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SolognySaône-et-Loire

A town in Saône-et-Loire, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, home to 572 people.

Is Sologny a good place to live?

Sologny has no grades yet: French towns are graded from 1,000 residents up.

Grotte des Furtins
Grotte des Furtins · Classé · Photo: Chabe01 · CC BY-SA 4.0
Sologny’s story

Sologny in pictures

Sologny has 2 historic monuments on the Culture ministry’s list: 1 classé, the highest protection, and 1 inscrit, the second level.

The oldest protected part dates from the 12th century; the first monument here was protected in 1930.

35% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.

  • 1947First protected: Grotte des Furtins
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The data

Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Sologny.

Who lives here

Degrees are more common in Sologny than in Saône-et-Loire’s towns or across compared French towns: 45% of adults

The 15-to-24 age group: 8.6%, lower than both Saône-et-Loire’s towns (9.5%) and compared French towns (11%). 19% of residents are children under 15. People 65 and over make up nearly a fifth of the town.

44median age
SolognySaône-et-Loire medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma10%
CAP or BEP20%
Baccalauréat20%
Higher education45%

Women and men · all residents

47% women, 53% men

About 113 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Saône-et-Loire 52.3%, France 51.8%.

Ages and diplomas in Sologny
SolognySaône-et-Loire medianFrance median
Under 1519%15%17%
15–248.6%9.5%11%
25–4424%19%23%
45–6429%26%26%
65+19%30%22%
No diploma10%25%19%
CAP or BEP20%31%26%
Baccalauréat20%17%18%
Higher education45%22%30%

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

History

Old homes shape Sologny: 35% were built before 1919, more than in Saône-et-Loire’s towns and across compared French towns

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

Sologny has 2 historic monuments on the Culture ministry’s list: 1 classé, the highest protection, and 1 inscrit, the second level. Among the classé monuments here is Grotte des Furtins. The earliest of these monuments dates from the 12th century.

2historic monuments

Monuments by protection · Mérimée

Classé1
Inscrit1

Among them · Classé

12th c.
oldest protected part
1930
first monument protected

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

Work & commute

Fewer people in Sologny are out of work than in Saône-et-Loire’s towns or across compared French towns: 4.0%

At the census, 5.0% went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport, below Saône-et-Loire’s towns (13.8%) and compared French towns (13.4%) alike. For its 300 residents in work, Sologny has 50 jobs: 0.2 each. Households’ median disposable income: €28,640 a year per consumption unit.

5%walk, cycle or take transit

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving92%
Public transport3%
On foot1%
Bicycle1%
Motorbike or scooter1%
50
jobs based in Sologny, 0.2 per working resident
4.0%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€28,640
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
3%
worked without traveling (at or from home)

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

Housing

The estimated advertised rent of an apartment in Sologny is €9.82/m² a month

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

Between July 2023 and June 2026, buyers took 19 homes in Sologny. Houses made up 95% of the homes sold; apartments the rest.

€9.82/m²estimated apartment rent a month

Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month

Sologny€9.82/m²
Median of towns€12.41/m²
Saône-et-Loire median€9.77/m²
€9.82/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€7.96 to €12.12/m² a month)
€9.94/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included

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

Nearby attractions

Château de Berzé and 7 more in and around Sologny

Heritage and other places to visit in and near Sologny. Best known first.

All attractions →
Places: © OpenStreetMap contributors · Wikidata
Keep exploring

Everything we know about Sologny

12pages on Sologny

Landmarks

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

All monuments →
Photo credits

Grotte des Furtins: Photo: Chabe01 · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Grotte des Furtins: Photo: Chabe01 · CC BY-SA 4.0

Famous people from Sologny

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

How we find them →

Sologny’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 →
ClunyCharnay-lès-MâconMâconCrêches-sur-SaôneFeillensReplongesClunyCharnay-lès-MâconMâconCrêches-sur-SaôneFeillensReplongesSologny
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
Sologny572—————
Cluny4,9424.7AB−A−B−
Charnay-lès-Mâcon8,2277.1BCA−B
Mâcon35,1778CBC−B
Crêches-sur-Saône3,1989.9A−B−C−A−
Feillens Ain3,41110A+B−A+A
Replonges Ain3,95611B−C+B+B−

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

About Sologny

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

Sologny is a commune of 572 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

Population
572 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté d'agglomération Mâconnais Beaujolais Agglomération
Département
Saône-et-Loire (71)
Région
Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Area
4.1 sq mi (10.7 km²)
INSEE code
71525

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.