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SusseyCôte-d'Or

In Côte-d'Or, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, this town has 247 residents.

Is Sussey a good place to live?

At under 1,000 residents, Sussey is too small for the grades other French towns get. 27% of its homes are second homes. It skews older: just over a third of residents are 65 or over.

What makes Sussey stand out

The 2 things Sussey does most differently from other towns.

Picked automatically from the data
Sussey’s outline. No photo of the town is in our collection yet.
Sussey’s story

1 historic monument, the oldest from prehistory

On the Culture ministry’s list, Sussey counts 1 historic monument: 1 classé at the top level of protection and 0 inscrit at the second.

The oldest protected part dates from prehistory; the first monument here was protected in 1910.

58% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.

  • 1910First protected: Menhir de la Pierre-Pointe
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The data

Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Sussey.

Who lives here

Sussey skews older, with 34% of residents 65 or over, more than in both Côte-d'Or’s towns and compared French towns

Degrees are held by just over a fifth of adults. People aged 15 to 24 make up nearly a tenth of the town, below Côte-d'Or’s towns (11%) and compared French towns (11%) alike. One measure of family life: 14% of residents are under 15.

52.8median age
SusseyCôte-d'Or medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma24%
CAP or BEP30%
Baccalauréat18%
Higher education21%

Women and men · all residents

50% women, 50% men

About an even split. Median share of women: Côte-d'Or 52.8%, France 51.8%.

Ages and diplomas in Sussey
SusseyCôte-d'Or medianFrance median
Under 1514%15%17%
15–248.9%11%11%
25–4419%22%23%
45–6424%26%26%
65+34%24%22%
No diploma24%22%19%
CAP or BEP30%25%26%
Baccalauréat18%17%18%
Higher education21%31%30%

INSEE, census 2023 · Côte-d'Or median and France median: the median of compared communes

History

Sussey keeps more of its old housing than Côte-d'Or’s towns or compared French towns: 58% built before 1919

France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.

Among the classé monuments in Sussey is Menhir de la Pierre-Pointe. Its oldest listed monument dates from prehistory.

1historic monument

Monuments by protection · Mérimée

Classé1
Inscrit0

Among them · Classé

Prehistory
oldest protected part
1910
first monument protected

Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period

Work & commute

Unemployment in Sussey, 4.7%, runs below Côte-d'Or’s towns and compared French towns

6.7% of commuters went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport at the census. Per resident in work, Sussey counts 0.4 jobs (50 jobs, 100 workers). After tax and benefits, the median income is €24,550 a year per consumption unit.

7%walk, cycle or take transit

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving83%
On foot6%
Public transport1%
Motorbike or scooter1%
Bicycle0%
50
jobs based in Sussey, 0.4 per working resident
4.7%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€24,550
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
10%
worked without traveling (at or from home)

Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte

Housing

Estimated advertised rents run lower in Sussey than in Côte-d'Or’s towns or across compared French towns: €7.65/m² a month

Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.

From July 2023 to June 2026, 8 homes were sold in Sussey.

€7.65/m²estimated apartment rent a month

Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month

Sussey€7.65/m²
Median of towns€12.41/m²
Côte-d'Or median€12.92/m²
€7.65/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€6.08 to €9.63/m² a month)
€7.23/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included

Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte

Keep exploring

Everything we know about Sussey

11pages on Sussey

Landmarks

Sussey has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.

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Famous people from Sussey

Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Sussey yet.

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Sussey’s neighbors

The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →

All towns in Côte-d'Or →
AutunAutunSussey
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
Sussey247—————
Autun Saône-et-Loire13,17218A−AC+B−

People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.

About Sussey

Commune in Côte-d'Or, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté

Sussey is a commune of 247 people in the Communauté de communes du Pays Arnay Liernais. 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

Population
247 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes du Pays Arnay Liernais
Département
Côte-d'Or (21)
Région
Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Area
8.1 sq mi (21.1 km²)
INSEE code
21615

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.