Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Over-65s are 39% of the population. A town in Saône-et-Loire, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, home to 1,977 people.
Saint-Germain-du-Bois’s best grade is for cost of living (B+): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 4.4 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. The weak point is health: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 6% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. It lags on schools as well (C+) — brevet results a point below the expected rate. Walkability is weaker too (C+): 55% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 6% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work.
Figures: prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting, INSEE census 2023. Saint-Germain-du-Bois 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.
The 2 things Saint-Germain-du-Bois does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Saint-Germain-du-Bois 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.
Saint-Germain-du-Bois has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
The Culture ministry lists no building in Saint-Germain-du-Bois as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Maison à pans de bois, in Mervans, 4.4 mi away.
19% 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 Saint-Germain-du-Bois.
Children are 12% of the town. People aged 15 to 24 make up 7.3% of the town, below both Saône-et-Loire’s towns (9.5%) and compared French towns (11%). Graduates make up a fifth of adults.
54% women, 46% men
About 86 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.
| Saint-Germain-du-Bois | Saône-et-Loire median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 12% | 15% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 7.3% | 9.5% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 16% | 19% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 26% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 39% | 30% | 22% |
| No diploma | 27% | 25% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 30% | 31% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 15% | 17% | 18% |
| Higher education | 20% | 22% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Saône-et-Loire median and France median: the median of compared communes
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
A home here costs 4.4 years of the median income in Communauté de communes Bresse Revermont 71. The estimated advertised rent is €10.16/m² a month, close to Saône-et-Loire’s towns (€9.77/m²) and below compared French towns (€12.41/m²). Among the homes sold, 97% were houses.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,569/m² | 89 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
France’s death rates at each age would predict 425 deaths in Saint-Germain-du-Bois from 2016 to 2025; there were 466, 10% more. The nearest emergency department to Saint-Germain-du-Bois is Ch Lons, 15.3 mi away. This Saône-et-Loire town has 2 family doctors. In Saône-et-Loire, life expectancy at birth reaches 85.5 years for women and 78.9 for men (2025), next to 85.9 and 80.3 for France.
Source: INSEE, deaths by commune of residence 2016–2025 and censuses; Eurostat, death rates by age (© European Union); INSEE, BPE 2025; DREES, APL 2024; INSEE, life expectancy by département 2025 · Licence Ouverte · Note: TownRatings models the care-home adjustment; it is not an official figure.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
The closest lycée for the general bac is 9 mi off.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Bois des DamesNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 66 | 85%−1 pt |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Nearly a tenth of the labour force were unemployed, lower than both Saône-et-Loire’s towns (10.7%) and compared French towns (10.1%). Jobs based in Saint-Germain-du-Bois number 700, against 650 residents in work (1.1 per worker). After tax and benefits, the median income is €24,330 a year per consumption unit.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Nothing in Saint-Germain-du-Bois is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
2 notable people were born in Saint-Germain-du-Bois.
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-Germain-du-Bois | 1,977 | — | — | B+ | — | C |
| Louhans-Châteaurenaud | 6,446 | 8.3 | B | A− | C− | C+ |
| Ouroux-sur-Saône | 3,214 | 14 | — | B+ | — | B+ |
| Montmorot Jura | 3,261 | 14 | B | B | C− | B |
| Lons-le-Saunier Jura | 16,618 | 16 | C+ | B+ | D | B− |
| Gergy | 2,566 | 17 | — | B+ | — | A |
| Saint-Marcel | 6,211 | 17 | A | B− | B+ | A− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Saint-Germain-du-Bois has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 2.2 recorded violent incidents and 5.2 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
They grade C+, better than 36% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Saint-Germain-du-Bois grades B+ for cost of living.
Commune in Saône-et-Loire, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Saint-Germain-du-Bois is a commune of 1,977 people in the Communauté de communes Bresse Revermont 71. 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) · DGFiP, DVF property sales, July 2023 to June 2026 · 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.