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This town in Saône-et-Loire, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté has a population of 1,204.
Housing is within reach: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 4.2 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. It is strong on health as well — after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 19% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Where it falls short is jobs & income (D) — 0.3 jobs per working resident; 11.7% unemployment. Few people walk, cycle or take the bus to work: nearly a quarter of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 4% 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) · employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025. Saint-Usuge 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-Usuge 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-Usuge has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
The 3 things Saint-Usuge does most differently from other towns.
The Culture ministry lists no building in Saint-Usuge as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Ferme-manoir, in Juif, 4 mi away.
27% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Nothing in Saint-Usuge is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Saint-Usuge.
4.1% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train at the census, below both Saône-et-Loire’s towns (13.8%) and compared French towns (13.4%). Unemployment runs at 11.7%. At the census, 6.2% of working residents in Saint-Usuge 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.
Half the homes sold went for more than €1,455/m², about level with Saône-et-Loire’s towns (€1,438/m²) and below compared French towns (€2,430/m²). 51 houses and apartments changed hands in Saint-Usuge from July 2023 to June 2026.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,455/m² | 51 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
17% of adults hold a degree, lower than both Saône-et-Loire’s towns (22%) and compared French towns (30%). Those 65 and older account for 29% of residents. At 51.5, the median resident of Saint-Usuge sits in the middle of the age range.
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Saône-et-Loire 52.3%, France 51.8%.
| Saint-Usuge | Saône-et-Loire median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 15% | 15% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 7.3% | 9.5% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 18% | 19% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 31% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 29% | 30% | 22% |
| No diploma | 30% | 25% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 32% | 31% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 16% | 17% | 18% |
| Higher education | 17% | 22% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Saône-et-Loire median and France median: the median of compared communes
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
The nearest emergency department to Saint-Usuge is Ch Lons, 14.6 mi away. From 2016 to 2025, 108 residents of Saint-Usuge died, against 133 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 19% fewer. 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.
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. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from C to A.
Per 1,000 residents a year, there were 2.6 cases of violence against people and 4.4 graded property crimes (2023–2025 average). Other physical violence topped the graded crimes in Saint-Usuge (2025).
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 family violence, burglary, vehicle theft, theft from vehicles and criminal damage, 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, 100.0% of the index here.
2 notable people were born in Saint-Usuge.
Commune in Saône-et-Loire, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Saint-Usuge is a commune of 1,204 people in the Communauté de communes Bresse Louhannaise Intercom'. 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
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-Usuge | 1,204 | — | — | A | — | B+ |
| Louhans-Châteaurenaud | 6,446 | 4.1 | B | A− | C− | C+ |
| Montmorot Jura | 3,261 | 14 | B | B | C− | B |
| Ouroux-sur-Saône | 3,214 | 14 | — | B+ | — | B+ |
| Lons-le-Saunier Jura | 16,618 | 15 | C+ | B+ | D | B− |
| Saint-Marcel | 6,211 | 18 | A | B− | B+ | A− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Saint-Usuge has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average.
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Saint-Usuge grades A for cost of living.
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.