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The town, home to 2,151 people, lies in Saône-et-Loire, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté.
Buying in is costly: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 6.7 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. It lags on schools as well: bac results 1.6 points below the expected rate; brevet results at the expected rate. Its other grades sit near the middle: B for health and B for walkability.
Figures: employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025. Sancé 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.
The one thing Sancé does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Sancé 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.
Sancé has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
The Culture ministry lists no building in Sancé as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Cathédrale Saint-Vincent (nouvelle église Saint-Vincent), in Mâcon, 2.3 mi away.
Explore the history →Heritage and museums in and near Sancé. Best known first.
MuseumMusée des Ursulines3.8 km south, in Mâcon
Art galleryCouvent des Ursulines de Mâcon3.8 km south, in MâconMuseumMuseumCathédrale Vieux-Saint-Vincent3.9 km south, in MâconChâteauChâteauChâteau de Chazoux2.8 km west, in HurignyChâteauChâteauChâteau de Saint-Jean-le-Priche2.9 km northeast, in MâconPhotos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Sancé.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Advertised rents are estimated at €11.99/m² a month, higher than Saône-et-Loire’s towns (€9.77/m²) and near compared French towns (€12.41/m²). Among the homes sold, 65% were houses. Between July 2023 and June 2026, buyers took 46 homes in Sancé.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,402/m² | 30 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Degrees are held by 33% of adults. 28% of residents are 65 or over, between Saône-et-Loire’s towns (30%) and compared French towns (22%). The share of residents under 15 is 17%.
53% women, 47% men
About 88 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Saône-et-Loire 52.3%, France 51.8%.
| Sancé | Saône-et-Loire median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 17% | 15% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 8.2% | 9.5% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 19% | 19% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 28% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 28% | 30% | 22% |
| No diploma | 15% | 25% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 27% | 31% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 19% | 17% | 18% |
| Higher education | 33% | 22% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Saône-et-Loire median and France median: the median of compared communes
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
The bac pass rate near Sancé is 92.1%, below Saône-et-Loire’s towns (94.3%) and close to compared French towns (92.9%). The town’s pupils have a collège 1.5 mi away. At the three general lycées, 95% of 847 candidates passed the bac, 1.3 points below the expected rate.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Robert SchumanNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 93 | 80%+5 pts |
| Lycée général et technologique LamartineNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 500 | 95%±0 pts |
| Collège Saint-Charles PrivateBest against expectations: 7 points above the expected rateCollège | Collège | 117 | 100%+7 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
In Saône-et-Loire, women can expect to live 85.5 years and men 78.9 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. France’s death rates at each age would predict 182 deaths in Sancé from 2016 to 2025; there were 152, 16% fewer. Adjusted mortality here: 84 deaths for every 100 expected.
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 · This figure includes a care-home adjustment that TownRatings models; no official statistic exists. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from C to A.
9.2% 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%). Sancé has 950 jobs for 900 working residents, 1 per worker. Median disposable income comes to €28,240 a year per consumption unit.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Nothing in Sancé 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 Sancé 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sancé | 2,151 | — | — | C | — | B |
| Mâcon | 35,177 | 2.1 | C | B | C− | B |
| Charnay-lès-Mâcon | 8,227 | 2.7 | B | C | A− | B |
| Feillens Ain | 3,411 | 2.9 | A+ | B− | A+ | A |
| Replonges Ain | 3,956 | 3.3 | B− | C+ | B+ | B− |
| Bâgé-Dommartin Ain | 4,050 | 6.1 | A | B+ | A | A |
| Crêches-sur-Saône | 3,198 | 7.2 | A− | B− | C− | A− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Sancé has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 2.2 recorded violent incidents and 9.8 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 8 burglaries and 7 acts of criminal damage.
They grade C, better than 33% of compared French towns. 95% of 500 candidates passed the bac at Lycée général et technologique Lamartine in 2025, at the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Sancé grades C for cost of living.
Commune in Saône-et-Loire, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Sancé is a commune of 2,151 people in the Communauté d'agglomération Mâconnais Beaujolais Agglomération. 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.