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SaisySaône-et-Loire

350 residents make their home in this town in Saône-et-Loire, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté.

Is Saisy a good place to live?

At under 1,000 residents, Saisy is too small for the grades other French towns get. Holiday and other second homes account for 31% of homes.

What makes Saisy stand out

The one thing Saisy does most differently from other towns.

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Église · Classé · Photo: Bildoj · CC BY-SA 3.0
Saisy’s story

Saisy in pictures

The Culture ministry lists 2 historic monuments in Saisy: 1 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 1 inscrit (the second level).

The oldest protected part dates from the 13th century; the first monument here was protected in 1913.

49% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.

  • 2009First protected: Croix située au lieudit La Vieille Rue
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The data

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History

Old homes shape Saisy: 49% were built before 1919, more than in Saône-et-Loire’s towns or compared French towns

France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.

The Culture ministry lists 2 historic monuments in Saisy: 1 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 1 inscrit (the second level). The earliest of these monuments dates from the 13th century.

2historic monuments

Monuments by protection · Mérimée

Classé1
Inscrit1
13th c.
oldest protected part
1913
first monument protected

Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period

Who lives here

Saisy has fewer young adults than Saône-et-Loire’s towns or compared French towns: 5.5% are 15 to 24

Degrees are held by just over a fifth of adults. Nearly a quarter of residents are 65 or over, below Saône-et-Loire’s towns (30%) and close to compared French towns (22%). One measure of family life: 18% of residents are under 15.

48.2median age
SaisySaône-et-Loire medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma13%
CAP or BEP35%
Baccalauréat23%
Higher education21%

Women and men · all residents

50% women, 50% men

About an even split. Median share of women: Saône-et-Loire 52.3%, France 51.8%.

Ages and diplomas in Saisy
SaisySaône-et-Loire medianFrance median
Under 1518%15%17%
15–245.5%9.5%11%
25–4424%19%23%
45–6431%26%26%
65+23%30%22%
No diploma13%25%19%
CAP or BEP35%31%26%
Baccalauréat23%17%18%
Higher education21%22%30%

INSEE, census 2023 · Saône-et-Loire median and France median: the median of compared communes

Work & commute

Saisy has lower unemployment than Saône-et-Loire’s towns or compared French towns: 5.2%

At the census, 2.9% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train. Half of residents lived on more than €25,760 a year per consumption unit, about level with compared French towns (€25,970) and above Saône-et-Loire’s towns (€24,330).

3%walk, cycle or take transit

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving92%
Motorbike or scooter1%
Bicycle1%
Public transport1%
On foot1%
0
jobs based in Saisy, 0.1 per working resident
5.2%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€25,760
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
4%
worked without traveling (at or from home)

Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte

Housing

Estimated advertised rents run lower in Saisy than in Saône-et-Loire’s towns or across compared French towns: €8.07/m² a month

Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.

Between July 2023 and June 2026, buyers took 17 homes in Saisy.

€8.07/m²estimated apartment rent a month

Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month

Saisy€8.07/m²
Median of towns€12.41/m²
Saône-et-Loire median€9.77/m²
€8.07/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€6.31 to €10.30/m² a month)
€8.69/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included

Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte

Nearby attractions

Musée de la mine d'Épinac and 2 more in and around Saisy

Museums, heritage and other places to visit in and near Saisy. Best known first.

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Places: © OpenStreetMap contributors · Wikidata
Keep exploring

Everything we know about Saisy

12pages on Saisy

Landmarks

The list names few of Saisy’s 2 monuments; beside them, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.

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Famous people from Saisy

Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Saisy yet.

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Saisy’s neighbors

The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →

All towns in Saône-et-Loire →
ChagnyLe BreuilAutunLe CreusotTorcyBeauneChagnyLe BreuilAutunLe CreusotTorcyBeauneSaisy
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
Saisy350—————
Chagny5,35010A−A−C+D
Le Breuil3,53812AB+A+A
Autun13,17212A−AC+B−
Le Creusot20,50913C+ACC
Torcy2,67814B+A−B+A−
Beaune Côte-d'Or20,35214B+CC−A−

People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.

About Saisy

Commune in Saône-et-Loire, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté

Saisy is a commune of 350 people in the Communauté de communes du Grand Autunois Morvan. 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
350 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes du Grand Autunois Morvan
Département
Saône-et-Loire (71)
Région
Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Area
6.6 sq mi (17.2 km²)
INSEE code
71493

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.