Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
A town of 36 in Côte-d'Or, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté.
Brain is too small to grade: French towns get subject grades from 1,000 residents.
The one thing Brain does most differently from other towns.
The Culture ministry lists 1 historic monument in Brain: 1 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 0 inscrit (the second level).
The oldest protected part dates from the 15th century; the first monument here was protected in 1939.
72% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Other places to visit, heritage and family days out in and near Brain. Best known first.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Brain.
26% of residents are 65 or over, close to Côte-d'Or’s towns (24%) and above compared French towns (22%). Young adults of 15 to 24 are 10% of the population. Brain has a median age of 40.2.
54% women, 46% men
About 86 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Côte-d'Or 52.8%, France 51.8%.
| Brain | Côte-d'Or median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 15% | 15% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 10% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 31% | 22% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 18% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 26% | 24% | 22% |
| No diploma | 9.1% | 22% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 39% | 25% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 6.1% | 17% | 18% |
| Higher education | 36% | 31% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Côte-d'Or median and France median: the median of compared communes
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Among the classé monuments in Brain is Chapelle Saint-Claude. Its heritage reaches back to the 15th century.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Nearly a tenth of the labour force were unemployed, near both Côte-d'Or’s towns (9.9%) and compared French towns (10.1%). At the census, 5.0% of working residents in Brain 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.
The market in Brain: 3 sales of houses and apartments between July 2023 and June 2026.
Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Brain has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
Chapelle Saint-Claude: Photo: CrlNvl · CC BY-SA 4.0
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Brain 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brain | 36 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Venarey-les-Laumes | 2,747 | 5.8 | A− | A | A+ | C |
| Semur-en-Auxois | 3,986 | 8 | A− | A− | C | B− |
| Montbard | 4,639 | 14 | B | A− | C+ | A− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Commune in Côte-d'Or, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Brain is a commune of 36 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
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 October 30, 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.