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911 residents make their home in this town in Côte-d'Or, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté.
At under 1,000 residents, La Roche-en-Brenil is too small for the grades other French towns get. Second homes make up 11% of its housing. Homes go for a median €785/m². 30% of residents are 65 or over.
The 3 things La Roche-en-Brenil does most differently from other towns.
La Roche-en-Brenil has 2 historic monuments on the Culture ministry’s list: 1 classé, the highest protection, and 1 inscrit, the second level.
The oldest protected part dates from the 16th century; the first monument here was protected in 1889.
44% 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 La Roche-en-Brenil.
Those aged 15 to 24 account for nearly one in ten residents. La Roche-en-Brenil has a median age of 51.7.
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Côte-d'Or 52.8%, France 51.8%.
| La Roche-en-Brenil | Côte-d'Or median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 16% | 15% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 8.6% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 19% | 22% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 26% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 30% | 24% | 22% |
| No diploma | 27% | 22% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 36% | 25% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 15% | 17% | 18% |
| Higher education | 16% | 31% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Côte-d'Or median and France median: the median of compared communes
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Among the classé monuments in La Roche-en-Brenil is Deux menhirs. This Côte-d'Or town has 2 historic monuments on the Culture ministry’s list: 1 classé, the highest protection, and 1 inscrit, the second level. The protected list starts in the 16th century.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Half of residents lived on more than €23,070 a year per consumption unit, below Côte-d'Or’s towns (€25,550) and compared French towns (€25,970) alike. Jobs located in La Roche-en-Brenil: 350, for 350 residents in work (1.1 each). No commute at all: 10.3% of working residents here 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.
A house rents for an estimated €7.23/m² a month. The market in La Roche-en-Brenil: 32 sales of houses and apartments between July 2023 and June 2026.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €785/m² | 32 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
The list names few of La Roche-en-Brenil’s 2 monuments; beside them, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in La Roche-en-Brenil 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| La Roche-en-Brenil | 911 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Semur-en-Auxois | 3,986 | 11 | A− | A− | C | B− |
| Avallon Yonne | 6,305 | 14 | B− | A− | D− | C |
| Venarey-les-Laumes | 2,747 | 17 | A− | A | A+ | C |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Commune in Côte-d'Or, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
La Roche-en-Brenil is a commune of 911 people in the Communauté de communes Saulieu-Morvan. 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 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.