Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Mont-Saint-Jean.
Who lives here
Mont-Saint-Jean has fewer young adults than Côte-d'Or’s towns or compared French towns: 5.2% are 15 to 24
Among adults, 39% have a degree. 13% are under 15, lower than both Côte-d'Or’s towns (15%) and compared French towns (17%). At 56.8, the median resident of Mont-Saint-Jean sits in the middle of the age range.
56.8median age
Mont-Saint-JeanCôte-d'Or medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
37%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma12%
CAP or BEP31%
Baccalauréat15%
Higher education39%
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 105 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
History
Old homes shape Mont-Saint-Jean: 55% were built before 1919, more than in both Côte-d'Or’s towns and compared French towns
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
The Culture ministry lists 5 historic monuments in Mont-Saint-Jean: 3 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 2 inscrit (the second level). Among the classé monuments locally is Hôpital (ancien). The earliest of these monuments dates from the 12th century.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Work & commute
Only 4.6% of commuters in Mont-Saint-Jean go to work without a car, fewer than in both Côte-d'Or’s towns and compared French towns
The median disposable income was €23,440 a year per consumption unit, below Côte-d'Or’s towns (€25,550) and compared French towns (€25,970) alike. For its 100 residents in work, Mont-Saint-Jean has 50 jobs: 0.4 each. 7.4% of the town’s working residents had no journey to work at the census.
5%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving87%
On foot3%
Public transport2%
Motorbike or scooter1%
Bicycle0%
50
jobs based in Mont-Saint-Jean, 0.4 per working resident
4.6%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€23,440
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Housing
Estimated advertised rents run lower in Mont-Saint-Jean than in Côte-d'Or’s towns or across compared French towns: €8.72/m² a month
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Houses accounted for 93% of sales, apartments for the rest. The market in Mont-Saint-Jean: 15 sales of houses and apartments between July 2023 and June 2026.
€8.72/m²estimated apartment rent a month
Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month
Mont-Saint-Jean€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)
€8.14/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
About Mont-Saint-Jean
Commune in Côte-d'Or, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Mont-Saint-Jean is a commune of 267 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
267 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes de Pouilly-en-Auxois/Bligny-sur-Ouche
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.
