de la Train. The town has 6 historic monuments on the Culture ministry’s list: 3 classé, the highest protection, and 3 inscrit, the second level. The earliest of these monuments dates from the 14th century.
Ferme, aux Chanées: Photo: Chabe01 · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Enceinte fortifiée: Photo: Chabe01 · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Maison dite du Lieutenant-Juge: Photo: Chabe01 · CC BY-SA 4.0
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Romenay
Is Romenay safe?
It grades A− for safety. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 8 burglaries and 6 acts of criminal damage.
Is Romenay expensive to live in?
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Romenay grades A+ for cost of living.
About Romenay
Commune in Saône-et-Loire, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Romenay is a commune of 1,748 people in the Communauté de communes Terres de Bresse. 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.
