Homes are affordable: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 3.6 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Pupils here do better than most (A): brevet results 5 points above the expected rate. Its remaining grades are unremarkable: C+ for jobs & income and B− for walkability. The median sale price is €1,315/m².
Figures: prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025. Verdun-Ciel 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 Verdun-Ciel 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.
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Who lives here
Fewer people in Verdun-Ciel hold a degree than in Saône-et-Loire’s towns or compared French towns: 16%
51median age
One measure of family life: 14% of residents are under 15. 30% of residents are 65 or over, close to Saône-et-Loire’s towns (30%) and above compared French towns (22%). Residents of Verdun-Ciel have a median age of 51.
Verdun-CielSaône-et-Loire medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
30%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma23%
CAP or BEP32%
Baccalauréat18%
Higher education16%
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
WomenFrance medianMen
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.
INSEE, census 2023 · Saône-et-Loire median and France median: the median of compared communes
HealthHealth B+
Deaths in Verdun-Ciel run below what its ages would predict: 82 per 100 expected, fewer than Saône-et-Loire’s towns or compared French towns
−18%deaths against expected, after care homesB+Health Grade
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Women in Saône-et-Loire live to 85.5 on average and men to 78.9 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. France’s death rates at each age would predict 387 deaths in Verdun-Ciel from 2016 to 2025; there were 487, 26% more. The nearest emergency department to Verdun-Ciel is Ch William Morey Chalon Sur Saone, 11.9 mi away. For a family doctor, residents of Verdun-Ciel have one GP on hand.
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw126
Adjusted82
Median town88
Expected100
1
GPs in Verdun-Ciel · 1.6 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
11.9 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Ch William Morey Chalon Sur Saone
11.9 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Ch William Morey Chalon Sur Saone
85.5 · 78.9
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Saône-et-Loire, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Old homes shape Verdun-Ciel: 23% were built before 1919, more than in Saône-et-Loire’s towns or compared French towns
1historic monument
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Protection here reaches back to the 14th century. Verdun-Ciel has 1 historic monument on the Culture ministry’s list, none at the highest level (classé).
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Work & commuteJobs & income C+
Fewer commuters in Verdun-Ciel walk, cycle or take the bus or train than in Saône-et-Loire’s towns or compared French towns: 8.4%
8%walk, cycle or take transit
Verdun-Ciel holds 850 jobs; 700 of its residents are in work, so 1.2 jobs each. The median disposable income was €24,510 a year per consumption unit, close to Saône-et-Loire’s towns (€24,330) and below compared French towns (€25,970). No commute at all: 5.2% of working residents here at the census.
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving85%
On foot6%
Bicycle2%
Motorbike or scooter2%
Public transport1%
850
jobs based in Verdun-Ciel, 1.2 per working resident
10.5%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€24,510
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
5%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
B−
Walkability: better than 53% of compared French towns
Commune in Saône-et-Loire, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Verdun-Ciel is a commune of 1,811 people in the Communauté de communes Saône Doubs Bresse. 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
1,811 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes Saône Doubs Bresse
Département
Saône-et-Loire (71)
Région
Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Area
9.5 sq mi (24.7 km²)
INSEE code
71566
Verdun-Ciel’s neighbors
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Verdun-Ciel
Is Verdun-Ciel safe?
Verdun-Ciel has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 3.3 recorded violent incidents and 9.4 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Are schools in Verdun-Ciel good?
They grade A, better than 91% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Verdun-Ciel expensive to live in?
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Verdun-Ciel grades A for cost of living.
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.
