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46 people live in this town in Côte-d'Or, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté.
Grades start at 1,000 residents for French towns, so Duesme has none. 38% of homes here are second homes.
The one thing Duesme does most differently from other towns.
Duesme has 1 historic monument on the Culture ministry’s list, none at the highest level (classé).
The oldest protected part dates from the 13th century; the first monument here was protected in 2006.
48% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Duesme.
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
The protected list starts in the 13th century. Duesme has 1 historic monument on the Culture ministry’s list, none at the highest level (classé).
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Aged 15 to 24: nearly one in ten residents. Degrees are held by nearly a fifth of adults, lower than both Côte-d'Or’s towns (31%) and compared French towns (30%). Over-65s are 22% of the population.
48% women, 52% men
About 109 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Côte-d'Or 52.8%, France 51.8%.
| Duesme | Côte-d'Or median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 13% | 15% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 8.7% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 17% | 22% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 39% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 22% | 24% | 22% |
| No diploma | 11% | 22% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 44% | 25% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 22% | 17% | 18% |
| Higher education | 19% | 31% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Côte-d'Or median and France median: the median of compared communes
No commute at all: 20.8% of working residents in Duesme at the census.
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.
Renting a house costs an estimated €7.19/m² a month. Duesme recorded 2 home sales from July 2023 to June 2026.
Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Duesme has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
Château de Duesme: Photo: Claude PIARD · CC BY-SA 4.0
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Duesme yet.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Duesme | 46 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Venarey-les-Laumes | 2,747 | 13 | A− | A | A+ | C |
| Châtillon-sur-Seine | 5,443 | 16 | A | A+ | C+ | B |
| Montbard | 4,639 | 16 | B | A− | C+ | A− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Commune in Côte-d'Or, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Duesme is a commune of 46 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
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.