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VanveyCôte-d'Or

It is a town of 243 residents in Côte-d'Or, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté.

Is Vanvey a good place to live?

Vanvey is too small to grade: French towns get subject grades from 1,000 residents. One in ten homes here are second homes.

What makes Vanvey stand out

The one thing Vanvey does most differently from other towns.

Picked automatically from the data
Chapelle Saint-Phal
Chapelle Saint-Phal · Classé · Photo: Pilar Estravadas · CC BY-SA 3.0
Vanvey’s story

Vanvey in pictures

On the Culture ministry’s list, Vanvey counts 3 historic monuments: 1 classé at the top level of protection and 2 inscrit at the second.

The oldest protected part dates from the 15th century; the first monument here was protected in 1965.

60% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.

Elvire Choureau, born in 1892, is the one person born in Vanvey before 1900 that Wikidata records.

  • 1965First protected: Chapelle Saint-Phal
  • 1976Most recently protected: Église à l'exclusion du clocher
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The data

Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Vanvey.

Who lives here

Vanvey has fewer young adults than Côte-d'Or’s towns or compared French towns: 4.6% are 15 to 24

People 65 and over make up 27% of the town. Children under 15 make up 19%, above Côte-d'Or’s towns (15%) and compared French towns (17%) alike. Among adults, 14% have a degree.

51median age
VanveyCôte-d'Or medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma39%
CAP or BEP31%
Baccalauréat11%
Higher education14%

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%.

Ages and diplomas in Vanvey
VanveyCôte-d'Or medianFrance median
Under 1519%15%17%
15–244.6%11%11%
25–4420%22%23%
45–6430%26%26%
65+27%24%22%
No diploma39%22%19%
CAP or BEP31%25%26%
Baccalauréat11%17%18%
Higher education14%31%30%

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

History

Vanvey keeps more of its old housing than Côte-d'Or’s towns or compared French towns: 60% built before 1919

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

On the Culture ministry’s list, Vanvey counts 3 historic monuments: 1 classé at the top level of protection and 2 inscrit at the second. Among the classé monuments here is Chapelle Saint-Phal. Its oldest listed monument dates from the 15th century.

3historic monuments

Monuments by protection · Mérimée

Classé1
Inscrit2

Among them · Classé

15th c.
oldest protected part
1965
first monument protected

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

Work & commute

Incomes in Vanvey run lower than in both Côte-d'Or’s towns and compared French towns: a median €20,990 a year per consumption unit

Walking, cycling and public transport carried 6.1% of commuters at the census. Jobs located in Vanvey: 50, for 100 residents in work (0.8 each). At the census, 7.3% of working residents in Vanvey didn’t travel to work at all.

6%walk, cycle or take transit

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving85%
On foot4%
Bicycle2%
Motorbike or scooter1%
Public transport0%
50
jobs based in Vanvey, 0.8 per working resident
11.0%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€20,990
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
7%
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 Vanvey than in Côte-d'Or’s towns or across compared French towns: €8.90/m² a month

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

Vanvey recorded 19 home sales from July 2023 to June 2026.

€8.90/m²estimated apartment rent a month

Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month

Vanvey€8.90/m²
Median of towns€12.41/m²
Côte-d'Or median€12.92/m²
€8.90/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€7.30 to €10.85/m² a month)
€7.06/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 Vanvey

11pages on Vanvey

Landmarks

On the Culture ministry’s list, Vanvey counts 3 historic monuments: 1 classé at the top level of protection and 2 inscrit at the second.

All monuments →
Photo credits

Église à l'exclusion du clocher: Photo: Claude PIARD · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Chapelle Saint-Phal: Photo: Pilar Estravadas · CC BY-SA 3.0

Famous people from Vanvey

One notable person was born in Vanvey.

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Vanvey’s neighbors

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

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Châtillon-sur-SeineChâtillon-sur-SeineVanvey
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
Vanvey243—————
Châtillon-sur-Seine5,4436.5AA+C+B

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

About Vanvey

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

Vanvey is a commune of 243 people in the Communauté de communes du Pays Châtillonnais. 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
243 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes du Pays Châtillonnais
Département
Côte-d'Or (21)
Région
Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Area
6.5 sq mi (16.8 km²)
INSEE code
21655

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 October 30, 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.