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VertaultCôte-d'Or

A town of 50 in Côte-d'Or, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté.

Is Vertault a good place to live?

Vertault is too small to grade: French towns get subject grades from 1,000 residents.

What makes Vertault stand out

The 2 things Vertault does most differently from other towns.

Picked automatically from the data
Oppidum de Vertillum
Oppidum de Vertillum · Classé · Photo: Claude PIARD · CC BY-SA 4.0
Vertault’s story

Vertault in pictures

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

The oldest protected part dates from Antiquity; the first monument here was protected in 1875.

71% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.

  • 1875First protected: Oppidum de Vertillum
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The data

Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Vertault.

Who lives here

A town of families: 22% of people in Vertault are under 15, more than in both Côte-d'Or’s towns and compared French towns

People 65 and over make up 36% of the town. 18% of adults hold a degree, below Côte-d'Or’s towns (31%) and compared French towns (30%) alike. Line up the people of Vertault by age and the one in the middle is 58.

58median age
VertaultCôte-d'Or medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma33%
CAP or BEP23%
Baccalauréat23%
Higher education18%

Women and men · all residents

42% women, 58% men

About 72 women for every 100 men. Median share of women: Côte-d'Or 52.8%, France 51.8%.

Ages and diplomas in Vertault
VertaultCôte-d'Or medianFrance median
Under 1522%15%17%
15–240%11%11%
25–4414%22%23%
45–6428%26%26%
65+36%24%22%
No diploma33%22%19%
CAP or BEP23%25%26%
Baccalauréat23%17%18%
Higher education18%31%30%

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

History

Old homes shape Vertault: 71% were built before 1919, more than in both Côte-d'Or’s towns and compared French towns

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

Its heritage reaches back to Antiquity. Among the classé monuments in Vertault is Oppidum de Vertillum.

1historic monument

Monuments by protection · Mérimée

Classé1
Inscrit0

Among them · Classé

Antiquity
oldest protected part
1875
first monument protected

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

Work & commute

More people in Vertault are out of work than in Côte-d'Or’s towns or across compared French towns: 16.7%

At the census, 11.8% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train.

12%walk, cycle or take transit

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving82%
On foot12%
Public transport0%
Bicycle0%
Motorbike or scooter0%
0
jobs based in Vertault, 1.5 per working resident
16.7%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
6%
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 Vertault than in Côte-d'Or’s towns or across compared French towns: €7.69/m² a month

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

Renting a house costs an estimated €7.16/m² a month. The market in Vertault: 6 sales of houses and apartments between July 2023 and June 2026.

€7.69/m²estimated apartment rent a month

Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month

Vertault€7.69/m²
Median of towns€12.41/m²
Côte-d'Or median€12.92/m²
€7.69/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€6.02 to €9.82/m² a month)
€7.16/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 Vertault

12pages on Vertault

Landmarks

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

All monuments →
Photo credits

Oppidum de Vertillum: Photo: Claude PIARD · CC BY-SA 4.0

Famous people from Vertault

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

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Vertault’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 →
Châtillon-sur-SeineBar-sur-SeineTonnerreChâtillon-sur-SeineBar-sur-SeineTonnerreVertault
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
Vertault50—————
Châtillon-sur-Seine5,44312AA+C+B
Bar-sur-Seine Aube2,85813C−A+C−D−
Tonnerre Yonne4,26118B−A−D−C+

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

About Vertault

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

Vertault is a commune of 50 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
50 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes du Pays Châtillonnais
Département
Côte-d'Or (21)
Région
Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Area
7.4 sq mi (19.3 km²)
INSEE code
21671

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.