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110 people live in this town in Saône-et-Loire, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté.
Grades start at 1,000 residents for French towns, so Varenne-l'Arconce has none. 34% of its homes are second homes. Just over a third of residents are 65 or over.
The 2 things Varenne-l'Arconce does most differently from other towns.
Varenne-l'Arconce has 1 historic monument on the Culture ministry’s list: 1 classé, the highest protection, and 0 inscrit, the second level.
59% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Varenne-l'Arconce has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
Église Saint-Pierre-aux-Liens: Photo: Chris06 · CC BY-SA 4.0
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Varenne-l'Arconce.
12% of residents are children under 15. People 65 and over make up 35% of the town, above both Saône-et-Loire’s towns (30%) and compared French towns (22%). Line up the people of Varenne-l'Arconce by age and the one in the middle is 56.
52% women, 48% men
About 93 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Saône-et-Loire 52.3%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
| Varenne-l'Arconce | Saône-et-Loire median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 12% | 15% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 7.3% | 9.5% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 14% | 19% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 33% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 35% | 30% | 22% |
| No diploma | 25% | 25% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 21% | 31% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 20% | 17% | 18% |
| Higher education | 24% | 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.
Among the classé monuments in Varenne-l'Arconce is Église Saint-Pierre-aux-Liens.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Half of residents lived on more than €22,010 a year per consumption unit, below Saône-et-Loire’s towns (€24,330) and compared French towns (€25,970) alike. Just over a tenth of Varenne-l'Arconce’s working residents had no journey 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.
From July 2023 to June 2026, 9 homes were sold in Varenne-l'Arconce.
Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Heritage, other places to visit and museums in and near Varenne-l'Arconce. Best known first.
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Varenne-l'Arconce yet.
Commune in Saône-et-Loire, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Varenne-l'Arconce is a commune of 110 people in the Communauté de communes de Semur-en-Brionnais. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Varenne-l'Arconce | 110 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Paray-le-Monial | 9,291 | 8.1 | A+ | A− | A− | B |
| Charolles | 2,772 | 8.6 | A+ | A | A | B− |
| Charlieu Loire | 3,766 | 12 | A− | A | C− | B+ |
| Chauffailles | 3,638 | 12 | A | A | C+ | B+ |
| Digoin | 7,353 | 13 | B+ | A+ | C | B− |
| Pouilly-sous-Charlieu Loire | 2,588 | 14 | — | A | — | A+ |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
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 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.