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174 residents make their home in this town in Saône-et-Loire, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté.
There are no grades for Taizé: French towns need 1,000 residents for them. 28% of its homes are second homes. 15- to 24-year-olds are 15% of the population.
The 2 things Taizé does most differently from other towns.
Taizé has 1 historic monument on the Culture ministry’s list: 1 classé, the highest protection, and 0 inscrit, the second level.
73% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Taizé.
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Children under 15 make up 3% of residents. Degrees are held by 58% of adults, above Saône-et-Loire’s towns (22%) and compared French towns (30%) alike. Over-65s are nearly a quarter of the population.
31% women, 69% men
About 46 women for every 100 men. Median share of women: Saône-et-Loire 52.3%, France 51.8%.
| Taizé | Saône-et-Loire median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 3% | 15% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 15% | 9.5% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 35% | 19% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 23% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 24% | 30% | 22% |
| No diploma | 6.6% | 25% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 6.1% | 31% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 26% | 17% | 18% |
| Higher education | 58% | 22% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Saône-et-Loire median and France median: the median of compared communes
3.8% of the labour force were unemployed, lower than both Saône-et-Loire’s towns (10.7%) and compared French towns (10.1%). Per resident in work, Taizé counts 1.2 jobs (50 jobs, 50 workers). Bus, tram or train carried 15.7% of working residents in Taizé to work at the census.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Taizé recorded 1 home sales from July 2023 to June 2026.
Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Heritage, museums and other places to visit in and near Taizé. Best known first.
Taizé has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Taizé 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Taizé | 174 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Cluny | 4,942 | 5.5 | A | B− | A− | B− |
| Tournus | 5,701 | 11 | B | A− | D− | B− |
| Sennecey-le-Grand | 2,895 | 13 | A− | B+ | A | C |
| Charnay-lès-Mâcon | 8,227 | 15 | B | C | A− | B |
| Mâcon | 35,177 | 16 | C | B | C− | B |
| Feillens Ain | 3,411 | 16 | A+ | B− | A+ | A |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Commune in Saône-et-Loire, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Taizé is a commune of 174 people in the Communauté de communes du Clunisois. 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) · 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 October 30, 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.