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Saint-AmbreuilSaône-et-Loire

523 residents make their home in this town in Saône-et-Loire, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté.

Is Saint-Ambreuil a good place to live?

At under 1,000 residents, Saint-Ambreuil is too small for the grades other French towns get. People aged 65 and over make up 32% of residents.

What makes Saint-Ambreuil stand out

The one thing Saint-Ambreuil does most differently from other towns.

Picked automatically from the data
Château de la Ferté-sur-Grosne, ancienne abbaye cistercienne
Château de la Ferté-sur-Grosne, ancienne abbaye cistercienne · Classé · Photo: PHILDIC · Public domain
Saint-Ambreuil’s story

Saint-Ambreuil in pictures

On the Culture ministry’s list, Saint-Ambreuil counts 1 historic monument: 1 classé at the top level of protection and 0 inscrit at the second.

The oldest protected part dates from the 17th century; the first monument here was protected in 1993.

31% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.

  • 1993First protected: Château de la Ferté-sur-Grosne, ancienne abbaye cistercienne
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The data

Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Saint-Ambreuil.

Who lives here

Degrees are more common in Saint-Ambreuil than in Saône-et-Loire’s towns or across compared French towns: 34% of adults

People 65 and over make up nearly a third of the town, higher than both Saône-et-Loire’s towns (30%) and compared French towns (22%). Under 15: 15% of residents. Line up the people of Saint-Ambreuil by age and the one in the middle is 50.8.

50.8median age
Saint-AmbreuilSaône-et-Loire medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma17%
CAP or BEP27%
Baccalauréat20%
Higher education34%

Women and men · all residents

55% women, 45% men

About 83 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.

Ages and diplomas in Saint-Ambreuil
Saint-AmbreuilSaône-et-Loire medianFrance median
Under 1515%15%17%
15–2410%9.5%11%
25–4419%19%23%
45–6423%26%26%
65+32%30%22%
No diploma17%25%19%
CAP or BEP27%31%26%
Baccalauréat20%17%18%
Higher education34%22%30%

INSEE, census 2023 · Saône-et-Loire median and France median: the median of compared communes

History

Saint-Ambreuil keeps more of its old housing than Saône-et-Loire’s towns or compared French towns: 31% built before 1919

France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.

Among the classé monuments in Saint-Ambreuil is Château de la Ferté-sur-Grosne, ancienne abbaye cistercienne. The protected list starts in the 17th century.

1historic monument

Monuments by protection · Mérimée

Classé1
Inscrit0
17th c.
oldest protected part
1993
first monument protected

Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period

Work & commute

Saint-Ambreuil has lower unemployment than Saône-et-Loire’s towns or compared French towns: 5.6%

Half of residents lived on more than €28,110 a year per consumption unit, higher than both Saône-et-Loire’s towns (€24,330) and compared French towns (€25,970). 200 jobs are based in Saint-Ambreuil, for 200 working residents (0.9 per worker). 2.9% of commuters left the car at home at the census, walking, cycling or taking public transport.

3%walk, cycle or take transit

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving95%
On foot2%
Bicycle1%
Motorbike or scooter1%
Public transport0%
200
jobs based in Saint-Ambreuil, 0.9 per working resident
5.6%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€28,110
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
1%
worked without traveling (at or from home)

Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte

Housing

The estimated advertised rent of an apartment in Saint-Ambreuil is €11.77/m² a month

Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.

Renting a house costs an estimated €8.17/m² a month. From July 2023 to June 2026, 8 homes were sold in Saint-Ambreuil.

€11.77/m²estimated apartment rent a month

Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month

Saint-Ambreuil€11.77/m²
Median of towns€12.41/m²
Saône-et-Loire median€9.77/m²
€11.77/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€9.36 to €14.80/m² a month)
€8.17/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included

Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte

Nearby attractions

Château de la Ferté and 5 more in and around Saint-Ambreuil

Heritage, other places to visit and museums in and near Saint-Ambreuil. Best known first.

All attractions →
Places: © OpenStreetMap contributors · Wikidata
Keep exploring

Everything we know about Saint-Ambreuil

12pages on Saint-Ambreuil

Landmarks

Saint-Ambreuil has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.

All monuments →
Photo credits

Château de la Ferté-sur-Grosne, ancienne abbaye cistercienne: Photo: PHILDIC · Public domain

Famous people from Saint-Ambreuil

Wikidata places 1 person here, but the articles don’t both confirm Saint-Ambreuil as the birthplace, so nobody is listed.

How we find them →

Saint-Ambreuil’s neighbors

The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →

All towns in Saône-et-Loire →
Sennecey-le-GrandOuroux-sur-SaôneSaint-RémySaint-MarcelChalon-sur-SaôneChâtenoy-le-RoyalSennecey-le-GrandOuroux-sur-SaôneSaint-RémySaint-MarcelChalon-sur-SaôneChâtenoy-le-RoyalSaint-Ambreuil
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
Saint-Ambreuil523—————
Sennecey-le-Grand2,8953.5A−B+AC
Ouroux-sur-Saône3,2145.1—B+—B+
Saint-Rémy6,4105.4A−B−BB
Saint-Marcel6,2116.2AB−B+A−
Chalon-sur-Saône45,1027B+B+CB
Châtenoy-le-Royal6,2677.5ABA−B−

People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.

About Saint-Ambreuil

Commune in Saône-et-Loire, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté

Saint-Ambreuil is a commune of 523 people in the Communauté de communes Entre Saône et Grosne. 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
523 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes Entre Saône et Grosne
Département
Saône-et-Loire (71)
Région
Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Area
7.1 sq mi (18.3 km²)
INSEE code
71384

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 9, 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.