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Villers-RotinCôte-d'Or

124 residents make their home in this town in Côte-d'Or, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté.

Is Villers-Rotin a good place to live?

At under 1,000 residents, Villers-Rotin is too small for the grades other French towns get. Over-65s are nearly a third of the population.

What makes Villers-Rotin stand out

The one thing Villers-Rotin does most differently from other towns.

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Villers-Rotin’s outline. No photo of the town is in our collection yet.
Villers-Rotin’s story

No historic monuments in Villers-Rotin

The Culture ministry lists no building in Villers-Rotin as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.

The nearest classé monument is Église Notre-Dame, in Auxonne, 2.6 mi away.

32% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.

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The data

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Who lives here

Children make up only 11% of Villers-Rotin, fewer than in Côte-d'Or’s towns and across compared French towns

Nearly a third of residents are 65 or over, higher than both Côte-d'Or’s towns (24%) and compared French towns (22%). The share aged 15 to 24 is 9.6%. Among adults, 25% have a degree.

49.8median age
Villers-RotinCôte-d'Or medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma23%
CAP or BEP25%
Baccalauréat18%
Higher education25%

Women and men · all residents

46% women, 54% men

About 116 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Côte-d'Or 52.8%, France 51.8%.

Ages and diplomas in Villers-Rotin
Villers-RotinCôte-d'Or medianFrance median
Under 1511%15%17%
15–249.6%11%11%
25–4421%22%23%
45–6426%26%26%
65+32%24%22%
No diploma23%22%19%
CAP or BEP25%25%26%
Baccalauréat18%17%18%
Higher education25%31%30%

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

Work & commute

Villers-Rotin has lower unemployment than Côte-d'Or’s towns or compared French towns: 3.1%

7.9% of commuters went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport at the census. Half of residents lived on more than €27,220 a year per consumption unit, above both Côte-d'Or’s towns (€25,550) and compared French towns (€25,970).

8%walk, cycle or take transit

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving81%
Public transport5%
On foot3%
Motorbike or scooter3%
Bicycle0%
0
jobs based in Villers-Rotin, 0.1 per working resident
3.1%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€27,220
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
8%
worked without traveling (at or from home)

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

Schools

88.0% of candidates passed the brevet at the collège within 5 km, 3 points below the expected rate

Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.

The bac pass rate near Villers-Rotin is 94.0%, close to both Côte-d'Or’s towns (93.3%) and compared French towns (92.9%). The closest collège is 2.8 mi off.

94%passed the bac (general and technological)

Brevet pass rate · collèges within 5 km

Villers-Rotin88.0%
Median of towns87.5%

Bac pass rate · lycées within 5 km

Villers-Rotin94.0%
Median of towns92.9%
SchoolLevelCandidatesPassed, 2025
Collège La Croix des SarrasinsNearest collègeCollègeCollège13288%−3 pts
Lycée polyvalent Prieur de la Côte-d'OrNearest lycéeGeneral lycéeGeneral lycée19994%−1 pt
94%
passed the general and technological bac, −1 pt against the expected rate
88.0%
passed the brevet at the collèges, −3 pts against the expected rate
2.8 mi
to the nearest collège from the town center

Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte

Housing

Estimated advertised rents run lower in Villers-Rotin than in Côte-d'Or’s towns or across compared French towns: €10.59/m² a month

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

Between July 2023 and June 2026, buyers took 3 homes in Villers-Rotin.

€10.59/m²estimated apartment rent a month

Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month

Villers-Rotin€10.59/m²
Median of towns€12.41/m²
Côte-d'Or median€12.92/m²
€10.59/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€8.27 to €13.57/m² a month)
€9.72/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 Villers-Rotin

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Landmarks

Nothing in Villers-Rotin is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.

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Famous people from Villers-Rotin

Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Villers-Rotin yet.

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Villers-Rotin’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 →
AuxonneDamparisDoleTavauxGenlisNeuilly-CrimoloisAuxonneDamparisDoleTavauxGenlisNeuilly-CrimoloisVillers-Rotin
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
Villers-Rotin124—————
Auxonne7,5812.4C+A−C+C
Damparis Jura2,5876BA−AC−
Dole Jura23,8406.2B−B+CB−
Tavaux Jura3,8888AB+BA−
Genlis5,09310A−BB+C−
Neuilly-Crimolois3,58816B+CA+B−

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

About Villers-Rotin

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

Villers-Rotin is a commune of 124 people in the Communauté de communes Auxonne Pontailler Val de Saône. 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
124 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes Auxonne Pontailler Val de Saône
Département
Côte-d'Or (21)
Région
Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Area
1.2 sq mi (3.1 km²)
INSEE code
21701

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.