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AvosnesCôte-d'Or

With 83 residents, it is a town in Côte-d'Or, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté.

Population

INSEE, census 2023 · commune

Rent

€8.52

per m² a month · apartments · estimated advertised rents · median of compared French towns €12.41/m²

Walk, cycle, transit

of working residents · median of compared French towns 13%

Is Avosnes a good place to live?

Avosnes is too small to grade: French towns get subject grades from 1,000 residents. Holiday and other second homes account for 31% of homes.

What makes Avosnes stand out

The one thing Avosnes does most differently from other towns.

Picked automatically from the data

Second homes, share of all homes

Homes

of all homes, against 2% in the median compared French town

Source: INSEE, census 2023.

Chapelle et croix, situées au hameau de Barain · Classé · Photo: Michel FOUCHER · CC BY-SA 4.0

Avosnes’ story

Avosnes in pictures

On the Culture ministry’s list, Avosnes counts 2 historic monuments: 1 classé at the top level of protection and 1 inscrit at the second.

The oldest protected part dates from the 15th century; the first monument here was protected in 1971.

48% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.

1971First protected: Château (ancien)
2000Most recently protected: Chapelle et croix, situées au hameau de Barain

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The data

Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Avosnes.

Who lives here

Fewer children live in Avosnes than in Côte-d'Or’s towns or compared French towns: 12% are under 15

A quarter of adults hold a degree, below Côte-d'Or’s towns (31%) and compared French towns (30%) alike. People 65 and over make up a quarter of the town. Those aged 15 to 24 account for 9.6% of residents.

46.2median age

AvosnesCôte-d'Or medianFrance median

Côte-d'Or medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

25%

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma9%

CAP or BEP45%

Baccalauréat19%

Higher education25%

Women and men · all residents

47% women, 53% men

About 113 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Côte-d'Or 52.8%, France 51.8%.

Ages and diplomas in Avosnes
	Avosnes	Côte-d'Or median	France median
Under 15	12%	15%	17%
15–24	9.6%	11%	11%
25–44	25%	22%	23%
45–64	28%	26%	26%
65+	25%	24%	22%
No diploma	9%	22%	19%
CAP or BEP	45%	25%	26%
Baccalauréat	19%	17%	18%
Higher education	25%	31%	30%

Full pageAvosnes’ Who lives here pageOpen the page

Ages46.2 median age · 25% are 65 or over Households40 households · 2 people per household Born abroad0% immigrants · Born abroad, not French at birth Questions“What is the population of Avosnes?”

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

History

Avosnes keeps more of its old housing than Côte-d'Or’s towns or compared French towns: 48% built before 1919

France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.

Among the classé monuments in Avosnes is Chapelle et croix, situées au hameau de Barain. The oldest protected building goes back to the 15th century. On the Culture ministry’s list, Avosnes counts 2 historic monuments: 1 classé at the top level of protection and 1 inscrit at the second.

2historic monuments

Monuments by protection · Mérimée

Classé1

Inscrit1

Among them · Classé

Chapelle et croix, situées au hameau de Barain 15th–18th c.

15th c.

oldest protected part

1971

first monument protected

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Age of homes48% built before 1919 · Older homes Map2 historic monuments Classé1 classé · France’s highest protection Questions“How many historic monuments are there in Avosnes?”

Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period

Work & commute

Avosnes has lower unemployment than Côte-d'Or’s towns or compared French towns: 6.5%

At the census, 4.5% of working residents in Avosnes didn’t travel to work at all.

0%walk, cycle or take transit

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving95%

On foot0%

Public transport0%

Bicycle0%

Motorbike or scooter0%

jobs based in Avosnes, 0.3 per working resident

6.5%

unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%

worked without traveling (at or from home)

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Jobs based here0.3 per working resident Getting to work0% walk, cycle or take transit

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

Housing

Estimated advertised rents run lower in Avosnes than in Côte-d'Or’s towns or across compared French towns: €8.52/m² a month

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

Sales in Avosnes from July 2023 to June 2026: 2 houses and apartments.

€8.52/m²estimated apartment rent a month

Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month

Avosnes€8.52/m²

Median of towns€12.41/m²

Côte-d'Or median€12.92/m²

€8.52/m²

estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€6.77 to €10.74/m² a month)

€8.14/m²

estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included

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Renting€8.52/m² a month · Estimated advertised apartment rent

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

Keep exploring

Everything we know about Avosnes

12pages on Avosnes

The big questions

Health0 GPs · nearest emergency department 16.4 mi away Work & commute0 jobs based here Housing2 sales on record, the last three years Flood & hazards

Out and about

Outdoors100% of the commune is protected nature AttractionsOne place to visit mapped in town ClimateWeather

The story

Who lives hereMedian age 46.2 History2 historic monuments Town HallFamous people

Landmarks

On the Culture ministry’s list, Avosnes counts 2 historic monuments: 1 classé at the top level of protection and 1 inscrit at the second.

All monuments →

Château (ancien)Château · 16th c.

Chapelle et croix, situées au hameau de BarainChapel · 15th–18th c.

Photo credits

Château (ancien): Photo: Samrong01 · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Chapelle et croix, situées au hameau de Barain: Photo: Michel FOUCHER · CC BY-SA 4.0

Famous people from Avosnes

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

How we find them →

Avosnes’ 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 →

Venarey-les-LaumesSemur-en-AuxoisTalantChenôveMarsannay-la-CôteAvosnes

How the neighbors grade

Town	People	Miles	Overall	Cost	Safety	Health
Avosnes	83	—	—	—	—	—
Venarey-les-Laumes	2,747	15	A⁻	A	A⁺	C
Semur-en-Auxois	3,986	17	A⁻	A⁻	C	B⁻
Talant	11,896	17	B	C⁻	B	B⁺
Chenôve	14,244	18	C	B⁻	C⁻	C⁻
Marsannay-la-Côte	5,433	18	B⁺	C⁻	B⁻	A

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

About Avosnes

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

Avosnes is a commune of 83 people in the Communauté de communes des Terres d'Auxois. 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: 83 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality: Communauté de communes des Terres d'Auxois
Département: Côte-d'Or (21)
Région: Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Area: 4.4 sq mi (11.4 km²)
INSEE code: 21040

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.