Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
The town has 483 residents and lies in Côte-d'Or, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté.
Chaux is too small to grade: French towns get subject grades from 1,000 residents.
The Culture ministry lists no building in Chaux as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Église Saint-Symphorien, in Nuits-Saint-Georges, 2 mi away.
27% 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 Chaux.
Retirement age and beyond: 16% of residents are 65 or older. The 15-to-24 age group: 9.3%, below Côte-d'Or’s towns (11%) and compared French towns (11%) alike. Degrees are held by a third of adults.
49% women, 51% men
About 104 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Côte-d'Or 52.8%, France 51.8%.
| Chaux | Côte-d'Or median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 22% | 15% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 9.3% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 25% | 22% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 27% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 16% | 24% | 22% |
| No diploma | 13% | 22% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 29% | 25% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 20% | 17% | 18% |
| Higher education | 33% | 31% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Côte-d'Or median and France median: the median of compared communes
Half of residents lived on more than €28,120 a year per consumption unit, above both Côte-d'Or’s towns (€25,550) and compared French towns (€25,970). Jobs based in Chaux number 50, against 250 residents in work (0.2 per worker). Bus, tram or train carried 3.5% of working residents in Chaux to work at the census.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
General-bac pupils go 7.4 mi to the nearest lycée. The nearest collège is 2.3 mi away.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Félix TisserandNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 157 | 96%+2 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Renting a house costs an estimated €9.14/m² a month. Sales in Chaux from July 2023 to June 2026: 13 houses and apartments.
Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Heritage, museums and family days out in and near Chaux. Best known first.
MuseumMusée municipal de Nuits-Saint-Georges3.6 km east, in Nuits-Saint-GeorgesAbbeyAbbeyAbbaye Saint-Vivant de Vergy5 km north, in Curtil-VergyChâteauChâteauChâteau de Villers-la-Faye3.5 km southwest, in Villers-la-FayeMuseumMuseumLe Cassissium4 km east, in Nuits-Saint-GeorgesWater parkWater parkTNCO4.4 km southeast, in Premeaux-PrisseyPhotos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
Nothing in Chaux is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
One notable person was born in Chaux.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chaux | 483 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Nuits-Saint-Georges | 5,235 | 2.2 | A | B | B− | B− |
| Beaune | 20,352 | 7.8 | B+ | C | C− | A− |
| Gevrey-Chambertin | 2,917 | 7.9 | B− | C+ | C+ | C |
| Marsannay-la-Côte | 5,433 | 11 | B+ | C− | B− | A |
| Chenôve | 14,244 | 12 | C | B− | C− | C− |
| Longvic | 8,896 | 13 | C+ | C | C+ | C |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Commune in Côte-d'Or, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Chaux is a commune of 483 people in the Communauté de communes de Gevrey-Chambertin et de Nuits-Saint-Georges. 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.