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Poncey-sur-l'IgnonCôte-d'Or

Home to 80 people, this town lies in Côte-d'Or, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté.

Population

INSEE, census 2023 · commune

Rent

€9.57

per m² a month · apartments · estimated advertised rents · median of compared French towns €12.41/m²

Walk, cycle, transit

of working residents · median of compared French towns 13%

Is Poncey-sur-l'Ignon a good place to live?

Poncey-sur-l'Ignon is too small to grade: French towns get subject grades from 1,000 residents. 28% of its homes are second homes. It skews older: 35% of residents are 65 or over.

What makes Poncey-sur-l'Ignon stand out

The 2 things Poncey-sur-l'Ignon does most differently from other towns.

Picked automatically from the data

Second homes, share of all homes

Homes

of all homes, against 2% in the median compared French town

Source: INSEE, census 2023.

Residents 65 and over

Who lives here

35% are 65 or over

of residents, against 22% in the median compared French town

Median age 51. Source: INSEE, census 2023.

Site archéologique et paysager des Sources de la Seine · Classé · Photo: Clicsouris · CC BY-SA 3.0

Poncey-sur-l'Ignon’s story

Poncey-sur-l'Ignon in pictures

Poncey-sur-l'Ignon has 1 historic monument on the Culture ministry’s list: 1 classé, the highest protection, and 0 inscrit, the second level.

The oldest protected part dates from protohistory; the first monument here was protected in 1945.

75% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.

1945First protected: Site archéologique et paysager des Sources de la Seine

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The data

Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Poncey-sur-l'Ignon.

Who lives here

Fewer children live in Poncey-sur-l'Ignon than in Côte-d'Or’s towns or compared French towns: 12% are under 15

People 65 and over make up just over a third of the town, above Côte-d'Or’s towns (24%) and compared French towns (22%) alike. Nearly a third of adults hold a degree. Residents of Poncey-sur-l'Ignon have a median age of 51.

51median age

Poncey-sur-l'IgnonCôte-d'Or medianFrance median

Côte-d'Or medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

35%

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma18%

CAP or BEP32%

Baccalauréat16%

Higher education32%

Women and men · all residents

53% women, 47% men

About 90 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Côte-d'Or 52.8%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.

Ages and diplomas in Poncey-sur-l'Ignon
	Poncey-sur-l'Ignon	Côte-d'Or median	France median
Under 15	12%	15%	17%
15–24	12%	11%	11%
25–44	15%	22%	23%
45–64	27%	26%	26%
65+	35%	24%	22%
No diploma	18%	22%	19%
CAP or BEP	32%	25%	26%
Baccalauréat	16%	17%	18%
Higher education	32%	31%	30%

Full pagePoncey-sur-l'Ignon’s Who lives here pageOpen the full Who lives here page

Ages51 median age · 35% are 65 or over Households40 households · 2.1 people per household Born abroad1.3% immigrants · Born abroad, not French at birth Questions“What is the population of Poncey-sur-l'Ignon?”

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

History

Poncey-sur-l'Ignon keeps more of its old housing than Côte-d'Or’s towns or compared French towns: 75% built before 1919

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

Among the classé monuments in Poncey-sur-l'Ignon is Site archéologique et paysager des Sources de la Seine. The earliest of these monuments dates from protohistory.

1historic monument

Monuments by protection · Mérimée

Classé1

Inscrit0

Among them · Classé

Site archéologique et paysager des Sources de la Seine 3rd c.

Protohistory

oldest protected part

1945

first monument protected

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Age of homes75% built before 1919 · Older homes Map1 historic monument Classé1 classé · France’s highest protection Questions“How many historic monuments are there in Poncey-sur-l'Ignon?”

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

Work & commute

Fewer commuters in Poncey-sur-l'Ignon walk, cycle or take the bus or train than in Côte-d'Or’s towns or compared French towns: 3.3%

3%walk, cycle or take transit

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving97%

Public transport3%

On foot0%

Bicycle0%

Motorbike or scooter0%

jobs based in Poncey-sur-l'Ignon, 0.3 per working resident

0.0%

unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%

worked without traveling (at or from home)

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Getting to work3% walk, cycle or take transit Jobs based here0.3 per working resident

Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte

Housing

Renting in Poncey-sur-l'Ignon costs less than in both Côte-d'Or’s towns and compared French towns, at an estimated advertised €9.57/m² a month

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

Poncey-sur-l'Ignon recorded 4 home sales from July 2023 to June 2026.

€9.57/m²estimated apartment rent a month

Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month

Poncey-sur-l'Ignon€9.57/m²

Median of towns€12.41/m²

Côte-d'Or median€12.92/m²

€9.57/m²

estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€7.74 to €11.84/m² a month)

€8.14/m²

estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included

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Renting€9.57/m² a month · Estimated advertised apartment rent

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

Keep exploring

Everything we know about Poncey-sur-l'Ignon

12pages on Poncey-sur-l'Ignon

The big questions

Health0 GPs · nearest emergency department 16.4 mi away Work & commute0 jobs based here Housing4 sales on record, the last three years Flood & hazards

Out and about

Outdoors6% of the commune is protected nature AttractionsClimateWeather

The story

Who lives hereMedian age 51 History1 historic monument Town HallFamous people

Landmarks

Poncey-sur-l'Ignon has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.

All monuments →

Site archéologique et paysager des Sources de la SeineArchaeological site · 3rd c.

Site archéologique et paysager des Sources de la SeineArchaeological site · 3rd c. · in Source-Seine, 2 mi

Classé

Borne ancienneEngineering work · 13th c. · in Lamargelle, 3.9 mi

Classé

Fontaine dite de la SamaritaineFountain · 18th c. · in Saint-Seine-l'Abbaye, 4 mi

Photo credits

Site archéologique et paysager des Sources de la Seine: Photo: Clicsouris · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Site archéologique et paysager des Sources de la Seine: Photo: Clicsouris · CC BY-SA 3.0

Famous people from Poncey-sur-l'Ignon

Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Poncey-sur-l'Ignon yet.

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Poncey-sur-l'Ignon’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 →

Venarey-les-LaumesTalantFontaine-lès-DijonIs-sur-TilleDijonPoncey-sur-l'Ignon

How the neighbors grade

Town	People	Miles	Overall	Cost	Safety	Health
Poncey-sur-l'Ignon	80	—	—	—	—	—
Venarey-les-Laumes	2,747	14	A⁻	A	A⁺	C
Talant	11,896	16	B	C⁻	B	B⁺
Fontaine-lès-Dijon	9,252	16	A⁻	C⁻	B	A
Is-sur-Tille	4,302	16	A	B⁺	B⁺	B⁻
Dijon	161,830	18	C⁺	C⁻	C⁻	B⁺

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

About Poncey-sur-l'Ignon

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

Poncey-sur-l'Ignon is a commune of 80 people in the Communauté de communes Forêts, Seine et Suzon. 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: 80 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality: Communauté de communes Forêts, Seine et Suzon
Département: Côte-d'Or (21)
Région: Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Area: 6.4 sq mi (16.5 km²)
INSEE code: 21494

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 9, 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.