Fewer journeys need a car (B+): nine in ten residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 9% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Incomes are on the low side: 0.5 jobs per working resident; 10.9% unemployment. At €1,559/m², the median price, 70 m² costs 4.3 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the Communauté d'agglomération Le Grand Chalon.
Figures: amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting and employment, INSEE census 2023 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi. Saint-Léger-sur-Dheune 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 Saint-Léger-sur-Dheune 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.
Ancienne tuilerie Perrusson-Desfontaines: Photo: Chabe01 · CC BY-SA 4.0
The data
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Saint-Léger-sur-Dheune.
Work & commuteJobs & income C−
Only 8.8% of commuters in Saint-Léger-sur-Dheune go to work without a car, fewer than in both Saône-et-Loire’s towns and compared French towns
9%walk, cycle or take transit
Public transport took 2.3% of Saint-Léger-sur-Dheune’s working residents to work at the census. Unemployment is 10.9%. At the census, 4.7% of working residents in Saint-Léger-sur-Dheune didn’t travel to work at all.
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving86%
On foot6%
Public transport2%
Motorbike or scooter1%
Bicycle0%
350
jobs based in Saint-Léger-sur-Dheune, 0.5 per working resident
10.9%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€24,830
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
5%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
B+
Walkability: better than 71% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
HousingCost of living B
Homes in Saint-Léger-sur-Dheune sell for €1,559/m² at the median, against €1,438/m² in Saône-et-Loire’s towns and €2,430/m² in compared French towns
€1,559/m²median sale price
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Advertised rents are estimated at €11.27/m² a month, higher than Saône-et-Loire’s towns (€9.77/m²) yet lower than compared French towns (€12.41/m²). Estimated advertised rent for houses: €8.51/m² a month. 49 houses and apartments changed hands in Saint-Léger-sur-Dheune from July 2023 to June 2026.
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Saint-Léger-sur-Dheune€1,559/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Saône-et-Loire median€1,438/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€1,559/m²
48
€11.27/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€8.88 to €14.31/m² a month)
4.3
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€8.51/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
Who lives here
Saint-Léger-sur-Dheune has fewer young adults than Saône-et-Loire’s towns or compared French towns: 8.7% are 15 to 24
46.2median age
A quarter of residents are 65 or over, between Saône-et-Loire’s towns (30%) and compared French towns (22%). The under-15s are 17% of the population here. Saint-Léger-sur-Dheune has a median age of 46.2.
Saint-Léger-sur-DheuneSaône-et-Loire medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
25%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma19%
CAP or BEP33%
Baccalauréat19%
Higher education24%
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% 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
History
Old homes shape Saint-Léger-sur-Dheune: 30% were built before 1919, more than in both Saône-et-Loire’s towns and compared French towns
1historic monument
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
The Culture ministry’s list holds 1 historic monument in Saint-Léger-sur-Dheune; none is classé, France’s top protection. Its oldest listed monument dates from the 19th century.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
HealthHealth C+
Allowing for age and care homes, Saint-Léger-sur-Dheune sees 91 deaths per 100 expected, against 86 in Saône-et-Loire’s towns and 88 in compared French towns
−9%deaths against expected, after care homesC+Health Grade
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
At birth, a girl in Saône-et-Loire can expect 85.5 years and a boy 78.9 (2025); across France, 85.9 and 80.3. 145 deaths in Saint-Léger-sur-Dheune between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 159: 9% below. The nearest emergency department to Saint-Léger-sur-Dheune is Fondation Hotel Dieu du Creusot, 9.4 mi away. 2 GPs practise locally.
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw91
Adjusted91
Median town88
Expected100
2
GPs in Saint-Léger-sur-Dheune · 2.9 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
9.4 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Fondation Hotel Dieu du Creusot
9.4 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Fondation Hotel Dieu du Creusot
85.5 · 78.9
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Saône-et-Loire, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Commune in Saône-et-Loire, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Saint-Léger-sur-Dheune is a commune of 1,533 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
Population
1,533 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté d'agglomération Le Grand Chalon
Département
Saône-et-Loire (71)
Région
Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Area
4.7 sq mi (12.2 km²)
INSEE code
71442
Saint-Léger-sur-Dheune’s neighbors
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Saint-Léger-sur-Dheune
Is Saint-Léger-sur-Dheune safe?
Saint-Léger-sur-Dheune has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 4.3 recorded violent incidents and 4.6 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Is Saint-Léger-sur-Dheune expensive to live in?
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Saint-Léger-sur-Dheune grades B for cost of living.
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.
