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CréanceyCôte-d'Or

514 people live in this town in Côte-d'Or, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté.

Is Créancey a good place to live?

Créancey isn’t graded: grades begin at 1,000 residents. Second homes make up 16% of its housing.

What makes Créancey stand out

The one thing Créancey does most differently from other towns.

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Château
Château · Inscrit · Photo: Pline · CC BY-SA 3.0
Créancey’s story

Créancey in pictures

The Culture ministry lists 2 historic monuments in Créancey, none of them classé, France’s highest protection.

The oldest protected part dates from the 14th century; the first monument here was protected in 1925.

29% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.

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Landmarks

The list names few of Créancey’s 2 monuments; beside them, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.

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The data

Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Créancey.

History

Créancey keeps more of its old housing than Côte-d'Or’s towns or compared French towns: 29% built before 1919

2historic monuments

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

The Culture ministry lists 2 historic monuments in Créancey, none of them classé, France’s highest protection. Its oldest listed monument dates from the 14th century.

Monuments by protection · Mérimée

Classé0
Inscrit2
14th c.
oldest protected part
1925
first monument protected

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

Who lives here

Few people in Créancey are 15 to 24: 9.5%, fewer than in both Côte-d'Or’s towns and compared French towns

48.8median age

The age that splits Créancey in two is 48.8. 16% are under 15, above Côte-d'Or’s towns (15%) and close to compared French towns (17%). The 65-and-over age group makes up nearly a quarter of residents.

CréanceyCôte-d'Or medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma16%
CAP or BEP32%
Baccalauréat18%
Higher education30%

Women and men · all residents

49% women, 51% men

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

Ages and diplomas in Créancey
CréanceyCôte-d'Or medianFrance median
Under 1516%15%17%
15–249.5%11%11%
25–4420%22%23%
45–6431%26%26%
65+23%24%22%
No diploma16%22%19%
CAP or BEP32%25%26%
Baccalauréat18%17%18%
Higher education30%31%30%

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

Work & commute

Unemployment in Créancey, 3.7%, runs below Côte-d'Or’s towns and compared French towns

2%walk, cycle or take transit

On foot, by bike or by bus and train: that was how 1.7% of commuters travelled at the census. Créancey holds 350 jobs; 250 of its residents are in work, so 1.5 jobs each. At the census, 6.7% of working residents in Créancey didn’t travel to work at all.

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving91%
Motorbike or scooter1%
Public transport1%
On foot0%
Bicycle0%
350
jobs based in Créancey, 1.5 per working resident
3.7%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€25,340
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
7%
worked without traveling (at or from home)

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

Schools

97.0% of candidates passed the brevet at the collège within 5 km, 2 points above the expected rate

97.0%passed the brevet

Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.

A collège lies 2.1 mi away.

Brevet pass rate · collèges within 5 km

Créancey97.0%
Median of towns87.5%
SchoolLevelCandidatesPassed, 2025
Collège André LallemandNearest collègeCollègeCollège6597%+2 pts
97.0%
passed the brevet at the collèges, +2 pts against the expected rate
2.1 mi
to the nearest collège from the town center

Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte

Housing

Renting in Créancey costs less than in both Côte-d'Or’s towns and compared French towns, at an estimated advertised €8.72/m² a month

€8.72/m²estimated apartment rent a month

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

From July 2023 to June 2026, 8 homes were sold in Créancey.

Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month

Créancey€8.72/m²
Median of towns€12.41/m²
Côte-d'Or median€12.92/m²
€8.72/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€6.98 to €10.89/m² a month)
€8.94/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 Créancey

12pages on Créancey

Famous people from Créancey

Wikidata places 1 person here, but the articles don’t both confirm Créancey as the birthplace, so nobody is listed.

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About Créancey

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

Créancey is a commune of 514 people in the Communauté de communes de Pouilly-en-Auxois/Bligny-sur-Ouche. 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
514 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes de Pouilly-en-Auxois/Bligny-sur-Ouche
Département
Côte-d'Or (21)
Région
Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Area
6.5 sq mi (16.8 km²)
INSEE code
21210

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.