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Meilly-sur-RouvresCôte-d'Or

230 people live in this town in Côte-d'Or, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté.

Is Meilly-sur-Rouvres a good place to live?

There are no grades for Meilly-sur-Rouvres: French towns need 1,000 residents for them.

Église Saint-Aignan
Église Saint-Aignan · Inscrit · Photo: François GOGLINS · CC BY-SA 4.0
Meilly-sur-Rouvres’ story

Meilly-sur-Rouvres in pictures

The Culture ministry lists 1 historic monument in Meilly-sur-Rouvres, none of them classé, France’s highest protection.

44% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.

Jean Noireau, born in 1755, is the one person born in Meilly-sur-Rouvres before 1900 that Wikidata records.

  • 1927First protected: Église Saint-Aignan
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Landmarks

Meilly-sur-Rouvres has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.

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Photo credits

Église Saint-Aignan: Photo: François GOGLINS · CC BY-SA 4.0

The data

Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Meilly-sur-Rouvres.

History

Old homes shape Meilly-sur-Rouvres: 44% were built before 1919, more than in Côte-d'Or’s towns or compared French towns

1historic monument

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

The Culture ministry lists 1 historic monument in Meilly-sur-Rouvres, none of them classé, France’s highest protection.

Monuments by protection · Mérimée

Classé0
Inscrit1
1927
first monument protected
44%
of homes built before 1919 · median town 7.4%

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

Who lives here

Children make up 24% of Meilly-sur-Rouvres, above Côte-d'Or’s towns and compared French towns

42.1median age

7.5% of the population is aged 15 to 24, lower than both Côte-d'Or’s towns (11%) and compared French towns (11%). The age that splits Meilly-sur-Rouvres in two is 42.1. People 65 and over make up 21% of the town.

Meilly-sur-RouvresCôte-d'Or medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma11%
CAP or BEP34%
Baccalauréat17%
Higher education31%

Women and men · all residents

50% women, 50% men

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

Ages and diplomas in Meilly-sur-Rouvres
Meilly-sur-RouvresCôte-d'Or medianFrance median
Under 1524%15%17%
15–247.5%11%11%
25–4426%22%23%
45–6422%26%26%
65+21%24%22%
No diploma11%22%19%
CAP or BEP34%25%26%
Baccalauréat17%17%18%
Higher education31%31%30%

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

Work & commute

Meilly-sur-Rouvres has lower unemployment than Côte-d'Or’s towns or compared French towns: 3.9%

1%walk, cycle or take transit

Median disposable income comes to €27,280 a year per consumption unit. Meilly-sur-Rouvres has 50 jobs for 100 working residents, 0.4 per worker. At the census, 1.0% went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport, below both Côte-d'Or’s towns (22.8%) and compared French towns (13.4%).

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving94%
On foot1%
Public transport0%
Bicycle0%
Motorbike or scooter0%
50
jobs based in Meilly-sur-Rouvres, 0.4 per working resident
3.9%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€27,280
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

Renting in Meilly-sur-Rouvres costs less than in Côte-d'Or’s towns or compared French towns, at an estimated advertised €8.72/m² a month

€8.72/m²estimated apartment rent a month

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

6 houses and apartments changed hands in Meilly-sur-Rouvres from July 2023 to June 2026.

Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month

Meilly-sur-Rouvres€8.72/m²
Median of towns€12.41/m²
Côte-d'Or median€12.92/m²
€8.72/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€6.98 to €10.89/m² a month)
€8.94/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included

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

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Everything we know about Meilly-sur-Rouvres

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Famous people from Meilly-sur-Rouvres

One notable person was born in Meilly-sur-Rouvres.

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About Meilly-sur-Rouvres

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

Meilly-sur-Rouvres is a commune of 230 people in the Communauté de communes de Pouilly-en-Auxois/Bligny-sur-Ouche. 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
230 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes de Pouilly-en-Auxois/Bligny-sur-Ouche
Département
Côte-d'Or (21)
Région
Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Area
5.8 sq mi (15 km²)
INSEE code
21399

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 November 4, 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.