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Val-MontCôte-d'Or

A town in Côte-d'Or, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, home to 251 people.

Is Val-Mont a good place to live?

At under 1,000 residents, Val-Mont is too small for the grades other French towns get. Second homes make up nearly a quarter of its housing. Over-65s are 30% of the population.

What makes Val-Mont stand out

The 2 things Val-Mont does most differently from other towns.

Picked automatically from the data
Château de Coraboeuf
Château de Coraboeuf · Classé · Photo: Auteur inconnu Unknown author · Public domain
Val-Mont’s story

Val-Mont in pictures

The Culture ministry lists 1 historic monument in Val-Mont: 1 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 0 inscrit (the second level).

The oldest protected part dates from the 15th century; the first monument here was protected in 1989.

44% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.

  • 1989First protected: Château de Coraboeuf
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The data

Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Val-Mont.

Who lives here

Fewer children live in Val-Mont than in Côte-d'Or’s towns or compared French towns: 13% are under 15

30% of residents are 65 or over. Degrees are held by nearly a quarter of adults, below Côte-d'Or’s towns (31%) and compared French towns (30%) alike. The age that splits Val-Mont in two is 51.8.

51.8median age
Val-MontCôte-d'Or medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma19%
CAP or BEP29%
Baccalauréat22%
Higher education24%

Women and men · all residents

53% women, 47% men

About 88 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Côte-d'Or 52.8%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.

Ages and diplomas in Val-Mont
Val-MontCôte-d'Or medianFrance median
Under 1513%15%17%
15–2411%11%11%
25–4417%22%23%
45–6429%26%26%
65+30%24%22%
No diploma19%22%19%
CAP or BEP29%25%26%
Baccalauréat22%17%18%
Higher education24%31%30%

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

History

Val-Mont keeps more of its old housing than Côte-d'Or’s towns or compared French towns: 44% built before 1919

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

Among the classé monuments in Val-Mont is Château de Coraboeuf. Protection here reaches back to the 15th century.

1historic monument

Monuments by protection · Mérimée

Classé1
Inscrit0

Among them · Classé

15th c.
oldest protected part
1989
first monument protected

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

Work & commute

Walking, cycling and public transport carry fewer commuters in Val-Mont than in Côte-d'Or’s towns or compared French towns: 5.8%

Unemployment stands at 12.7%. Jobs based in Val-Mont number 150, against 100 residents in work (1.5 per worker). Per consumption unit, the median disposable income is €26,430 a year.

6%walk, cycle or take transit

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving80%
On foot3%
Public transport2%
Motorbike or scooter2%
Bicycle1%
150
jobs based in Val-Mont, 1.5 per working resident
12.7%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€26,430
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
13%
worked without traveling (at or from home)

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

Housing

Renting in Val-Mont costs less than in both Côte-d'Or’s towns and compared French towns, at an estimated advertised €9.93/m² a month

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

Val-Mont recorded 8 home sales from July 2023 to June 2026.

€9.93/m²estimated apartment rent a month

Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month

Val-Mont€9.93/m²
Median of towns€12.41/m²
Côte-d'Or median€12.92/m²
€9.93/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€7.87 to €12.55/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 Val-Mont

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Landmarks

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

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Photo credits

Château de Coraboeuf: Photo: Auteur inconnu Unknown author · Public domain

Famous people from Val-Mont

Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Val-Mont yet.

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Val-Mont’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 →
BeauneChagnyAutunNuits-Saint-GeorgesLe BreuilChampforgeuilBeauneChagnyAutunNuits-Saint-GeorgesLe BreuilChampforgeuilVal-Mont
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
Val-Mont251—————
Beaune20,3529.8B+CC−A−
Chagny Saône-et-Loire5,35010A−A−C+D
Autun Saône-et-Loire13,17217A−AC+B−
Nuits-Saint-Georges5,23517ABB−B−
Le Breuil Saône-et-Loire3,53817AB+A+A
Champforgeuil Saône-et-Loire2,63718—A−—B−

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

About Val-Mont

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

Val-Mont is a commune of 251 people in the Communauté d'agglomération Beaune, Côte et Sud - Communauté Beaune-Chagny-Nolay. 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
251 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté d'agglomération Beaune, Côte et Sud - Communauté Beaune-Chagny-Nolay
Département
Côte-d'Or (21)
Région
Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Area
7.7 sq mi (19.9 km²)
INSEE code
21327

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.