Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Some 389 people live in this town, in Jura, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté.
Cesancey isn’t graded: grades begin at 1,000 residents.
The Culture ministry lists no building in Cesancey as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Église Saint-Laurent, in La Chailleuse, 2 mi away.
41% 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 Cesancey.
A quarter of residents are 65 or over, below Jura’s towns (27%) but above compared French towns (22%). The share of residents under 15 is 18%. Line up the people of Cesancey by age and the one in the middle is 46.4.
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Jura 52.0%, France 51.8%.
| Cesancey | Jura median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 18% | 14% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 6.1% | 10% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 25% | 21% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 26% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 25% | 27% | 22% |
| No diploma | 17% | 21% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 29% | 25% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 18% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 32% | 28% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Jura median and France median: the median of compared communes
3.6% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train at the census, lower than both Jura’s towns (17.6%) and compared French towns (13.4%). Households’ median disposable income: €26,330 a year per consumption unit. At the census, 2.9% of working residents in Cesancey didn’t travel to work at all.
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.
Houses accounted for 85% of sales, apartments for the rest. The market in Cesancey: 13 sales of houses and apartments between July 2023 and June 2026.
Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Heritage and museums in and near Cesancey. Best known first.
Nothing in Cesancey is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Cesancey yet.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cesancey | 389 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Montmorot | 3,261 | 4.1 | B | B | C− | B |
| Lons-le-Saunier | 16,618 | 4.6 | C+ | B+ | D | B− |
| Louhans-Châteaurenaud Saône-et-Loire | 6,446 | 13 | B | A− | C− | C+ |
| Poligny | 3,976 | 18 | A+ | A | C+ | B+ |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Commune in Jura, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Cesancey is a commune of 389 people in the Communauté d'agglomération ECLA (Espace Communautaire Lons Agglomération). 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) · 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 4, 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.