Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
It is a town of 959 residents in Côte-d'Or, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté.
At under 1,000 residents, Bretenière is too small for the grades other French towns get.
The Culture ministry lists no building in Bretenière as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Pont-aqueduc des Arvaux sur la Varaude, in Noiron-sous-Gevrey, 3.1 mi away.
4.9% 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 Bretenière.
People 65 and over make up nearly a fifth of the town. The median resident of Bretenière is 42.4 years old. Degrees are held by 32% of adults.
51% women, 49% men
About 95 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Côte-d'Or 52.8%, France 51.8%.
| Bretenière | Côte-d'Or median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 21% | 15% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 11% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 22% | 22% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 27% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 19% | 24% | 22% |
| No diploma | 13% | 22% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 31% | 25% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 20% | 17% | 18% |
| Higher education | 32% | 31% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Côte-d'Or median and France median: the median of compared communes
Half of residents lived on more than €28,110 a year per consumption unit, above Côte-d'Or’s towns (€25,550) and compared French towns (€25,970) alike. For its 450 residents in work, Bretenière has 450 jobs: 1 each. At the census, 8.4% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train.
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.
Renting a house costs an estimated €10.99/m² a month. Between July 2023 and June 2026, buyers took 28 homes in Bretenière.
Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Heritage and other places to visit in and near Bretenière. Best known first.
Nothing in Bretenière is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
Wikidata places 1 person here, but the articles don’t both confirm Bretenière as the birthplace, so nobody is listed.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bretenière | 959 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Neuilly-Crimolois | 3,588 | 2.6 | B+ | C | A+ | B− |
| Chevigny-Saint-Sauveur | 11,108 | 4.1 | B | C− | B+ | B |
| Longvic | 8,896 | 4.2 | C+ | C | C+ | C |
| Quetigny | 8,971 | 5.2 | C | C− | C− | B |
| Genlis | 5,093 | 5.3 | A− | B | B+ | C− |
| Marsannay-la-Côte | 5,433 | 5.8 | B+ | C− | B− | A |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Commune in Côte-d'Or, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Bretenière is a commune of 959 people in the Dijon Métropole. 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.