Where it does best is schools: brevet results 9 points above the expected rate. Buying 70 m² at the median €2,160/m² takes 5.9 years of the median income per consumption unit in the Communauté d'agglomération Le Grand Chalon. Work and incomes are strong: 0.4 jobs per working resident; 5.1% unemployment.
Figures: brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · employment, INSEE census 2023 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi. Rully 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 Rully 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
HealthHealth A−
Fewer deaths than Rully’s ages would predict, 77 per 100 expected, under Saône-et-Loire’s towns and compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
One GP practises in Rully. The nearest emergency department to Rully is Ch William Morey Chalon Sur Saone, 8.2 mi away. France’s death rates at each age would predict 136 deaths here from 2016 to 2025; there were 105, 23% fewer. Life expectancy in Saône-et-Loire: 85.5 years for women and 78.9 for men (2025); France averages 85.9 and 80.3.
−23%deaths against expected, after care homesA−Health Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw77
Adjusted77
Median town88
Expected100
1
GPs in Rully · 2.7 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
8.2 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Ch William Morey Chalon Sur Saone
8.2 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Ch William Morey Chalon Sur Saone
85.5 · 78.9
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Saône-et-Loire, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Old homes shape Rully: 29% were built before 1919, 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.
The Culture ministry lists 8 historic monuments in Rully: 4 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 4 inscrit (the second level). Among the classé monuments here is Champ de César ou d'Agneux. Per 10,000 residents, Rully counts 50 protected monuments, above Saône-et-Loire’s towns (3.1) and compared French towns (2.5) alike. The earliest of these monuments dates from protohistory.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Who lives here
More people in Rully hold a degree than in Saône-et-Loire’s towns or compared French towns: 37%
Over-65s are nearly a quarter of the population. Young adults of 15 to 24 are nearly one in ten residents, below both Saône-et-Loire’s towns (9.5%) and compared French towns (11%). Under 15: 17% of residents.
46.2median age
RullySaône-et-Loire medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
23%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma13%
CAP or BEP27%
Baccalauréat20%
Higher education37%
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% 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
HousingCost of living B−
Homes in Rully sell for €2,160/m² at the median, against €1,438/m² in Saône-et-Loire’s towns and €2,430/m² in compared French towns
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The estimated advertised rent is €11.19/m² a month, higher than Saône-et-Loire’s towns (€9.77/m²) yet lower than compared French towns (€12.41/m²). A house rents for an estimated €8.65/m² a month. The market in Rully: 54 sales of houses and apartments between July 2023 and June 2026.
€2,160/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Rully€2,160/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Saône-et-Loire median€1,438/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€2,092/m²
53
€11.19/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€8.71 to €14.37/m² a month)
5.9
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€8.65/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€25,440
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté d'agglomération Le Grand Chalon
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Work & commuteJobs & income A
Rully has lower unemployment than Saône-et-Loire’s towns or compared French towns: 5.1%
After tax and benefits, the median income is €29,460 a year per consumption unit. Nearly one in ten commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train at the census, below Saône-et-Loire’s towns (13.8%) and compared French towns (13.4%) alike.
9%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving86%
Public transport5%
On foot3%
Bicycle1%
Motorbike or scooter1%
300
jobs based in Rully, 0.4 per working resident
5.1%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€29,460
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
4%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
B−
Walkability: better than 50% of compared French towns
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Rully
Is Rully safe?
Rully has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 2.8 recorded violent incidents and 4.2 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Are schools in Rully good?
They grade A+, better than 99% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Rully expensive to live in?
Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Rully grades B− for cost of living.
About Rully
Commune in Saône-et-Loire, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Rully is a commune of 1,609 people in the Communauté d'agglomération Le Grand Chalon. 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.
