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A town of 1,738 in Jura, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté.
Bois-d'Amont has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents. Its strongest is cost of living (A−): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 4.7 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
The 2 things Bois-d'Amont does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Bois-d'Amont with other French towns of 2,500 or more, ordered by how far its rank is from the middle. American and UK towns are graded separately.
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The Culture ministry lists no building in Bois-d'Amont as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Porte de Genève, in Yvoire, 14.5 mi away.
17% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Bois-d'Amont.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
For Bois-d'Amont, that is above both Jura’s towns (€10.38/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²). The median price, €2,895/m², comes from 88 sales of houses and apartments in Bois-d'Amont from July 2023 to June 2026. In Bois-d'Amont, houses go for €3,007/m² and apartments for €2,887/m².
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €3,007/m² | 36 |
| Apartments | €2,887/m² | 52 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Bois-d'Amont sits below both Jura’s towns (27%) and compared French towns (22%) on this measure. People aged 15 to 24 make up 8.6% of the town.
48% women, 52% men
About 107 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Jura 52.0%, France 51.8%.
| Bois-d'Amont | Jura median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 18% | 14% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 8.6% | 10% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 30% | 21% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 28% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 15% | 27% | 22% |
| No diploma | 17% | 21% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 26% | 25% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 19% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 33% | 28% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Jura median and France median: the median of compared communes
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
From 2016 to 2025, 155 residents of Bois-d'Amont died, against 150 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 3% more. Its care home for older people (19 places) counts its residents as Bois-d'Amont’s; allowing for it, deaths were 10% below expected. The adjustment lowers most towns’ figures, so the comparison is what counts: the median of compared French towns is 12% below expected. The care-home adjustment is a TownRatings modeling step, not an official statistic. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from C− to B+.
Source: INSEE, deaths by commune of residence 2016–2025 and censuses; Eurostat, death rates by age (© European Union); INSEE, BPE 2025; DREES, APL 2024; INSEE, life expectancy by département 2025 · Licence Ouverte
That puts Bois-d'Amont above both Jura’s towns (€24,890) and compared French towns (€25,970). Unemployment stands at 7.2%. Bois-d'Amont has 250 jobs for 950 working residents, 0.3 per worker.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Police and gendarmerie recorded 6 offenses in the graded categories in Bois-d'Amont in 2025. For family violence, other physical violence, sexual violence, burglary and vehicle theft, this figure isn’t published when it’s small (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the index uses the département’s average instead, 56.3% of the index here.
Not in the gradeTheft without violence, drug use and fraud are shown for information but left out of the Safety Grade, which counts violence plus burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and criminal damage per resident.
Source: SSMSI (Interior Ministry), recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 · Licence Ouverte
Nothing in Bois-d'Amont is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
One notable person was born in Bois-d'Amont.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bois-d'Amont | 1,738 | — | — | A− | — | C+ |
| Les Rousses | 3,740 | 4.7 | A− | B | C | A |
| Hauts de Bienne | 5,032 | 5.6 | B | A | C | C |
| Divonne-les-Bains Ain | 10,464 | 12 | C+ | D− | B− | A+ |
| Gex Ain | 13,627 | 14 | A− | C− | B− | A |
| Cessy Ain | 5,832 | 15 | A+ | C− | A | A+ |
| Chens-sur-Léman Haute-Savoie | 3,068 | 16 | B | D− | A− | A+ |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Bois-d'Amont has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 2.2 recorded violent incidents and 4.8 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Homes cost more than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €2,895/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Bois-d'Amont grades A− for cost of living.
Commune in Jura, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Bois-d'Amont is a commune of 1,738 people in the Communauté de communes de la Station des Rousses-Haut Jura. 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
Sources: INSEE, census 2023 (population, employment, commuting) · INSEE, Filosofi 2023 (income per consumption unit, poverty) · DGFiP, DVF property sales, July 2023 to June 2026 · 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.