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CorsaintCôte-d'Or

In Côte-d'Or, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, this town has 129 residents.

Is Corsaint a good place to live?

There are no grades for Corsaint: French towns need 1,000 residents for them. 33% of homes here are second homes.

What makes Corsaint stand out

The one thing Corsaint does most differently from other towns.

Picked automatically from the data
3 historic monuments on Corsaint’s outline: classé dark green, inscrit light green.
Corsaint’s story

3 historic monuments, 2 classé

The Culture ministry lists 3 historic monuments in Corsaint: 2 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 1 inscrit (the second level).

The oldest protected part dates from the 15th century; the first monument here was protected in 1940.

52% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.

Pierre Travaux, born in 1822, is the one person born in Corsaint before 1900 that Wikidata records.

  • 1940First protected: Croix de carrefour
  • 1944Most recently protected: Borne dite Jean Thomas
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The data

Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Corsaint.

History

Corsaint keeps more of its old housing than Côte-d'Or’s towns or compared French towns: 52% built before 1919

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

2 of the 3 are bridges and other works. Among the classé monuments in Corsaint is Borne dite de la voie des Allemands. Its oldest listed monument dates from the 15th century. The Culture ministry lists 3 historic monuments locally: 2 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 1 inscrit (the second level).

3historic monuments

Monuments by protection · Mérimée

Classé2
Inscrit1
15th c.
oldest protected part
1940
first monument protected

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

Who lives here

Corsaint is a graduates’ town: 38% hold a degree, more than in both Côte-d'Or’s towns and compared French towns

People 65 and over make up 25% of the town. Children under 15 make up 15%, lower than both Côte-d'Or’s towns (15%) and compared French towns (17%). Those aged 15 to 24 account for just over one in ten residents.

50.1median age
CorsaintCôte-d'Or medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma13%
CAP or BEP26%
Baccalauréat13%
Higher education38%

Women and men · all residents

50% women, 50% men

About an even split. Median share of women: Côte-d'Or 52.8%, France 51.8%.

Ages and diplomas in Corsaint
CorsaintCôte-d'Or medianFrance median
Under 1515%15%17%
15–2412%11%11%
25–4418%22%23%
45–6431%26%26%
65+25%24%22%
No diploma13%22%19%
CAP or BEP26%25%26%
Baccalauréat13%17%18%
Higher education38%31%30%

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

Work & commute

Only 9.8% of commuters in Corsaint go to work without a car, fewer than in both Côte-d'Or’s towns and compared French towns

Half of residents lived on more than €24,050 a year per consumption unit, below both Côte-d'Or’s towns (€25,550) and compared French towns (€25,970). Unemployment stands at 8.9%.

10%walk, cycle or take transit

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving80%
On foot4%
Bicycle4%
Public transport2%
Motorbike or scooter0%
0
jobs based in Corsaint, 0.2 per working resident
8.9%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€24,050
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
10%
worked without traveling (at or from home)

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

Housing

Renting in Corsaint costs less than in both Côte-d'Or’s towns and compared French towns, at an estimated advertised €8.20/m² a month

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

From July 2023 to June 2026, 3 homes were sold in Corsaint.

€8.20/m²estimated apartment rent a month

Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month

Corsaint€8.20/m²
Median of towns€12.41/m²
Côte-d'Or median€12.92/m²
€8.20/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€6.00 to €11.22/m² a month)
€7.83/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included

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

Nearby attractions

Abbaye Saint-Jean-de-Réome and 3 more in and around Corsaint

Heritage in and near Corsaint. Best known first.

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Places: © OpenStreetMap contributors · Wikidata
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Everything we know about Corsaint

12pages on Corsaint

Landmarks

The Culture ministry lists 3 historic monuments in Corsaint: 2 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 1 inscrit (the second level).

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Famous people from Corsaint

2 notable people were born in Corsaint.

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Corsaint’s neighbors

The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →

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Semur-en-AuxoisMontbardVenarey-les-LaumesAvallonSemur-en-AuxoisMontbardVenarey-les-LaumesAvallonCorsaint
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
Corsaint129—————
Semur-en-Auxois3,9867.8A−A−CB−
Montbard4,6398.6BA−C+A−
Venarey-les-Laumes2,74712A−AA+C
Avallon Yonne6,30514B−A−D−C

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

About Corsaint

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

Corsaint is a commune of 129 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
129 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes des Terres d'Auxois
Département
Côte-d'Or (21)
Région
Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Area
7.9 sq mi (20.5 km²)
INSEE code
21199

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.