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1,864 residents make their home in this town in Côte-d'Or, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté.
Saint-Julien’s strongest is jobs & income — 0.4 jobs per working resident; 3.2% unemployment. At €2,785/m², the median price, 70 m² costs 6.1 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the Communauté de communes Norge et Tille. Health is a strength: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 22% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns.
Figures: employment, INSEE census 2023 · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi. Saint-Julien has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
Each subject compares Saint-Julien 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.
Saint-Julien has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
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The Culture ministry lists no building in Saint-Julien as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Église Sainte-Bernadette, in Dijon, 5.9 mi away.
12% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Saint-Julien.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
France’s death rates at each age would predict 203 deaths in Saint-Julien from 2016 to 2025; there were 224, 11% more. In Côte-d'Or, life expectancy at birth reaches 86.1 years for women and 80.4 for men (2025), next to 85.9 and 80.3 for France. There are 5 general practitioners in the town.
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 · That adjustment for care homes is a model of TownRatings’ own, not official data.
Unemployment stands at 3.2%. 7.0% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train at the census, lower than both Côte-d'Or’s towns (22.8%) and compared French towns (13.4%).
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Children under 15 make up 20%, higher than both Côte-d'Or’s towns (15%) and compared French towns (17%). Degrees are held by 41% of adults. At 44.2, the median resident of Saint-Julien sits in the middle of the age range.
51% women, 49% men
About 95 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Côte-d'Or 52.8%, France 51.8%.
| Saint-Julien | Côte-d'Or median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 20% | 15% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 8.1% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 24% | 22% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 24% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 25% | 24% | 22% |
| No diploma | 15% | 22% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 24% | 25% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 16% | 17% | 18% |
| Higher education | 41% | 31% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Côte-d'Or median and France median: the median of compared communes
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The median price, €2,785/m², comes from 43 sales of houses and apartments in Saint-Julien from July 2023 to June 2026. House rents are put at about €9.58/m² a month. Advertised rents are estimated at €13.47/m² a month, near Côte-d'Or’s towns (€12.92/m²) and higher than compared French towns (€12.41/m²).
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,865/m² | 39 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Nothing in Saint-Julien is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Saint-Julien 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-Julien | 1,864 | — | — | B− | — | A− |
| Arc-sur-Tille | 2,584 | 4.7 | — | A− | — | A |
| Saint-Apollinaire | 7,544 | 5.4 | A− | D | A− | B+ |
| Quetigny | 8,971 | 6.1 | C | C− | C− | B |
| Fontaine-lès-Dijon | 9,252 | 6.6 | A− | C− | B | A |
| Chevigny-Saint-Sauveur | 11,108 | 7.1 | B | C− | B+ | B |
| Dijon | 161,830 | 7.2 | C+ | C− | C− | B+ |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Saint-Julien has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 1.9 recorded violent incidents and 3.4 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Homes cost more than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €2,785/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Saint-Julien grades B− for cost of living.
Commune in Côte-d'Or, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Saint-Julien is a commune of 1,864 people in the Communauté de communes Norge et Tille. 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 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.