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Home to 8,896 people, this town lies in Côte-d'Or, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté.
Homes are dear: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 6.3 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. It lags on health as well (C): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 6% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Its strongest subject is walkability — 98% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 23% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. The overall grade comes out at C+, #18 of 20 in Côte-d'Or. That leaves it better than just over two fifths of compared French towns. Its other grades sit near the middle: C+ for safety, B− for schools and B− for jobs & income.
Figures: amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting and employment, INSEE census 2023 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · recorded crime, SSMSI (Ministry of the Interior) · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas. The overall grade uses the other six subjects.
The 2 things Longvic does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Longvic with other French towns of 2,500 or more, ordered by how far its rank is from the middle. American and UK towns are graded separately.
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The Culture ministry’s list holds 1 historic monument in Longvic; none is classé, France’s top protection.
2.1% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Heritage, museums and other places to visit in and near Longvic. Best known first.
ChâteauPalais des ducs de Bourgogne3.8 km north, in Dijon
MuseumMusée des Beaux-Arts de Dijon3.8 km northwest, in Dijon
MuseumMusée Magnin3.8 km northwest, in Dijon
MuseumMusée d'art sacré de Dijon3.6 km northwest, in Dijon
MuseumMusée Rude3.7 km north, in DijonPhotos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Longvic.
11.3% of the labour force were unemployed, higher than both Côte-d'Or’s towns (9.9%) and compared French towns (10.1%). At the census, 22.5% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train. 8,500 jobs are based in Longvic, for 3,800 working residents (2.2 per worker). Median disposable income comes to €24,550 a year per consumption unit.
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.
Houses sell for €2,667/m² in Longvic, apartments for €2,052/m². The market here: 280 sales of houses and apartments between July 2023 and June 2026. Estimated advertised rent for houses: €10.99/m² a month.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,667/m² | 111 |
| Apartments | €2,052/m² | 169 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
9 GPs practise in Longvic. In Côte-d'Or, women can expect to live 86.1 years and men 80.4 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. 847 deaths locally between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 816: 4% above.
Source: INSEE, deaths by commune of residence 2016–2025 and censuses; Eurostat, death rates by age (© European Union); INSEE, BPE 2025; DREES, APL 2024; INSEE, life expectancy by département 2025 · Licence Ouverte · Allowing for care homes is a TownRatings estimate, not a published statistic.
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
The Culture ministry’s list holds 1 historic monument in Longvic; none is classé, France’s top protection. 2.1% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Of the graded crimes in Longvic, criminal damage came up most often (2025). Violence against people ran at 6.4 per 1,000 residents a year and the graded property crimes at 16.6 (2023–2025 average). For 2025, the figures show 202 offenses locally.
Not in the gradeTheft without violence, drug use and fraud are shown for information but left out of the Safety Grade, which counts violence plus burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and criminal damage per resident.
Source: SSMSI (Interior Ministry), recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 · Licence Ouverte · For armed robbery, the count isn’t published when it’s small (five or fewer in a year of the last three), so the index uses the département’s average, 0.3% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
At 42.1, the median resident of Longvic sits in the middle of the age range. Just over a fifth of residents are 65 or over, lower than Côte-d'Or’s towns (24%) and near compared French towns (22%). One measure of family life: 17% of residents are under 15.
52% women, 48% men
About 94 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Côte-d'Or 52.8%, France 51.8%.
| Longvic | Côte-d'Or median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 17% | 15% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 12% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 25% | 22% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 24% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 22% | 24% | 22% |
| No diploma | 20% | 22% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 25% | 25% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 19% | 17% | 18% |
| Higher education | 31% | 31% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Côte-d'Or median and France median: the median of compared communes
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Vocational results within 5 km: 85% passed the bac pro, of 735 candidates at 6 lycées. School results put the town #11 of 20 in Côte-d'Or.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Roland DorgelèsNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 138 | 91%+1 pt |
| Lycée polyvalent Le CastelNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 340 | 88%−5 pts |
| Collège Le ChapitreBest against expectations: 24 points above the expected rateCollège | Collège | 52 | 98%+24 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Longvic has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
Fort de Beauregard: Photo: Christophe.Finot · CC BY-SA 2.5
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Longvic 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Longvic | 8,896 | — | C+ | C | C+ | C |
| Chenôve | 14,244 | 2.5 | C | B− | C− | C− |
| Neuilly-Crimolois | 3,588 | 2.6 | B+ | C | A+ | B− |
| Dijon | 161,830 | 2.6 | C+ | C− | C− | B+ |
| Quetigny | 8,971 | 3 | C | C− | C− | B |
| Marsannay-la-Côte | 5,433 | 3.1 | B+ | C− | B− | A |
| Saint-Apollinaire | 7,544 | 3.1 | A− | D | A− | B+ |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades C+ for safety, #11 of 20 in Côte-d'Or. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 27 burglaries and 80 acts of criminal damage.
They grade B−, better than 50% of compared French towns and #11 of 20 in Côte-d'Or. 88% of 340 candidates passed the bac at Lycée polyvalent Le Castel in 2025, 5 points below the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Estimated advertised apartment rents are €12.74/m² a month, charges included. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns, so Longvic grades C for cost of living.
Commune in Côte-d'Or, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Longvic is a commune of 8,896 people in the Dijon Métropole. 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 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.