Arnay-le-Duc’s strongest is cost of living — at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 2.8 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Fewer journeys need a car: 92% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 16% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Health lags: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 18% above expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Homes go for a median €978/m².
Figures: prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting, INSEE census 2023 · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025). Arnay-le-Duc 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 Arnay-le-Duc 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.
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Who lives here
An older town: 40% of people in Arnay-le-Duc are 65 or over, more than in both Côte-d'Or’s towns and compared French towns
Children under 15 count for just over a tenth of the people here. People aged 15 to 24 make up 7.8% of the town, lower than both Côte-d'Or’s towns (11%) and compared French towns (11%). Arnay-le-Duc has a median age of 58.6.
58.6median age
Arnay-le-DucCôte-d'Or medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
40%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma29%
CAP or BEP30%
Baccalauréat16%
Higher education16%
Women and men · all residents
55% women, 45% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 83 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Côte-d'Or 52.8%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
INSEE, census 2023 · Côte-d'Or median and France median: the median of compared communes
HealthHealth D−
Deaths in Arnay-le-Duc run above what its ages would predict: 118 per 100 expected, more than in both Côte-d'Or’s towns and compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
From 2016 to 2025, 445 residents of Arnay-le-Duc died, against 292 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 53% more. The nearest emergency department to Arnay-le-Duc is Centre hospitalier Autun site Parpas, 15.2 mi away. 4 GPs practise here. Average lifespans in Côte-d'Or: 86.1 years for women, 80.4 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 nationally.
+18%deaths against expected, after care homesD−Health Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw153
Adjusted118
Median town88
Expected100
4
GPs in Arnay-le-Duc · 3.9 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
15.2 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier Autun site Parpas
17.9 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Hospices Civils de Beaune
86.1 · 80.4
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Côte-d'Or, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Arnay-le-Duc is easier to get around on foot than 91% of compared French towns
The median disposable income was €23,420 a year per consumption unit, lower than both Côte-d'Or’s towns (€25,550) and compared French towns (€25,970). 15.6% of commuters went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport at the census. For its 450 residents in work, Arnay-le-Duc has 800 jobs: 1.8 each.
16%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving79%
On foot14%
Bicycle1%
Public transport1%
Motorbike or scooter0%
800
jobs based in Arnay-le-Duc, 1.8 per working resident
10.6%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€23,420
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
5%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
A
Walkability: better than 91% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
History
Old homes shape Arnay-le-Duc: 24% were built before 1919, more than in both Côte-d'Or’s towns and compared French towns
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
4 of the 7 are houses and mansions. Part of the town has been protected as a historic area since 1998. Arnay-le-Duc has 52 protected monuments for every 10,000 residents. Among the classé monuments locally is Tour de la Motte-Forte.
Tour de la Motte-Forte: Photo: Eponimm · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Ancien prieuré: Photo: Christophe.Finot · CC BY-SA 2.5 · Château des Princes de Condé (ancien): Photo: Velvet · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Maison du 16e siècle: Photo: Christophe.Finot · CC BY-SA 2.5
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Arnay-le-Duc
Is Arnay-le-Duc safe?
Arnay-le-Duc has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 4.7 recorded violent incidents and 12.9 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Is Arnay-le-Duc expensive to live in?
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Arnay-le-Duc grades A+ for cost of living.
About Arnay-le-Duc
Commune in Côte-d'Or, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Arnay-le-Duc is a commune of 1,342 people in the Communauté de communes du Pays Arnay Liernais. 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
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.
