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With 75 residents, it is a town in Saône-et-Loire, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté.
At under 1,000 residents, Sailly is too small for the grades other French towns get. Holiday and other second homes account for 52% of homes. Over-65s are a third of the population.
The 2 things Sailly does most differently from other towns.
The Culture ministry lists no building in Sailly as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Croix de chemin dite Croix Blanche, in Bonnay-Saint-Ythaire, 2.5 mi away.
59% 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 Sailly.
Nearly one in ten residents are 15 to 24, lower than both Saône-et-Loire’s towns (9.5%) and compared French towns (11%). The 65-and-over age group makes up a third of residents. Children under 15 count for 13% of the people here.
54% women, 46% men
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.
| Sailly | Saône-et-Loire median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 13% | 15% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 8.3% | 9.5% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 15% | 19% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 30% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 33% | 30% | 22% |
| No diploma | 13% | 25% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 17% | 31% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 14% | 17% | 18% |
| Higher education | 41% | 22% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Saône-et-Loire median and France median: the median of compared communes
Bus, tram or train carried 5.9% of working residents in Sailly to work at the census. Of those in the labour force, 10.8% are unemployed.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Sales in Sailly from July 2023 to June 2026: 3 houses and apartments. A house rents for an estimated €9.79/m² a month.
Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Heritage and other places to visit in and near Sailly. Best known first.
Nothing in Sailly 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 Sailly 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sailly | 75 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Cluny | 4,942 | 8.2 | A | B− | A− | B− |
| Saint-Vallier | 8,508 | 13 | B+ | A | A− | C− |
| Montceau-les-Mines | 17,064 | 14 | B− | A | C− | B− |
| Blanzy | 5,955 | 14 | A | A | B+ | B+ |
| Montchanin | 4,976 | 15 | B+ | B+ | B | C |
| Charolles | 2,772 | 16 | A+ | A | A | B− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Commune in Saône-et-Loire, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Sailly is a commune of 75 people in the Communauté de communes du Clunisois. 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 October 30, 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.