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36 people live in this town in Côte-d'Or, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté.
At under 1,000 residents, Chambain is too small for the grades other French towns get. Second homes make up 27% of its housing. It skews young: 14% of residents are 15 to 24.
The 2 things Chambain does most differently from other towns.
On the Culture ministry’s list, Chambain counts 1 historic monument: 1 classé at the top level of protection and 0 inscrit at the second.
The oldest protected part dates from prehistory; the first monument here was protected in 1923.
52% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Chambain.
People 65 and over make up 16% of the town, lower than both Côte-d'Or’s towns (24%) and compared French towns (22%). Young adults of 15 to 24 account for 14% of the town. The median resident of Chambain is 39.3 years old.
51% women, 49% men
About 95 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Côte-d'Or 52.8%, France 51.8%.
| Chambain | Côte-d'Or median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 21% | 15% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 14% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 26% | 22% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 23% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 16% | 24% | 22% |
| No diploma | 13% | 22% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 22% | 25% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 25% | 17% | 18% |
| Higher education | 28% | 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.
The protected list starts in prehistory. Among the classé monuments in Chambain is Menhir dit Le Cheval gris.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Unemployment stood at 12.0%, higher than both Côte-d'Or’s towns (9.9%) and compared French towns (10.1%).
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 €7.19/m² a month. From July 2023 to June 2026, 1 homes were sold in Chambain.
Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Chambain has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
Menhir dit Le Cheval gris: Photo: RaoulGlaber · CC BY-SA 3.0
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Chambain 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chambain | 36 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Châtillon-sur-Seine | 5,443 | 17 | A | A+ | C+ | B |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Commune in Côte-d'Or, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Chambain is a commune of 36 people in the Communauté de communes du Pays Châtillonnais. 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.