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LéryCôte-d'Or

A town of 204 in Côte-d'Or, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté.

Population

204

INSEE, census 2023 · commune

Rent

€8.90

per m² a month · apartments · estimated advertised rents · median of compared French towns €12.41/m²

Median income

€23,510

a year per consumption unit · median of compared French towns €25,970

Walk, cycle, transit

of working residents · median of compared French towns 13%

Is Léry a good place to live?

With fewer than 1,000 residents, Léry falls below the line for grades. Second homes make up just over a tenth of its housing.

What makes Léry stand out

The one thing Léry does most differently from other towns.

Picked automatically from the data

Second homes, share of all homes

Homes

11% are second homes

of all homes, against 2% in the median compared French town

Source: INSEE, census 2023.

Église Saint-Barthélémy · Classé · Photo: Hubert Fourny · CC BY-SA 4.0

Léry’s story

Léry in pictures

Léry has 5 historic monuments on the Culture ministry’s list: 1 classé, the highest protection, and 4 inscrit, the second level.

The oldest protected part dates from the 13th century; the first monument here was protected in 1926.

21% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.

Henri-Frédéric Lévêque, born in 1829, is the one person born in Léry before 1900 that Wikidata records.

1926First protected: Croix en pierre
2001Most recently protected: Église Saint-Barthélémy

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The data

Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Léry.

Who lives here

Léry has fewer young adults than Côte-d'Or’s towns or compared French towns: 5.9% are 15 to 24

Retirement age and beyond: 26% of residents are 65 or older. 12% are under 15, below both Côte-d'Or’s towns (15%) and compared French towns (17%). Among adults, 11% have a degree.

53.6median age

LéryCôte-d'Or medianFrance median

Côte-d'Or medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

26%

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma33%

CAP or BEP33%

Baccalauréat18%

Higher education11%

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 Léry
	Léry	Côte-d'Or median	France median
Under 15	12%	15%	17%
15–24	5.9%	11%	11%
25–44	22%	22%	23%
45–64	35%	26%	26%
65+	26%	24%	22%
No diploma	33%	22%	19%
CAP or BEP	33%	25%	26%
Baccalauréat	18%	17%	18%
Higher education	11%	31%	30%

Full pageLéry’s Who lives here pageOpen the page

Ages53.6 median age · 26% are 65 or over Households100 households · 2 people per household Born abroad6.9% immigrants · Born abroad, not French at birth Questions“What is the population of Léry?”

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

History

Léry keeps more of its old housing than Côte-d'Or’s towns or compared French towns: 21% built before 1919

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

Léry has 5 historic monuments on the Culture ministry’s list: 1 classé, the highest protection, and 4 inscrit, the second level. Among the classé monuments locally is Église Saint-Barthélémy. Its heritage reaches back to the 13th century.

5historic monuments

Monuments by protection · Mérimée

Classé1

Inscrit4

Among them · Classé

Église Saint-Barthélémy 18th c.

13th c.

oldest protected part

1926

first monument protected

Full pageLéry’s history pageOpen the page

Age of homes21% built before 1919 · Older homes Map5 historic monuments Classé1 classé · France’s highest protection Questions“How many historic monuments are there in Léry?”

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

Work & commute

Only 6.7% of commuters in Léry go to work without a car, fewer than in Côte-d'Or’s towns and compared French towns

The median disposable income was €23,510 a year per consumption unit, below both Côte-d'Or’s towns (€25,550) and compared French towns (€25,970). Nearly a tenth of the labour force are out of work. Jobs based in Léry number 50, against 100 residents in work (0.5 per worker).

7%walk, cycle or take transit

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving86%

Public transport7%

Motorbike or scooter3%

On foot0%

Bicycle0%

jobs based in Léry, 0.5 per working resident

8.3%

unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%

€23,510

median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970

worked without traveling (at or from home)

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Getting to work7% walk, cycle or take transit Jobs based here50 jobs based here · 0.5 per working resident Median income€23,510 a year · Median income per consumption unit

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

Housing

Estimated advertised rents run lower in Léry than in Côte-d'Or’s towns or across compared French towns: €8.90/m² a month

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

House rents are put at about €8.58/m² a month. From July 2023 to June 2026, 11 homes were sold in Léry.

€8.90/m²estimated apartment rent a month

Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month

Léry€8.90/m²

Median of towns€12.41/m²

Côte-d'Or median€12.92/m²

€8.90/m²

estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€7.30 to €10.85/m² a month)

€8.58/m²

estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included

Full pageLéry’s cost of living pageOpen the page

Renting€8.90/m² a month · Estimated advertised apartment rent

Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte

Keep exploring

Everything we know about Léry

11pages on Léry

The big questions

Health0 GPs · nearest emergency department 16.8 mi away Work & commute50 jobs based here Housing11 sales on record, the last three years Flood & hazards

Out and about

Outdoors68% of the commune is protected nature ClimateWeather

The story

Who lives hereMedian age 53.6 History5 historic monuments Town HallFamous peopleOne notable person born here

Landmarks

Léry has 5 historic monuments on the Culture ministry’s list: 1 classé, the highest protection, and 4 inscrit, the second level.

All monuments →

Croix en pierreCross · 16th c.

Niche-oratoireOratory · 17th c.

Photo credits

Croix en pierre: Photo: GO69 · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Niche-oratoire: Photo: GO69 · CC BY-SA 4.0

Famous people from Léry

One notable person was born in Léry.

Their page →

Henri-Frédéric LévêqueFrench politician · 1829–1910

Léry’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 →

Is-sur-TilleTalantFontaine-lès-DijonVenarey-les-LaumesLéry

How the neighbors grade

Town	People	Miles	Overall	Cost	Safety	Health
Léry	204	—	—	—	—	—
Is-sur-Tille	4,302	13	A	B⁺	B⁺	B⁻
Talant	11,896	17	B	C⁻	B	B⁺
Fontaine-lès-Dijon	9,252	17	A⁻	C⁻	B	A
Venarey-les-Laumes	2,747	18	A⁻	A	A⁺	C

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

About Léry

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

Léry is a commune of 204 people in the Communauté de communes Forêts, Seine et Suzon. 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: 204 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality: Communauté de communes Forêts, Seine et Suzon
Département: Côte-d'Or (21)
Région: Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Area: 5.7 sq mi (14.7 km²)
INSEE code: 21345

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.