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SacquenayCôte-d'Or

285 residents make their home in this town in Côte-d'Or, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté.

Is Sacquenay a good place to live?

Sacquenay isn’t graded: grades begin at 1,000 residents. 17% of its homes are second homes. It skews older: 30% of residents are 65 or over.

What makes Sacquenay stand out

The 2 things Sacquenay does most differently from other towns.

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Église · Classé · Photo: GO69 · CC BY-SA 4.0
Sacquenay’s story

Sacquenay in pictures

The Culture ministry lists 4 historic monuments in Sacquenay: 1 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 3 inscrit (the second level).

The oldest protected part dates from the 13th century; the first monument here was protected in 1910.

46% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.

  • 1926First protected: Fontaine Cour
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Landmarks

The Culture ministry lists 4 historic monuments in Sacquenay: 1 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 3 inscrit (the second level).

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The data

Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Sacquenay.

Who lives here

Degrees are less common in Sacquenay than in Côte-d'Or’s towns or across compared French towns: 20% of adults

49median age

People 65 and over make up 30% of the town, higher than both Côte-d'Or’s towns (24%) and compared French towns (22%). Aged 15 to 24: one in ten residents. The median resident of Sacquenay is 49 years old.

SacquenayCôte-d'Or medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma22%
CAP or BEP34%
Baccalauréat19%
Higher education20%

Women and men · all residents

56% women, 44% men

About 78 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 Sacquenay
SacquenayCôte-d'Or medianFrance median
Under 1516%15%17%
15–2410%11%11%
25–4418%22%23%
45–6426%26%26%
65+30%24%22%
No diploma22%22%19%
CAP or BEP34%25%26%
Baccalauréat19%17%18%
Higher education20%31%30%

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

History

Sacquenay keeps more of its old housing than Côte-d'Or’s towns or compared French towns: 46% built before 1919

4historic monuments

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

Its heritage reaches back to the 13th century. The Culture ministry lists 4 historic monuments in Sacquenay: 1 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 3 inscrit (the second level).

Monuments by protection · Mérimée

Classé1
Inscrit3
13th c.
oldest protected part
1910
first monument protected

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

Work & commute

Only 8.9% of commuters in Sacquenay go to work without a car, fewer than in Côte-d'Or’s towns and across compared French towns

9%walk, cycle or take transit

Half of residents lived on more than €27,280 a year per consumption unit, above both Côte-d'Or’s towns (€25,550) and compared French towns (€25,970). Sacquenay holds 50 jobs; 100 of its residents are in work, so 0.4 jobs each.

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving81%
On foot5%
Bicycle3%
Public transport1%
Motorbike or scooter0%
50
jobs based in Sacquenay, 0.4 per working resident
9.6%
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
11%
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 Sacquenay costs less than in Côte-d'Or’s towns and across compared French towns, at an estimated advertised €10.28/m² a month

€10.28/m²estimated apartment rent a month

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

House rents are put at about €8.44/m² a month. From July 2023 to June 2026, 15 homes were sold in Sacquenay.

Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month

Sacquenay€10.28/m²
Median of towns€12.41/m²
Côte-d'Or median€12.92/m²
€10.28/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€8.32 to €12.69/m² a month)
€8.44/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included

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

Keep exploring

Everything we know about Sacquenay

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Famous people from Sacquenay

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

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About Sacquenay

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

Sacquenay is a commune of 285 people in the Communauté de communes Tille et Venelle. 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
285 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes Tille et Venelle
Département
Côte-d'Or (21)
Région
Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Area
8.5 sq mi (22.1 km²)
INSEE code
21536

Sacquenay’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 →
Is-sur-TilleGrayIs-sur-TilleGraySacquenay
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
Sacquenay285—————
Is-sur-Tille4,30211AB+B+B−
Gray Haute-Saône5,36516C−AD−C

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

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.