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CourbanCôte-d'Or

In Côte-d'Or, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, this town has 140 residents.

Is Courban a good place to live?

At under 1,000 residents, Courban is too small for the grades other French towns get. Second homes make up nearly a quarter of its housing. 35% of residents are 65 or over.

What makes Courban stand out

The 2 things Courban does most differently from other towns.

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Ancienne commanderie de templiers d'Epailly
Ancienne commanderie de templiers d'Epailly · Classé · Photo: Ponsignon · CC BY-SA 3.0
Courban’s story

Courban in pictures

Courban has 1 historic monument on the Culture ministry’s list: 1 classé, the highest protection, and 0 inscrit, the second level.

The oldest protected part dates from the 13th century; the first monument here was protected in 2010.

51% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.

Pierre Clément de Champeaux, born in 1767, is the one person born in Courban before 1900 that Wikidata records.

  • 2010First protected: Ancienne commanderie de templiers d'Epailly
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The data

Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Courban.

Who lives here

Few people in Courban are 15 to 24: 3.6%, fewer than in Côte-d'Or’s towns and across compared French towns

People 65 and over make up 35% of the town. 11% are under 15, lower than both Côte-d'Or’s towns (15%) and compared French towns (17%). Graduates make up 16% of adults.

57.5median age
CourbanCôte-d'Or medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma16%
CAP or BEP39%
Baccalauréat18%
Higher education16%

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 Courban
CourbanCôte-d'Or medianFrance median
Under 1511%15%17%
15–243.6%11%11%
25–4419%22%23%
45–6431%26%26%
65+35%24%22%
No diploma16%22%19%
CAP or BEP39%25%26%
Baccalauréat18%17%18%
Higher education16%31%30%

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

History

Old homes shape Courban: 51% were built before 1919, more than in Côte-d'Or’s towns and across compared French towns

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

Among the classé monuments in Courban is Ancienne commanderie de templiers d'Epailly. The earliest of these monuments dates from the 13th century.

1historic monument

Monuments by protection · Mérimée

Classé1
Inscrit0

Among them · Classé

13th c.
oldest protected part
2010
first monument protected

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

Work & commute

Walking, cycling and public transport carry fewer commuters in Courban than in Côte-d'Or’s towns or compared French towns: 8.6%

Just over a tenth of the labour force were unemployed, above both Côte-d'Or’s towns (9.9%) and compared French towns (10.1%). Jobs located in Courban: 50, for 50 residents in work (0.6 each). No commute at all: 3.4% of working residents here at the census.

9%walk, cycle or take transit

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving88%
On foot9%
Public transport0%
Bicycle0%
Motorbike or scooter0%
50
jobs based in Courban, 0.6 per working resident
11.3%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€25,860
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
3%
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 Courban costs less than in Côte-d'Or’s towns and across compared French towns, at an estimated advertised €6.61/m² a month

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

The market in Courban: 4 sales of houses and apartments between July 2023 and June 2026. A house rents for an estimated €7.06/m² a month.

€6.61/m²estimated apartment rent a month

Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month

Courban€6.61/m²
Median of towns€12.41/m²
Côte-d'Or median€12.92/m²
€6.61/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€5.14 to €8.51/m² a month)
€7.06/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included

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

Keep exploring

Everything we know about Courban

11pages on Courban

Landmarks

Courban has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.

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Photo credits

Ancienne commanderie de templiers d'Epailly: Photo: Ponsignon · CC BY-SA 3.0

Famous people from Courban

One notable person was born in Courban.

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Courban’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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Châtillon-sur-SeineChâtillon-sur-SeineCourban
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
Courban140—————
Châtillon-sur-Seine5,4438.6AA+C+B

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

About Courban

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

Courban is a commune of 140 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

Population
140 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes du Pays Châtillonnais
Département
Côte-d'Or (21)
Région
Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Area
6.8 sq mi (17.7 km²)
INSEE code
21202

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.