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MâlainCôte-d'Or

A town of 798 in Côte-d'Or, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté.

Is Mâlain a good place to live?

Mâlain is too small to grade: French towns get subject grades from 1,000 residents.

agglomération gallo-romaine de Mediolanum
agglomération gallo-romaine de Mediolanum · Classé · Photo: Velvet · CC BY-SA 3.0
Mâlain’s story

Mâlain in pictures

The Culture ministry lists 2 historic monuments in Mâlain: 2 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 0 inscrit (the second level).

The oldest protected part dates from Antiquity; the first monument here was protected in 1938.

34% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.

  • 1992First protected: agglomération gallo-romaine de Mediolanum
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The data

Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Mâlain.

History

Mâlain keeps more of its old housing than Côte-d'Or’s towns or compared French towns: 34% built before 1919

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

Among the classé monuments in Mâlain is agglomération gallo-romaine de Mediolanum. The earliest of these monuments dates from Antiquity.

2historic monuments

Monuments by protection · Mérimée

Classé2
Inscrit0

Among them · Classé

Antiquity
oldest protected part
1938
first monument protected

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

Who lives here

More people in Mâlain hold a degree than in Côte-d'Or’s towns or compared French towns: 44%

The 15-to-24 age group: 9.7%, below both Côte-d'Or’s towns (11%) and compared French towns (11%). The under-15s are 19% of the population here. Retirement age and beyond: 21% of residents are 65 or older.

42.5median age
MâlainCôte-d'Or medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma10%
CAP or BEP20%
Baccalauréat22%
Higher education44%

Women and men · all residents

51% women, 49% men

About an even split. Median share of women: Côte-d'Or 52.8%, France 51.8%.

Ages and diplomas in Mâlain
MâlainCôte-d'Or medianFrance median
Under 1519%15%17%
15–249.7%11%11%
25–4426%22%23%
45–6425%26%26%
65+21%24%22%
No diploma10%22%19%
CAP or BEP20%25%26%
Baccalauréat22%17%18%
Higher education44%31%30%

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

Work & commute

Mâlain has lower unemployment than Côte-d'Or’s towns or compared French towns: 4.8%

Per consumption unit, the median disposable income is €27,690 a year. Mâlain has 50 jobs for 400 working residents, 0.2 per worker. At the census, 16.2% went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport, below Côte-d'Or’s towns (22.8%) but above compared French towns (13.4%).

16%walk, cycle or take transit

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving79%
Public transport11%
On foot4%
Bicycle1%
Motorbike or scooter1%
50
jobs based in Mâlain, 0.2 per working resident
4.8%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€27,690
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
4%
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 Mâlain than in Côte-d'Or’s towns or across compared French towns: €8.52/m² a month

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

Sales in Mâlain from July 2023 to June 2026: 17 houses and apartments. Of the homes sold, 94% were houses.

€8.52/m²estimated apartment rent a month

Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month

Mâlain€8.52/m²
Median of towns€12.41/m²
Côte-d'Or median€12.92/m²
€8.52/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€6.77 to €10.74/m² a month)
€8.14/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included

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

Nearby attractions

Château de Mâlain and 2 more in and around Mâlain

Heritage and other places to visit in and near Mâlain. Best known first.

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Places: © OpenStreetMap contributors · Wikidata
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Everything we know about Mâlain

12pages on Mâlain

Landmarks

The list names few of Mâlain’s 2 monuments; beside them, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.

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Photo credits

agglomération gallo-romaine de Mediolanum: Photo: Velvet · CC BY-SA 3.0

Famous people from Mâlain

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

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Mâlain’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 →
TalantMarsannay-la-CôteChenôveFontaine-lès-DijonGevrey-ChambertinDijonTalantMarsannay-la-CôteChenôveFontaine-lès-DijonGevrey-ChambertinDijonMâlain
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
Mâlain798—————
Talant11,8969.7BC−BB+
Marsannay-la-Côte5,43310B+C−B−A
Chenôve14,24410CB−C−C−
Fontaine-lès-Dijon9,25211A−C−BA
Gevrey-Chambertin2,91711B−C+C+C
Dijon161,83011C+C−C−B+

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

About Mâlain

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

Mâlain is a commune of 798 people in the Communauté de communes Ouche et Montagne. 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
798 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes Ouche et Montagne
Département
Côte-d'Or (21)
Région
Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Area
4.3 sq mi (11.2 km²)
INSEE code
21373

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.