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The town, home to 7,544 people, lies in Côte-d'Or, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté.
Plenty to like here, at a price. Jobs & income is where it shines: 1.2 jobs per working resident; 7.8% unemployment. At A− overall, Saint-Apollinaire ranks #6 of 20 in Côte-d'Or. Set against the rest, it does better than just over four fifths of compared French towns. Walkability is another plus — 92% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 21% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. The catch is cost of living: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 8.1 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality.
Figures: employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi.
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 Saint-Apollinaire 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.
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Saint-Apollinaire has 3 historic monuments on the Culture ministry’s list, none at the highest level (classé).
The oldest protected part dates from the 11th century; the first monument here was protected in 1927.
1.2% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Heritage, museums and other places to visit in and near Saint-Apollinaire. Best known first.
ChâteauPalais des ducs de Bourgogne3.4 km west, in Dijon
MuseumMusée des Beaux-Arts de Dijon3.4 km west, in Dijon
MuseumMusée Magnin3.4 km west, in Dijon
MuseumMusée Rude3.3 km southwest, in Dijon
MuseumMusée d'art sacré de Dijon3.9 km southwest, in DijonPhotos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Saint-Apollinaire.
Half of residents lived on more than €28,140 a year per consumption unit, above Côte-d'Or’s towns (€25,550) and compared French towns (€25,970) alike. Of those in the labour force, 7.8% are unemployed. Bus, tram or train carried nearly a tenth of working residents in Saint-Apollinaire to work at the census.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
No town in Côte-d'Or costs more to buy into than Saint-Apollinaire, at €2,968/m², the highest of 21. The split locally: €2,929/m² for houses, €2,982/m² for apartments. The estimated advertised rent is €13.96/m² a month, higher than both Côte-d'Or’s towns (€12.92/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²).
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,929/m² | 171 |
| Apartments | €2,982/m² | 147 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Saint-Apollinaire comes 3rd of the 20 compared towns in Côte-d'Or on the Safety Grade. The 2025 count: 135 offenses locally. The yearly rates for 2023–2025: 3.4 violent offenses and 12.6 graded property crimes per 1,000 residents. The commonest graded crime locally was criminal damage (2025).
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.
Source: SSMSI (Interior Ministry), recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 · Licence Ouverte · For sexual violence and armed robbery, this figure isn’t published when it’s small (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the index uses the département’s average instead, 1.9% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
From 2016 to 2025, 602 residents of Saint-Apollinaire died, against 760 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 21% fewer. 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. The town has 9 family doctors.
Source: INSEE, deaths by commune of residence 2016–2025 and censuses; Eurostat, death rates by age (© European Union); INSEE, BPE 2025; DREES, APL 2024; INSEE, life expectancy by département 2025 · Licence Ouverte · The care-home figures behind this are our own model (TownRatings), not official statistics.
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Its heritage reaches back to the 11th century. 1.2% of its homes were built before 1919, below Côte-d'Or’s towns (7.4%) and compared French towns (7.4%) alike.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Children under 15 make up 16%, near Côte-d'Or’s towns (15%) and lower than compared French towns (17%). Half the people of Saint-Apollinaire are older than 45.2.
53% women, 47% men
About 88 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Côte-d'Or 52.8%, France 51.8%.
| Saint-Apollinaire | Côte-d'Or median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 16% | 15% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 11% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 23% | 22% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 26% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 24% | 24% | 22% |
| No diploma | 14% | 22% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 23% | 25% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 18% | 17% | 18% |
| Higher education | 40% | 31% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Côte-d'Or median and France median: the median of compared communes
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Its collèges and lycées rank #12 of 20 in Côte-d'Or on results. At the nine general lycées, 95% of 2,081 candidates passed the bac, 1.8 points below the expected rate.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Jean-François ChampollionNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 108 | 91%+3 pts |
| Lycée technologique Gustave EiffelNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 278 | 95%−2 pts |
| Collège Saint-Joseph Sainte-Ursule PrivateBest against expectations: 4 points above the expected rateCollège | Collège | 243 | 100%+4 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
The list names few of Saint-Apollinaire’s 3 monuments; beside them, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
Château (restes): Photo: Christophe.Finot · CC BY-SA 2.5
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Saint-Apollinaire yet.
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →
| Town | People | Miles | Overall | Cost | Safety | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Apollinaire | 7,544 | — | A− | D | A− | B+ |
| Quetigny | 8,971 | 1.8 | C | C− | C− | B |
| Dijon | 161,830 | 2.3 | C+ | C− | C− | B+ |
| Fontaine-lès-Dijon | 9,252 | 2.7 | A− | C− | B | A |
| Longvic | 8,896 | 3.1 | C+ | C | C+ | C |
| Chevigny-Saint-Sauveur | 11,108 | 3.2 | B | C− | B+ | B |
| Talant | 11,896 | 3.9 | B | C− | B | B+ |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades A− for safety, #3 of 20 in Côte-d'Or. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 37 burglaries and 47 acts of criminal damage.
They grade B−, better than 49% of compared French towns and #12 of 20 in Côte-d'Or. 95% of 278 candidates passed the bac at Lycée technologique Gustave Eiffel in 2025, 2 points below the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Saint-Apollinaire grades D for cost of living.
Commune in Côte-d'Or, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Saint-Apollinaire is a commune of 7,544 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
Sources: INSEE, census 2023 (population, employment, commuting) · INSEE, Filosofi 2023 (income per consumption unit, poverty) · DGFiP, DVF property sales, July 2023 to June 2026 · 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.