Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
The town has 80 residents and lies in Côte-d'Or, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté.
There are no grades for Auxant: French towns need 1,000 residents for them. Holiday and other second homes account for 10% of homes.
The one thing Auxant does most differently from other towns.
The Culture ministry lists no building in Auxant as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Église Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul, in Vic-des-Prés, 1.7 mi away.
31% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Auxant.
6.8% of residents are aged 15 to 24. People 65 and over make up 19% of the town, below both Côte-d'Or’s towns (24%) and compared French towns (22%). Graduates make up 27% of adults.
53% women, 47% men
About 87 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Côte-d'Or 52.8%, France 51.8%.
| Auxant | Côte-d'Or median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 23% | 15% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 6.8% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 23% | 22% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 27% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 19% | 24% | 22% |
| No diploma | 15% | 22% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 27% | 25% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 27% | 17% | 18% |
| Higher education | 27% | 31% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Côte-d'Or median and France median: the median of compared communes
At the census, 8.6% of working residents in Auxant didn’t travel to work at all.
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 Auxant from July 2023 to June 2026: 4 houses and apartments.
Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Other places to visit, heritage and museums in and near Auxant. Best known first.
Nothing in Auxant is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Auxant yet.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Auxant | 80 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Beaune | 20,352 | 12 | B+ | C | C− | A− |
| Nuits-Saint-Georges | 5,235 | 15 | A | B | B− | B− |
| Chagny Saône-et-Loire | 5,350 | 16 | A− | A− | C+ | D |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Commune in Côte-d'Or, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Auxant is a commune of 80 people in the Communauté de communes de Pouilly-en-Auxois/Bligny-sur-Ouche. 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
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.