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The town has 100 residents and lies in Saône-et-Loire, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté.
Saint-Privé is too small to grade: French towns get subject grades from 1,000 residents. Holiday and other second homes account for 26% of homes.
The one thing Saint-Privé does most differently from other towns.
The Culture ministry lists no building in Saint-Privé as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Église priorale (ruines de l'ancienne), in Le Puley, 1 mi away.
33% 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-Privé.
Those 65 and older account for 26% of residents. 9% of residents are 15 to 24, below both Saône-et-Loire’s towns (9.5%) and compared French towns (11%). Degrees are held by 28% of adults.
52% women, 48% men
About 92 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Saône-et-Loire 52.3%, France 51.8%.
| Saint-Privé | Saône-et-Loire median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 11% | 15% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 9% | 9.5% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 21% | 19% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 33% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 26% | 30% | 22% |
| No diploma | 16% | 25% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 28% | 31% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 22% | 17% | 18% |
| Higher education | 28% | 22% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Saône-et-Loire median and France median: the median of compared communes
2.1% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train at the census, lower than both Saône-et-Loire’s towns (13.8%) and compared French towns (13.4%). At the census, 6.4% of working residents in Saint-Privé didn’t travel to work at all.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
2 houses and apartments changed hands in Saint-Privé from July 2023 to June 2026.
Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Nothing in Saint-Privé 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-Privé 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-Privé | 100 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Montchanin | 4,976 | 6.1 | B+ | B+ | B | C |
| Blanzy | 5,955 | 8.7 | A | A | B+ | B+ |
| Torcy | 2,678 | 8.9 | B+ | A− | B+ | A− |
| Le Breuil | 3,538 | 9.1 | A | B+ | A+ | A |
| Le Creusot | 20,509 | 10 | C+ | A | C | C |
| Montceau-les-Mines | 17,064 | 10 | B− | A | C− | B− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Commune in Saône-et-Loire, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Saint-Privé is a commune of 100 people in the Communauté de communes Sud Côte Chalonnaise. 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.