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It is a town of 2,678 residents in Saône-et-Loire, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté.
Easy on the wallet, harder on other counts. Overall, Torcy earns a B+: better than three quarters of compared French towns, and #19 of 29 in Saône-et-Loire. Its strongest is health: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 26% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. At €1,301/m², the median price, 70 m² costs 3.8 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the Communauté urbaine Le Creusot Montceau-les-Mines. What holds it back is jobs & income: 1.6 jobs per working resident; 18.6% unemployment.
Figures: deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · employment, INSEE census 2023 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas. The overall grade uses the other six subjects.
The 3 things Torcy does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Torcy 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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Torcy has 1 historic monument on the Culture ministry’s list: 1 classé, the highest protection, and 0 inscrit, the second level.
The oldest protected part dates from the 18th century; the first monument here was protected in 1991.
3.5% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Other places to visit, museums and family days out in and near Torcy. Best known first.
Theme parkParc touristique des Combes4.1 km northwest, in Le Creusot
MuseumÉcomusée du Creusot-Montceau2.8 km north, in Le CreusotAttractionAttractionChâteau de la Verrerie3 km north, in Le CreusotChâteauChâteauChâteau du Breuil3.9 km northeast, in Le BreuilMuseumMuseumMusée de l'Homme et de l'Industrie3 km north, in Le CreusotMuseumMuseumPavillon de l'Industrie3 km north, in Le CreusotPhotos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Torcy.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
202 deaths in Torcy between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 272: 26% below. In Saône-et-Loire, life expectancy at birth reaches 85.5 years for women and 78.9 for men (2025), next to 85.9 and 80.3 for France. The nearest emergency department to Torcy is Fondation Hotel Dieu du Creusot, 1.8 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 · Care-home places are adjusted for by TownRatings, using a model rather than an official statistic.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The median price, €1,301/m², comes from 46 sales of houses and apartments in Torcy from July 2023 to June 2026. The estimated advertised rent is €9.77/m² a month, close to Saône-et-Loire’s towns (€9.77/m²) and below compared French towns (€12.41/m²). Renting a house costs an estimated €7.21/m² a month.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,301/m² | 46 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Near Torcy, 88.7% of lycée candidates passed the bac, below Saône-et-Loire’s towns (94.3%) and compared French towns (92.9%) alike. The town’s pupils have a collège 1 mi away. On results, collèges and lycées here come #27 of 31 in Saône-et-Loire.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Les ÉpontotsNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 54 | 80%+3 pts |
| Lycée polyvalent Léon BlumNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 172 | 94%−2 pts |
| Collège Anne FrankBest against expectations: 4 points above the expected rateCollège | Collège | 108 | 87%+4 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
With 1,300 jobs for 800 working residents, Torcy draws people in from neighbouring communes. Per 1,000 residents a year, there were 1.7 cases of violence against people and 15.3 graded property crimes (2023–2025 average). Recorded offenses in the town came to 46 in 2025. Also worth knowing: among the graded crimes here, the most frequent was criminal damage (2025).
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 family violence, other physical violence, sexual violence, burglary 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, 17.7% of the index here. As that share tops 10%, this Safety Grade carries more doubt than most. Crimes are counted in the commune where they happen, then divided by its residents, so a town that draws people in from around can look higher. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
18% of adults hold a degree. People 65 and over make up 28% of the town, lower than Saône-et-Loire’s towns (30%) yet higher than compared French towns (22%). Half the people of Torcy are older than 46.1.
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Saône-et-Loire 52.3%, France 51.8%.
| Torcy | Saône-et-Loire median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 20% | 15% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 11% | 9.5% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 18% | 19% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 23% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 28% | 30% | 22% |
| No diploma | 26% | 25% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 31% | 31% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 17% | 17% | 18% |
| Higher education | 18% | 22% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Saône-et-Loire median and France median: the median of compared communes
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
The pre-1919 share of homes is 3.5%. Protection here reaches back to the 18th century.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
The typical income here, after tax and benefits, is €22,260 a year per consumption unit. 10.7% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train at the census, below Saône-et-Loire’s towns (13.8%) and compared French towns (13.4%) alike.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Torcy 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 Torcy 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Torcy | 2,678 | — | B+ | A− | B+ | A− |
| Le Creusot | 20,509 | 1.4 | C+ | A | C | C |
| Le Breuil | 3,538 | 2.5 | A | B+ | A+ | A |
| Montchanin | 4,976 | 2.8 | B+ | B+ | B | C |
| Blanzy | 5,955 | 6.1 | A | A | B+ | B+ |
| Montceau-les-Mines | 17,064 | 8 | B− | A | C− | B− |
| Saint-Vallier | 8,508 | 9.7 | B+ | A | A− | C− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades B+ for safety, #13 of 29 in Saône-et-Loire.
They grade C, better than 25% of compared French towns and #27 of 31 in Saône-et-Loire. 94% of 172 candidates passed the bac at Lycée polyvalent Léon Blum in 2025, 2 points below the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Homes cost less than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €1,301/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Torcy grades A− for cost of living.
Commune in Saône-et-Loire, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Torcy is a commune of 2,678 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
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.