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A town of 2,151 in Côte-d'Or, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté.
Residents are healthier than most: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 26% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Buying in is costly: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 7.3 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. School results trail most towns (C): bac results 3 points below the expected rate; brevet results at the expected rate.
Figures: deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education. Sennecey-lès-Dijon 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 Sennecey-lès-Dijon 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.
Sennecey-lès-Dijon has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
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The one thing Sennecey-lès-Dijon does most differently from other towns.
Sennecey-lès-Dijon has 1 historic monument on the Culture ministry’s list, none at the highest level (classé).
The oldest protected part dates from the 19th century; the first monument here was protected in 2007.
1.6% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Sennecey-lès-Dijon has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Sennecey-lès-Dijon.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
There are 3 general practitioners in Sennecey-lès-Dijon. Life expectancy at birth in Côte-d'Or is 86.1 years for women and 80.4 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. France’s death rates at each age would predict 178 deaths locally from 2016 to 2025; there were 131, 26% fewer.
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 · This figure includes a care-home adjustment that TownRatings models; no official statistic exists.
11.3% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train at the census, below both Côte-d'Or’s towns (22.8%) and compared French towns (13.4%). The unemployment rate here is 7.6%. 450 jobs are based in Sennecey-lès-Dijon, for 1,000 working residents (0.4 per worker).
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.
Estimated advertised rent for houses: €10.78/m² a month. Among the homes sold, 94% were houses. Sennecey-lès-Dijon recorded 52 home sales from July 2023 to June 2026.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,650/m² | 49 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
The closest collège is 1.2 mi off. At the general lycée, 94% of 167 candidates passed the bac, 3 points below the expected rate.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Camille ClaudelNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 216 | 92%+2 pts |
| Lycée général et technologique Jean-Marc BoivinNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 167 | 94%−3 pts |
| Collège Roland DorgelèsBest against expectations: a point above the expected rateCollège | Collège | 138 | 91%+1 pt |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Its oldest listed monument dates from the 19th century. Homes from before 1919 make up 1.6% of the total, lower than both Côte-d'Or’s towns (7.4%) and compared French towns (7.4%).
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Just over a fifth of residents have reached 65. The middle age in Sennecey-lès-Dijon is 47.6. People aged 15 to 24 make up 11% of the town, about level with compared French towns (11%) and below Côte-d'Or’s towns (11%).
52% women, 48% men
About 93 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Côte-d'Or 52.8%, France 51.8%.
| Sennecey-lès-Dijon | Côte-d'Or median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 16% | 15% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 11% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 21% | 22% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 32% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 21% | 24% | 22% |
| No diploma | 13% | 22% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 27% | 25% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 21% | 17% | 18% |
| Higher education | 35% | 31% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Côte-d'Or median and France median: the median of compared communes
Of the graded crimes in Sennecey-lès-Dijon, criminal damage came up most often (2025). Violence against people averaged 1.6 per 1,000 residents a year over 2023–2025; graded property crimes averaged 6.1. Police and gendarmerie recorded 18 offenses locally in 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 · When family violence, other physical violence, sexual violence, vehicle theft and theft from vehicles number five or fewer in a recent year, the figure is withheld, and the index uses the département’s average instead (43.7% of the index here). The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
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Commune in Côte-d'Or, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Sennecey-lès-Dijon is a commune of 2,151 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
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sennecey-lès-Dijon | 2,151 | — | — | C− | — | A |
| Neuilly-Crimolois | 3,588 | 1 | B+ | C | A+ | B− |
| Chevigny-Saint-Sauveur | 11,108 | 1.1 | B | C− | B+ | B |
| Quetigny | 8,971 | 1.6 | C | C− | C− | B |
| Longvic | 8,896 | 2.2 | C+ | C | C+ | C |
| Saint-Apollinaire | 7,544 | 3 | A− | D | A− | B+ |
| Dijon | 161,830 | 4 | C+ | C− | C− | B+ |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Sennecey-lès-Dijon has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 8 burglaries and 10 acts of criminal damage.
They grade C, better than 34% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Estimated advertised apartment rents are €13.22/m² a month, charges included. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Sennecey-lès-Dijon grades C− for cost of living.
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.