People here tend to be in good health: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 31% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Getting around on foot or by bus is easy: 99% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 18% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Buying in is costly (C−): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 6.8 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Overall, that makes a B+, good for #9 of 20 in Côte-d'Or. Nationally, it does better than 74% of compared French towns. Its remaining grades are unremarkable: B− for safety and C+ for schools.
Figures: deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting, INSEE census 2023 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · 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.
Each subject compares Marsannay-la-Côte 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.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Marsannay-la-Côte.
Work & commuteJobs & income A−
For walkability, Marsannay-la-Côte ranks above 92% of compared French towns
7.7% of people in the labour force have no job. Jobs located in Marsannay-la-Côte: 2,750, for 2,300 residents in work (1.2 each). After tax and benefits, the median income is €26,780 a year per consumption unit.
18%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving78%
Public transport9%
On foot5%
Bicycle4%
Motorbike or scooter1%
2,750
jobs based in Marsannay-la-Côte, 1.2 per working resident
7.7%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€26,780
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
3%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
A
Walkability: better than 92% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
HealthHealth A
Marsannay-la-Côte loses fewer people than its age profile suggests, 69 per 100 expected, below Côte-d'Or’s towns and compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Women in Côte-d'Or live to 86.1 on average and men to 80.4 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. From 2016 to 2025, 445 residents of Marsannay-la-Côte died, against 643 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 31% fewer. 6 GPs practise locally.
−31%deaths against expected, after care homesAHealth Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw69
Adjusted69
Median town88
Expected100
6
GPs in Marsannay-la-Côte · 4.7 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
4.5 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Hopital le Bocage Chru Dijon
4.5 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Hopital le Bocage Chru Dijon
86.1 · 80.4
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Côte-d'Or, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Estimated advertised rents run higher in Marsannay-la-Côte than in Côte-d'Or’s towns or across compared French towns: €13.91/m² a month
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Behind the median of €2,500/m²: 173 houses and apartments sold in Marsannay-la-Côte between July 2023 and June 2026. Houses accounted for 94% of sales, apartments for the rest.
€2,500/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Marsannay-la-Côte€2,500/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Côte-d'Or median€2,299/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€2,500/m²
163
€13.91/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€11.23 to €17.22/m² a month)
6.8
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€10.99/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€25,760
median annual income per consumption unit, Dijon Métropole
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
History
3 historic monuments and a protected historic area since 2019
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Among the classé monuments in Marsannay-la-Côte is Café du Rocher. On the Culture ministry’s list, Marsannay-la-Côte counts 3 historic monuments: 1 classé at the top level of protection and 2 inscrit at the second. Part of the town has been a protected historic area, a site patrimonial remarquable, since 2019. The earliest of these monuments dates from the 13th century.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Schools
90.4% of candidates passed the brevet at the eight collèges within 5 km, 2.5 points above the expected rate
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
The bac pass rate near Marsannay-la-Côte is 89.0%, below both Côte-d'Or’s towns (93.3%) and compared French towns (92.9%). Its collèges and lycées rank #17 of 20 in Côte-d'Or on results.
92%passed the bac (general and technological)C+School Grade
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Who lives here
Marsannay-la-Côte is a graduates’ town: 35% hold a degree, more than in Côte-d'Or’s towns or compared French towns
Children under 15 make up 18%, about level with compared French towns (17%) and above Côte-d'Or’s towns (15%). At 45, the median resident of Marsannay-la-Côte sits in the middle of the age range. 24% of residents have reached 65.
45median age
Marsannay-la-CôteCôte-d'Or medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
24%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma16%
CAP or BEP25%
Baccalauréat19%
Higher education35%
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 89 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Côte-d'Or 52.8%, France 51.8%.
INSEE, census 2023 · Côte-d'Or median and France median: the median of compared communes
Safety
Marsannay-la-Côte ranks below 52% of compared French towns for crime per resident
The yearly rates for 2023–2025: 6.5 violent offenses and 14.4 graded property crimes per 1,000 residents. For 2025, the figures show 92 offenses in Marsannay-la-Côte. Of the graded crimes locally, theft from vehicles came up most often (2025).
6.5recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a yearB−Safety Grade
Recorded by type · 2025
Theft from vehicles23
Criminal damage19
Burglary16
Sexual violence15
Family violence10
Other physical violence9
Fraud39
Theft without violence34
Drug use31
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.
6.5
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
14.4
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
92
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
1.3%
of the index rests on the département’s average, used where small counts aren’t published
Source: SSMSI (Interior Ministry), recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 · Licence Ouverte · For armed robbery and vehicle theft, 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, 1.3% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Marsannay-la-Côte
Is Marsannay-la-Côte safe?
It grades B− for safety, #9 of 20 in Côte-d'Or. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 16 burglaries and 19 acts of criminal damage.
Are schools in Marsannay-la-Côte good?
They grade C+, better than 41% of compared French towns and #17 of 20 in Côte-d'Or. 84% of 25 candidates passed the bac at Lycée polyvalent Les Marcs d'Or in 2025 given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Marsannay-la-Côte expensive to live in?
Prices are close to the median of compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €2,500/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Marsannay-la-Côte grades C− for cost of living.
About Marsannay-la-Côte
Commune in Côte-d'Or, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Marsannay-la-Côte is a commune of 5,433 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
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.
