Prices are modest for what you get: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 4.3 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Its weakest subject is schools — brevet results 4 points below the expected rate. Its remaining grades are unremarkable: B for safety and B− for health. The median sale price is €1,635/m².
Figures: prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · recorded crime, SSMSI (Ministry of the Interior) · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025). Selongey 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 Selongey 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.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Selongey.
HousingCost of living A−
Estimated advertised rents run lower in Selongey than in Côte-d'Or’s towns or across compared French towns: €10.08/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 Selongey: 85 sales of houses and apartments between July 2023 and June 2026. House rents are put at about €8.37/m² a month.
€1,635/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Selongey€1,635/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Côte-d'Or median€2,299/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€1,611/m²
79
€10.08/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€7.90 to €12.86/m² a month)
4.3
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€8.37/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€26,830
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté de communes Tille et Venelle
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Work & commuteJobs & income A−
Unemployment in Selongey, 7.6%, runs below Côte-d'Or’s towns and compared French towns
14.8% of commuters went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport at the census. Jobs based in Selongey number 1,000, against 1,000 residents in work (1 per worker). Half of residents lived on more than €26,660 a year per consumption unit, above Côte-d'Or’s towns (€25,550) and close to compared French towns (€25,970).
15%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving79%
On foot7%
Public transport7%
Bicycle1%
Motorbike or scooter1%
1,000
jobs based in Selongey, 1 per working resident
7.6%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€26,660
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
5%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
B+
Walkability: better than 74% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
History
Old homes shape Selongey: 12% were built before 1919, more than in Côte-d'Or’s towns and across compared French towns
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
2 of the 3 are churches, chapels and other religious buildings. On the Culture ministry’s list, Selongey counts 3 historic monuments: 1 classé at the top level of protection and 2 inscrit at the second. The protected list starts in Antiquity.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Who lives here
Fewer people in Selongey hold a degree than in Côte-d'Or’s towns or compared French towns: 23%
People 65 and over make up 25% of the town. Young adults of 15 to 24 are 9.7% of residents, below Côte-d'Or’s towns (11%) and compared French towns (11%) alike. Children under 15 count for 17% of the people here.
46.6median age
SelongeyCôte-d'Or medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
25%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma23%
CAP or BEP33%
Baccalauréat17%
Higher education23%
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About an even split. 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
Safety
Less crime per resident in Selongey than in 58% of compared French towns
More of the graded crimes in Selongey were family violence than anything else (2025). All told, Selongey had 47 recorded offenses in 2025. The yearly rates for 2023–2025: 6.3 violent offenses and 13.5 graded property crimes per 1,000 residents.
6.3recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a yearBSafety Grade
Recorded by type · 2025
Family violence11
Criminal damage11
Other physical violence10
Theft from vehicles10
Sexual violence5
Armed robbery0
Fraud14
Theft without violence8
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.
6.3
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
13.5
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
47
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
9.1%
of the index rests on the département’s average, used where small counts aren’t published
Source: SSMSI (Interior Ministry), recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 · Licence Ouverte · When burglary and vehicle theft number five or fewer in a recent year, the figure is withheld, and the index uses the département’s average instead (9.1% of the index here). The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
HealthHealth B−
Selongey is 16.7 mi from the nearest emergency department
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
France’s death rates at each age would predict 290 deaths in Selongey from 2016 to 2025; there were 323, 11% more. Its care home for older people (73 places) counts its residents as Selongey’s; allowing for it, deaths were 14% below expected. This Côte-d'Or town has 3 family doctors. 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.
−14%deaths against expected, after care homesB−Health Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw111
Adjusted86
Median town88
Expected100
3
GPs in Selongey · 3.8 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
16.7 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Hopital Prive Dijon Bourgogne
16.7 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Hopital Prive Dijon Bourgogne
86.1 · 80.4
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Côte-d'Or, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Selongey
Are schools in Selongey good?
They grade C−, better than 21% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Selongey expensive to live in?
Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Selongey grades A− for cost of living.
About Selongey
Commune in Côte-d'Or, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Selongey is a commune of 2,395 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
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.
