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Home to 435 people, this town lies in Saône-et-Loire, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté.
Saint-Forgeot has no grades yet: French towns are graded from 1,000 residents up. Over-65s are 31% of the population.
The one thing Saint-Forgeot does most differently from other towns.
The Culture ministry lists no building in Saint-Forgeot as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Alignements du Camp de la Justice, in Autun, 1.1 mi away.
21% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Heritage, other places to visit and museums in and near Saint-Forgeot. Best known first.
MuseumMusée lapidaire Saint-Nicolas4.5 km south, in AutunAttractionAttractionTemple de Janus3.9 km south, in AutunAttractionAttractionPorte d'Arroux4 km south, in AutunAbbeyAbbeyAbbaye de Saint-Martin d'Autun3.6 km south, in AutunAttractionAttractionPorte Saint-André4.3 km south, in AutunPhotos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Saint-Forgeot.
Degrees are held by nearly a fifth of adults, lower than both Saône-et-Loire’s towns (22%) and compared French towns (30%). The 65-and-over age group makes up 31% of residents. People aged 15 to 24 make up 7.7% of the town.
49% women, 51% men
About 105 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Saône-et-Loire 52.3%, France 51.8%.
| Saint-Forgeot | Saône-et-Loire median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 12% | 15% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 7.7% | 9.5% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 16% | 19% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 33% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 31% | 30% | 22% |
| No diploma | 22% | 25% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 32% | 31% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 21% | 17% | 18% |
| Higher education | 19% | 22% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Saône-et-Loire median and France median: the median of compared communes
The unemployment rate comes to 7.1%. Per resident in work, Saint-Forgeot counts 0.5 jobs (100 jobs, 200 workers). No commute at all: 2.7% 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.
General-bac pupils go 3.2 mi to the nearest lycée. The town’s pupils have a collège 2.5 mi away.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège du VallonNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 97 | 85%+1 pt |
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.
The market in Saint-Forgeot: 19 sales of houses and apartments between July 2023 and June 2026.
Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Nothing in Saint-Forgeot 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 Saint-Forgeot 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Forgeot | 435 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Autun | 13,172 | 2.9 | A− | A | C+ | B− |
| Le Creusot | 20,509 | 15 | C+ | A | C | C |
| Le Breuil | 3,538 | 16 | A | B+ | A+ | A |
| Torcy | 2,678 | 16 | B+ | A− | B+ | A− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Commune in Saône-et-Loire, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Saint-Forgeot is a commune of 435 people in the Communauté de communes du Grand Autunois Morvan. 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.