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A town in Saône-et-Loire, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, home to 1,082 people.
Prices are modest for what you get: A year’s estimated rent on a 70 m² apartment is 29% of the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. School results are strong: bac results 2.8 points above the expected rate; brevet results at the expected rate. Its weakest is walkability: just over a fifth of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 3% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work.
Figures: prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting, INSEE census 2023. Vitry-en-Charollais 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 Vitry-en-Charollais 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.
Vitry-en-Charollais has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
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The Culture ministry lists no building in Vitry-en-Charollais as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is maison Jaillet, in Paray-le-Monial, 2.7 mi away.
12% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Nothing in Vitry-en-Charollais is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Vitry-en-Charollais.
Of those in the labour force, 8.5% are unemployed. Per resident in work, Vitry-en-Charollais counts 0.7 jobs (300 jobs, 500 workers). The median disposable income was €25,890 a year per consumption unit, about level with compared French towns (€25,970) and above Saône-et-Loire’s towns (€24,330).
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.
Sales in Vitry-en-Charollais from July 2023 to June 2026: 25 houses and apartments. House rents are put at about €7.32/m² a month.
Source: 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 Vitry-en-Charollais, 96.8% of lycée candidates passed the bac, above Saône-et-Loire’s towns (94.3%) and compared French towns (92.9%) alike. For collège, the closest is 2.5 mi away. At the general lycée, 100% of 129 candidates passed the bac, a point above the expected rate.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Jeanne d'Arc PrivateNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 85 | 98%+1 pt |
| Lycée général et technologique privé Jeanne d'Arc PrivateNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 129 | 100%+1 pt |
| Lycée polyvalent privé du Sacré-Coeur PrivateBest against expectations: 8 points above the expected rateVocational lycée | Vocational lycée | 118 | 99%+8 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
56 deaths in Vitry-en-Charollais between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 77: 27% below. 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. The nearest emergency department to Vitry-en-Charollais is Ch du Pays Charolais Brionnais, 2.4 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 · This figure includes a care-home adjustment that TownRatings models; no official statistic exists. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from C+ to A+.
9.1% of the population is aged 15 to 24, about level with Saône-et-Loire’s towns (9.5%) and below compared French towns (11%). The 65-and-over age group makes up 23% of residents. Among adults, 22% have a degree.
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Saône-et-Loire 52.3%, France 51.8%.
| Vitry-en-Charollais | Saône-et-Loire median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 14% | 15% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 9.1% | 9.5% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 19% | 19% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 35% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 23% | 30% | 22% |
| No diploma | 20% | 25% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 37% | 31% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 17% | 17% | 18% |
| Higher education | 22% | 22% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Saône-et-Loire median and France median: the median of compared communes
Museums, other places to visit and heritage in and near Vitry-en-Charollais. Best known first.
ChurchBasilique du Sacré-Cœur de Paray-le-Monial4.4 km east, in Paray-le-Monial
MuseumMusée du Hiéron4.5 km east, in Paray-le-Monial
MuseumMusée Paul Charnoz3.8 km east, in Paray-le-MonialAttractionAttractionMaison Jaillet4.3 km east, in Paray-le-MonialAbbeyAbbeyPrieuré Notre-Dame de Paray-le-Monial4.4 km east, in Paray-le-MonialMuseumMuseumMaison de la Mosaïque Contemporaine3.7 km east, in Paray-le-MonialPhotos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Vitry-en-Charollais yet.
Commune in Saône-et-Loire, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Vitry-en-Charollais is a commune of 1,082 people in the Communauté de communes Le Grand Charolais. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vitry-en-Charollais | 1,082 | — | — | A+ | — | A |
| Paray-le-Monial | 9,291 | 2.4 | A+ | A− | A− | B |
| Digoin | 7,353 | 3.8 | B+ | A+ | C | B− |
| Gueugnon | 6,528 | 10 | A+ | A+ | B | B+ |
| Charolles | 2,772 | 10 | A+ | A | A | B− |
| Sanvignes-les-Mines | 4,235 | 18 | A | A+ | A | C+ |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Vitry-en-Charollais has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 3.2 recorded violent incidents and 5.2 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
They grade A, better than 88% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
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.