FrançaisGuest, Sign inJoin
France›Côte-d'Or›Bourgogne-Franche-Comté

LacancheCôte-d'Or

476 residents make their home in this town in Côte-d'Or, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté.

Is Lacanche a good place to live?

Grades start at 1,000 residents for French towns, so Lacanche has none. 31% of residents are 65 or over.

What makes Lacanche stand out

The one thing Lacanche does most differently from other towns.

Picked automatically from the data
Maison Coste
Maison Coste · Inscrit · Photo: Bildoj · CC BY-SA 4.0
Lacanche’s story

Lacanche in pictures

On the Culture ministry’s list, Lacanche counts 2 historic monuments: 1 classé at the top level of protection and 1 inscrit at the second.

The oldest protected part dates from the 19th century; the first monument here was protected in 1991.

20% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.

  • 1991First protected: église Saint-Étienne
  • 2002Most recently protected: Maison Coste
Explore the history →

The data

Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Lacanche.

Who lives here

Degrees are less common in Lacanche than in Côte-d'Or’s towns or across compared French towns: 8.9% of adults

The 15-to-24 age group: 8.8%, lower than both Côte-d'Or’s towns (11%) and compared French towns (11%). Children are 14% of the town. Residents of Lacanche have a median age of 52.2.

52.2median age
LacancheCôte-d'Or medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma37%
CAP or BEP38%
Baccalauréat12%
Higher education9%

Women and men · all residents

48% women, 52% men

About 107 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Côte-d'Or 52.8%, France 51.8%.

Ages and diplomas in Lacanche
LacancheCôte-d'Or medianFrance median
Under 1514%15%17%
15–248.8%11%11%
25–4417%22%23%
45–6429%26%26%
65+31%24%22%
No diploma37%22%19%
CAP or BEP38%25%26%
Baccalauréat12%17%18%
Higher education8.9%31%30%

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

History

Old homes shape Lacanche: 20% were built before 1919, more than in Côte-d'Or’s towns or compared French towns

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

Among the classé monuments in Lacanche is église Saint-Étienne. On the Culture ministry’s list, Lacanche counts 2 historic monuments: 1 classé at the top level of protection and 1 inscrit at the second. The protected list starts in the 19th century.

2historic monuments

Monuments by protection · Mérimée

Classé1
Inscrit1

Among them · Classé

19th c.
oldest protected part
1991
first monument protected

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

Work & commute

Lacanche has higher unemployment than Côte-d'Or’s towns or compared French towns: 14.2%

Walking, cycling and public transport carried 16.8% of commuters at the census. For its 200 residents in work, Lacanche has 250 jobs: 1.4 each. Half of residents lived on more than €23,540 a year per consumption unit, lower than both Côte-d'Or’s towns (€25,550) and compared French towns (€25,970).

17%walk, cycle or take transit

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving76%
On foot14%
Motorbike or scooter2%
Bicycle2%
Public transport1%
250
jobs based in Lacanche, 1.4 per working resident
14.2%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€23,540
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
5%
worked without traveling (at or from home)

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

Housing

Estimated advertised rents run lower in Lacanche than in Côte-d'Or’s towns or across compared French towns: €7.65/m² a month

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

The market in Lacanche: 28 sales of houses and apartments between July 2023 and June 2026. Houses were 96% of what sold.

€7.65/m²estimated apartment rent a month

Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month

Lacanche€7.65/m²
Median of towns€12.41/m²
Côte-d'Or median€12.92/m²
€7.65/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€6.08 to €9.63/m² a month)
€7.23/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 Lacanche

11pages on Lacanche

Landmarks

On the Culture ministry’s list, Lacanche counts 2 historic monuments: 1 classé at the top level of protection and 1 inscrit at the second.

All monuments →
Photo credits

église Saint-Étienne: Photo: GO69 · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Maison Coste: Photo: Bildoj · CC BY-SA 4.0

Famous people from Lacanche

Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Lacanche yet.

How we find them →

Lacanche’s neighbors

The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →

All towns in Côte-d'Or →
BeauneAutunChagnyBeauneAutunChagnyLacanche
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
Lacanche476—————
Beaune20,35214B+CC−A−
Autun Saône-et-Loire13,17215A−AC+B−
Chagny Saône-et-Loire5,35015A−A−C+D

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

About Lacanche

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

Lacanche is a commune of 476 people in the Communauté de communes du Pays Arnay Liernais. 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
476 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes du Pays Arnay Liernais
Département
Côte-d'Or (21)
Région
Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Area
2.8 sq mi (7.3 km²)
INSEE code
21334

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 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.