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1,883 people call this town in Côte-d'Or, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté home.
Health outcomes beat most towns (A+): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 43% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. At €2,764/m², the median price, 70 m² costs 6 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the Communauté de communes Norge et Tille. It is hard to get around without a car (C).
Figures: deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting, INSEE census 2023 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi. Couternon has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
Each subject compares Couternon with other French towns of 2,500 or more, ordered by how far its rank is from the middle. American and UK towns are graded separately.
Couternon has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
The Culture ministry lists no building in Couternon as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Château avec son jardin, in Bressey-sur-Tille, 2.4 mi away.
4.7% 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 Couternon.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
78 deaths in Couternon between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 137: 43% below. In Côte-d'Or, life expectancy at birth reaches 86.1 years for women and 80.4 for men (2025), next to 85.9 and 80.3 for France. One GP practises locally.
Source: INSEE, deaths by commune of residence 2016–2025 and censuses; Eurostat, death rates by age (© European Union); INSEE, BPE 2025; DREES, APL 2024; INSEE, life expectancy by département 2025 · Licence Ouverte · Allowing for care homes is a TownRatings estimate, not a published statistic.
6.9% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train at the census, lower than both Côte-d'Or’s towns (22.8%) and compared French towns (13.4%). Unemployment stands at 4.7%. 250 jobs are based in Couternon, for 850 working residents (0.3 per worker).
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.
Behind the median of €2,764/m²: 36 houses and apartments sold in Couternon between July 2023 and June 2026. Of the homes sold, 97% were houses.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,784/m² | 35 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
The nearest collège is 2.2 mi away. Near Couternon, 94.0% of lycée candidates passed the bac, in line with Côte-d'Or’s towns (93.3%) and compared French towns (92.9%).
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Jean RostandNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 154 | 92%±0 pts |
| Lycée général et technologique Jean-Marc BoivinNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 167 | 94%−3 pts |
| Collège Camille ClaudelBest against expectations: 2 points above the expected rateCollège | Collège | 216 | 92%+2 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
People aged 15 to 24 make up a tenth of the town, about level with compared French towns (11%) and below Côte-d'Or’s towns (11%). The under-15s are 18% of the population here. The median resident of Couternon is 45.3 years old.
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Côte-d'Or 52.8%, France 51.8%.
| Couternon | Côte-d'Or median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 18% | 15% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 10% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 22% | 22% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 28% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 22% | 24% | 22% |
| No diploma | 9.1% | 22% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 22% | 25% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 18% | 17% | 18% |
| Higher education | 47% | 31% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Côte-d'Or median and France median: the median of compared communes
Heritage, family days out and other places to visit in and near Couternon. Best known first.
Nothing in Couternon 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 Couternon 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Couternon | 1,883 | — | — | B+ | — | A+ |
| Arc-sur-Tille | 2,584 | 1.9 | — | A− | — | A |
| Quetigny | 8,971 | 2.1 | C | C− | C− | B |
| Chevigny-Saint-Sauveur | 11,108 | 2.7 | B | C− | B+ | B |
| Saint-Apollinaire | 7,544 | 3 | A− | D | A− | B+ |
| Neuilly-Crimolois | 3,588 | 4.3 | B+ | C | A+ | B− |
| Longvic | 8,896 | 5.1 | C+ | C | C+ | C |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Couternon has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 1.5 recorded violent incidents and 2.7 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
They grade C+, better than 42% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Homes cost more than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €2,764/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Couternon grades B+ for cost of living.
Commune in Côte-d'Or, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Couternon is a commune of 1,883 people in the Communauté de communes Norge et Tille. 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) · DGFiP, DVF property sales, July 2023 to June 2026 · 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.