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ArcenantCôte-d'Or

A town in Côte-d'Or, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, home to 518 people.

Is Arcenant a good place to live?

Arcenant isn’t graded: grades begin at 1,000 residents.

Arcenant’s outline. No photo of the town is in our collection yet.
Arcenant’s story

No historic monuments in Arcenant

The Culture ministry lists no building in Arcenant as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.

The nearest classé monument is Église Saint-Symphorien, in Nuits-Saint-Georges, 4.5 mi away.

32% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.

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The data

Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Arcenant.

Who lives here

Arcenant is a graduates’ town: 42% hold a degree, more than in Côte-d'Or’s towns and across compared French towns

The 15-to-24 age group: 8.3%, below Côte-d'Or’s towns (11%) and compared French towns (11%) alike. Over-65s are 19% of the population. The middle age in Arcenant is 45.1.

45.1median age
ArcenantCôte-d'Or medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma11%
CAP or BEP21%
Baccalauréat21%
Higher education42%

Women and men · all residents

51% women, 49% men

About an even split. Median share of women: Côte-d'Or 52.8%, France 51.8%.

Ages and diplomas in Arcenant
ArcenantCôte-d'Or medianFrance median
Under 1517%15%17%
15–248.3%11%11%
25–4425%22%23%
45–6431%26%26%
65+19%24%22%
No diploma11%22%19%
CAP or BEP21%25%26%
Baccalauréat21%17%18%
Higher education42%31%30%

INSEE, census 2023 · Côte-d'Or median and France median: the median of compared communes

Work & commute

Arcenant is better off than Côte-d'Or’s towns or compared French towns: the median disposable income is €31,260 a year per consumption unit

Unemployment stood at 5.4%, below Côte-d'Or’s towns (9.9%) and compared French towns (10.1%) alike. At the census, 7.4% of commuters got to work without a car. Jobs located in Arcenant: 50, for 250 residents in work (0.2 each).

7%walk, cycle or take transit

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving86%
On foot4%
Public transport3%
Bicycle1%
Motorbike or scooter0%
50
jobs based in Arcenant, 0.2 per working resident
5.4%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€31,260
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
6%
worked without traveling (at or from home)

Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte

Housing

The estimated advertised rent of an apartment in Arcenant is €11.74/m² a month

Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.

House rents are put at about €9.14/m² a month. From July 2023 to June 2026, 9 homes were sold in Arcenant.

€11.74/m²estimated apartment rent a month

Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month

Arcenant€11.74/m²
Median of towns€12.41/m²
Côte-d'Or median€12.92/m²
€11.74/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€9.59 to €14.37/m² a month)
€9.14/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included

Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte

Nearby attractions

Abbaye du Lieu-Dieu and 3 more in and around Arcenant

Heritage in and near Arcenant. Best known first.

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Places: © OpenStreetMap contributors · Wikidata
Keep exploring

Everything we know about Arcenant

12pages on Arcenant

Landmarks

Nothing in Arcenant is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.

Its history page →

Famous people from Arcenant

Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Arcenant yet.

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Arcenant’s neighbors

The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →

All towns in Côte-d'Or →
Nuits-Saint-GeorgesBeauneGevrey-ChambertinMarsannay-la-CôteChenôveLongvicNuits-Saint-GeorgesBeauneGevrey-ChambertinMarsannay-la-CôteChenôveLongvicArcenant
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
Arcenant518—————
Nuits-Saint-Georges5,2354.7ABB−B−
Beaune20,3527.8B+CC−A−
Gevrey-Chambertin2,9179.1B−C+C+C
Marsannay-la-Côte5,43312B+C−B−A
Chenôve14,24413CB−C−C−
Longvic8,89615C+CC+C

People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.

About Arcenant

Commune in Côte-d'Or, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté

Arcenant is a commune of 518 people in the Communauté de communes de Gevrey-Chambertin et de Nuits-Saint-Georges. 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
518 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes de Gevrey-Chambertin et de Nuits-Saint-Georges
Département
Côte-d'Or (21)
Région
Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Area
3.9 sq mi (10.1 km²)
INSEE code
21017

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 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.