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A town in Côte-d'Or, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, home to 1,027 people.
Pupils here do better than most: brevet results 6 points above the expected rate. Cost of living is another plus: A year’s estimated rent on a 70 m² apartment is 27% of the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. It has 700 jobs for 500 working residents.
Figures: brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi. Sombernon 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.
The one thing Sombernon does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Sombernon 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.
Sombernon has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
The Culture ministry lists no building in Sombernon as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Domaine de la Serrée, in Mesmont, 2.7 mi away.
18% 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 Sombernon.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
For the general bac, the closest lycée is 13.4 mi away.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Jacques MercusotNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 106 | 100%+6 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
25 houses and apartments changed hands in Sombernon from July 2023 to June 2026.
Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
In Côte-d'Or, women can expect to live 86.1 years and men 80.4 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. 195 deaths in Sombernon between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 166: 18% above. The nearest emergency department to Sombernon is Hopital Prive Dijon Bourgogne, 16.5 mi away. For a family doctor, residents of Sombernon can choose among 3 GPs.
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 adjustment for care homes is TownRatings’ own modeling, not an official figure.
13.8% of commuters left the car at home at the census, walking, cycling or taking public transport. Half of residents lived on more than €26,910 a year per consumption unit, higher than Côte-d'Or’s towns (€25,550) and near compared French towns (€25,970).
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Among adults, 34% have a degree. People aged 15 to 24 make up 9.1% of the town, below both Côte-d'Or’s towns (11%) and compared French towns (11%). Retirement age and beyond: just over a fifth of residents are 65 or older.
53% women, 47% men
About 88 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Côte-d'Or 52.8%, France 51.8%.
| Sombernon | Côte-d'Or median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 19% | 15% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 9.1% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 26% | 22% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 24% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 21% | 24% | 22% |
| No diploma | 17% | 22% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 29% | 25% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 17% | 17% | 18% |
| Higher education | 34% | 31% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Côte-d'Or median and France median: the median of compared communes
Nothing in Sombernon is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
One notable person was born in Sombernon.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sombernon | 1,027 | — | — | A+ | — | A− |
| Marsannay-la-Côte | 5,433 | 14 | B+ | C− | B− | A |
| Talant | 11,896 | 14 | B | C− | B | B+ |
| Chenôve | 14,244 | 14 | C | B− | C− | C− |
| Gevrey-Chambertin | 2,917 | 14 | B− | C+ | C+ | C |
| Fontaine-lès-Dijon | 9,252 | 15 | A− | C− | B | A |
| Dijon | 161,830 | 15 | C+ | C− | C− | B+ |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Sombernon has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 2.7 recorded violent incidents and 5 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
They grade A+, better than 99% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Commune in Côte-d'Or, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Sombernon is a commune of 1,027 people in the Communauté de communes Ouche et Montagne. 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) · 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.