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The town has 1,612 residents and lies in Saône-et-Loire, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté.
Health is a strength: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 23% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Most journeys need a car (D): 75% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 3% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Homes sell for a median €2,032/m²: 70 m² comes to 5.6 years of the median income per consumption unit in the Communauté d'agglomération Le Grand Chalon.
Figures: deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting, INSEE census 2023 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi. Sassenay 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 Sassenay 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.
Sassenay has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
The one thing Sassenay does most differently from other towns.
The Culture ministry lists no building in Sassenay as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Abbaye (ancienne), in Saint-Marcel, 4.2 mi away.
11% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Nothing in Sassenay 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 Sassenay.
The median disposable income was €26,990 a year per consumption unit, above Saône-et-Loire’s towns (€24,330) and close to compared French towns (€25,970). Sassenay has 100 jobs for 700 working residents, 0.1 per worker. Walking, cycling and public transport carried 3.2% of commuters at the census.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
France’s death rates at each age would predict 146 deaths in Sassenay from 2016 to 2025; there were 113, 23% fewer. Average lifespans in Saône-et-Loire: 85.5 years for women, 78.9 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 nationally. Also worth knowing: the nearest emergency department to Sassenay is Ch William Morey Chalon Sur Saone, 5.4 mi away.
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.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Advertised rents are estimated at €10.38/m² a month, between Saône-et-Loire’s towns (€9.77/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²). Renting a house costs an estimated €10.06/m² a month. Sales in Sassenay from July 2023 to June 2026: 37 houses and apartments.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,032/m² | 37 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Among adults, 28% have a degree. 7.6% of residents are 15 to 24, below both Saône-et-Loire’s towns (9.5%) and compared French towns (11%). Over-65s are 23% of the population.
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Saône-et-Loire 52.3%, France 51.8%.
| Sassenay | Saône-et-Loire median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 20% | 15% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 7.6% | 9.5% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 21% | 19% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 28% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 23% | 30% | 22% |
| No diploma | 14% | 25% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 31% | 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
One notable person was born in Sassenay.
Commune in Saône-et-Loire, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Sassenay is a commune of 1,612 people in the Communauté d'agglomération Le Grand Chalon. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sassenay | 1,612 | — | — | B | — | A− |
| Gergy | 2,566 | 2.8 | — | B+ | — | A |
| Saint-Marcel | 6,211 | 4.1 | A | B− | B+ | A− |
| Champforgeuil | 2,637 | 4.2 | — | A− | — | B− |
| Chalon-sur-Saône | 45,102 | 4.3 | B+ | B+ | C | B |
| Châtenoy-le-Royal | 6,267 | 5.8 | A | B | A− | B− |
| Saint-Rémy | 6,410 | 6.3 | A− | B− | B | B |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Sassenay has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 2.4 recorded violent incidents and 2.9 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Sassenay grades B 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.