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It is a town of 6,211 residents in Saône-et-Loire, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté.
Saint-Marcel’s strongest is health (A−) — after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 23% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Its overall grade of A puts it better than 86% of compared French towns, #12 of 29 in Saône-et-Loire. Safety is another plus — an average of 7.2 recorded violent incidents and 10.4 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Homes sell for a median €1,798/m²: 70 m² comes to 4.9 years of the median income per consumption unit in the Communauté d'agglomération Le Grand Chalon.
Figures: deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · recorded crime, SSMSI (Ministry of the Interior) · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas. The overall grade uses the other six subjects.
The one thing Saint-Marcel does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Saint-Marcel 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.
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Saint-Marcel has 1 historic monument on the Culture ministry’s list: 1 classé, the highest protection, and 0 inscrit, the second level.
Heritage, museums and other places to visit in and near Saint-Marcel. Best known first.
MuseumMusée Nicéphore-Niépce3.1 km west, in Chalon-sur-Saône
MuseumMusée Denon3.3 km west, in Chalon-sur-SaôneCathedralCathedralCathédrale Saint-Vincent de Chalon-sur-Saône2.9 km west, in Chalon-sur-SaôneMonastery or conventMonastery or conventCloître capitulaire de Saint-Vincent2.8 km west, in Chalon-sur-SaôneHistoric houseHistoric housePalais épiscopal de Chalon-sur-Saône2.9 km west, in Chalon-sur-SaônePhotos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Saint-Marcel.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Women in Saône-et-Loire live to 85.5 on average and men to 78.9 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. From 2016 to 2025, 639 residents of Saint-Marcel died, against 672 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 5% fewer. The nearest emergency department to Saint-Marcel is Ch William Morey Chalon Sur Saone, 2.5 mi away.
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 · Care-home places are adjusted for by TownRatings, using a model rather than an official statistic.
All told, Saint-Marcel had 108 recorded offenses in 2025. In 2025, burglary led the graded crimes locally.
Not in the gradeTheft without violence, drug use and fraud are shown for information but left out of the Safety Grade, which counts violence plus burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and criminal damage per resident.
Source: SSMSI (Interior Ministry), recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 · Licence Ouverte · For sexual violence, the count isn’t published when it’s small (five or fewer in a year of the last three), so the index uses the département’s average, 1.8% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
For its 2,600 residents in work, Saint-Marcel has 3,050 jobs: 1.2 each. At the census, 2.9% of working residents in Saint-Marcel didn’t travel to work at all. Households’ median disposable income: €25,000 a year per consumption unit.
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.
Vocational results within 5 km: 88% passed the bac pro, of 433 candidates at 5 lycées. Its schools’ results rank #21 of 31 in Saône-et-Loire. At the lycées within 5 km of Saint-Marcel, 94.3% passed the bac, close to Saône-et-Loire’s towns (94.3%) and above compared French towns (92.9%).
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Vivant DenonNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 100 | 89%−1 pt |
| Lycée polyvalent MathiasNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 321 | 95%−1 pt |
| Collège Jean VilarBest against expectations: 8 points above the expected rateCollège | Collège | 154 | 84%+8 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
5.1% of its homes were built before 1919, lower than both Saône-et-Loire’s towns (10%) and compared French towns (7.4%). Among the classé monuments in Saint-Marcel is Abbaye (ancienne).
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Under 15: 17% of residents. 24% of residents are 65 or over, below Saône-et-Loire’s towns (30%) but above compared French towns (22%). Ages in Saint-Marcel split evenly at 47.3: half are older, half younger.
53% women, 47% men
About 90 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Saône-et-Loire 52.3%, France 51.8%.
| Saint-Marcel | Saône-et-Loire median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 17% | 15% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 9.8% | 9.5% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 21% | 19% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 29% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 24% | 30% | 22% |
| No diploma | 21% | 25% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 34% | 31% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 17% | 17% | 18% |
| Higher education | 24% | 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.
In Saint-Marcel, houses go for €1,857/m² and apartments for €1,438/m². The estimated advertised rent is €11.76/m² a month, between Saône-et-Loire’s towns (€9.77/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²). Houses accounted for just over four in five sales, apartments for the rest.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,857/m² | 143 |
| Apartments | €1,438/m² | 33 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Saint-Marcel has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
Abbaye (ancienne): Photo: Hersendis · Public domain
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Saint-Marcel 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-Marcel | 6,211 | — | A | B− | B+ | A− |
| Chalon-sur-Saône | 45,102 | 2.3 | B+ | B+ | C | B |
| Saint-Rémy | 6,410 | 3.2 | A− | B− | B | B |
| Champforgeuil | 2,637 | 4 | — | A− | — | B− |
| Châtenoy-le-Royal | 6,267 | 4.2 | A | B | A− | B− |
| Ouroux-sur-Saône | 3,214 | 4.4 | — | B+ | — | B+ |
| Gergy | 2,566 | 7 | — | B+ | — | A |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades B+ for safety, #14 of 29 in Saône-et-Loire. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 31 burglaries and 22 acts of criminal damage.
They grade B+, better than 66% of compared French towns and #21 of 31 in Saône-et-Loire. 95% of 321 candidates passed the bac at Lycée polyvalent Mathias in 2025, a point below the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. 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-Marcel grades B− for cost of living.
Commune in Saône-et-Loire, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Saint-Marcel is a commune of 6,211 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
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 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.