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A town of 107 in Côte-d'Or, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté.
With fewer than 1,000 residents, Vieux-Château falls below the line for grades. Second homes make up 35% of its housing.
The one thing Vieux-Château does most differently from other towns.
The Culture ministry lists no building in Vieux-Château as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Borne dite Jean Thomas, in Corsaint, 5 mi away.
58% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Nothing in Vieux-Château is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Vieux-Château.
The share of residents under 15 is 18%. People 65 and over make up 26% of the town, higher than both Côte-d'Or’s towns (24%) and compared French towns (22%). The median resident of Vieux-Château is 48.8 years old.
48% women, 52% men
About 110 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Côte-d'Or 52.8%, France 51.8%.
| Vieux-Château | Côte-d'Or median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 18% | 15% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 6.5% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 23% | 22% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 26% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 26% | 24% | 22% |
| No diploma | 19% | 22% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 33% | 25% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 15% | 17% | 18% |
| Higher education | 24% | 31% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Côte-d'Or median and France median: the median of compared communes
2.2% of Vieux-Château’s working residents had no journey to work at the census. Unemployment stood at 9.8%, in line with Côte-d'Or’s towns (9.9%) and compared French towns (10.1%).
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Sales in Vieux-Château from July 2023 to June 2026: 2 houses and apartments.
Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Vieux-Château yet.
Commune in Côte-d'Or, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Vieux-Château is a commune of 107 people in the Communauté de communes des Terres d'Auxois. 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
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vieux-Château | 107 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Semur-en-Auxois | 3,986 | 9.7 | A− | A− | C | B− |
| Avallon Yonne | 6,305 | 11 | B− | A− | D− | C |
| Montbard | 4,639 | 14 | B | A− | C+ | A− |
| Venarey-les-Laumes | 2,747 | 16 | A− | A | A+ | C |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
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 9, 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.