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4,235 people live in this town in Saône-et-Loire, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté.
Easy on the wallet, harder on other counts. Its strongest subject is cost of living (A+) — at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 3.2 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. It is a safe place by the numbers (A): an average of 2.9 recorded violent incidents and 10 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. The local economy is weaker than most (D): 0.3 jobs per working resident; 9.6% unemployment. Walkability is weaker too: nearly half of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 4% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Overall, that makes an A, good for #10 of 29 in Saône-et-Loire. Nationally, it does better than 88% of compared French towns.
Figures: prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · recorded crime, SSMSI (Ministry of the Interior) · employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas. The overall grade uses the other six subjects.
Each subject compares Sanvignes-les-Mines 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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The one thing Sanvignes-les-Mines does most differently from other towns.
The Culture ministry lists no building in Sanvignes-les-Mines as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Monument aux morts, in Montceau-les-Mines, 3.4 mi away.
12% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Nothing in Sanvignes-les-Mines 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 Sanvignes-les-Mines.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The estimated advertised rent is €8.27/m² a month, lower than both Saône-et-Loire’s towns (€9.77/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²). House rents are put at about €8.46/m² a month. Sanvignes-les-Mines recorded 130 home sales from July 2023 to June 2026.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,104/m² | 130 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
More of the graded crimes in Sanvignes-les-Mines were criminal damage than anything else (2025). The 2025 count: 66 offenses 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, vehicle theft and theft from vehicles, 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, 8.2% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Unemployment stood at 9.6%, about level with compared French towns (10.1%) and below Saône-et-Loire’s towns (10.7%). No commute at all: 3.2% of working residents in Sanvignes-les-Mines at the census. The median disposable income is €24,850 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.
On school results, the town ranks #8 of 31 in Saône-et-Loire. The nearest general lycée is 4 mi away.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Roger VaillandNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 51 | 84%−3 pts |
| Collège Saint-Gilbert - site de Montcenis PrivateBest against expectations: 5 points above the expected rateCollège | Collège | 94 | 96%+5 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Children are 17% of the town. Degrees are held by just over a fifth of adults, about level with Saône-et-Loire’s towns (22%) and below compared French towns (30%). Retirement age and beyond: 24% of residents are 65 or older.
51% women, 49% men
About 96 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Saône-et-Loire 52.3%, France 51.8%.
| Sanvignes-les-Mines | Saône-et-Loire median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 17% | 15% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 8.8% | 9.5% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 21% | 19% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 28% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 24% | 30% | 22% |
| No diploma | 21% | 25% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 33% | 31% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 19% | 17% | 18% |
| Higher education | 21% | 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.
Its care home for older people (79 places) counts its residents as Sanvignes-les-Mines’; allowing for it, deaths were 10% below expected. 482 deaths locally between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 454: 6% above. 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.
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 · The care-home figures behind this are our own model (TownRatings), not official statistics.
3 notable people were born in Sanvignes-les-Mines.
Commune in Saône-et-Loire, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Sanvignes-les-Mines is a commune of 4,235 people in the Communauté urbaine Le Creusot Montceau-les-Mines. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sanvignes-les-Mines | 4,235 | — | A | A+ | A | C+ |
| Saint-Vallier | 8,508 | 3.1 | B+ | A | A− | C− |
| Montceau-les-Mines | 17,064 | 3.4 | B− | A | C− | B− |
| Blanzy | 5,955 | 5.2 | A | A | B+ | B+ |
| Montchanin | 4,976 | 10 | B+ | B+ | B | C |
| Torcy | 2,678 | 11 | B+ | A− | B+ | A− |
| Le Creusot | 20,509 | 12 | C+ | A | C | C |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades A for safety, #6 of 29 in Saône-et-Loire. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 23 burglaries and 26 acts of criminal damage.
They grade A−, better than 84% of compared French towns and #8 of 31 in Saône-et-Loire. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Sanvignes-les-Mines 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 9, 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.