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ChemenotJura

A town in Jura, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, home to 31 people.

Is Chemenot a good place to live?

Chemenot is too small to grade: French towns get subject grades from 1,000 residents. 29% of homes here are second homes. Over-65s are 45% of the population.

What makes Chemenot stand out

The 2 things Chemenot does most differently from other towns.

Picked automatically from the data
Chemenot’s outline. No photo of the town is in our collection yet.
Chemenot’s story

No historic monuments in Chemenot

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

The nearest classé monument is Ensemble industriel des forges de Baudin (également sur commune de Sellières), in Toulouse-le-Château, 3.5 mi away.

16% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.

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The data

Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Chemenot.

Who lives here

Fewer children live in Chemenot than in Jura’s towns or compared French towns: 6.5% are under 15

19% of adults hold a degree, below Jura’s towns (28%) and compared French towns (30%) alike. People 65 and over make up 45% of the town. Ages in Chemenot split evenly at 55.3: half are older, half younger.

55.3median age
ChemenotJura medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma19%
CAP or BEP33%
Baccalauréat30%
Higher education19%

Women and men · all residents

32% women, 68% men

About 48 women for every 100 men. Median share of women: Jura 52.0%, France 51.8%.

Ages and diplomas in Chemenot
ChemenotJura medianFrance median
Under 156.5%14%17%
15–246.5%10%11%
25–4426%21%23%
45–6416%26%26%
65+45%27%22%
No diploma19%21%19%
CAP or BEP33%25%26%
Baccalauréat30%18%18%
Higher education19%28%30%

INSEE, census 2023 · Jura median and France median: the median of compared communes

Work & commute

Fewer people in Chemenot are out of work than in Jura’s towns or across compared French towns: 8.3%

9.1% of commuters left the car at home at the census, walking, cycling or taking public transport.

9%walk, cycle or take transit

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving91%
On foot9%
Public transport0%
Bicycle0%
Motorbike or scooter0%
0
jobs based in Chemenot, 0.1 per working resident
8.3%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
0%
worked without traveling (at or from home)

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

Housing

Renting in Chemenot costs less than in Jura’s towns or compared French towns, at an estimated advertised €9.62/m² a month

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

From July 2023 to June 2026, 1 homes were sold in Chemenot.

€9.62/m²estimated apartment rent a month

Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month

Chemenot€9.62/m²
Median of towns€12.41/m²
Jura median€10.38/m²
€9.62/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€7.52 to €12.30/m² a month)
€8.94/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included

Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte

Nearby attractions

Abbaye Sainte-Marie de Saint-Jean-le-Grand d'Autun à Colonne and 2 more in and around Chemenot

Museums and heritage in and near Chemenot. Best known first.

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Places: © OpenStreetMap contributors · Wikidata
Keep exploring

Everything we know about Chemenot

12pages on Chemenot

Landmarks

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

Its history page →

Famous people from Chemenot

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

How we find them →

Chemenot’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 Jura →
PolignyArboisMontmorotLons-le-SaunierTavauxDamparisPolignyArboisMontmorotLons-le-SaunierTavauxDamparisChemenot
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
Chemenot31—————
Poligny3,9768.4A+AC+B+
Arbois3,11412A+A−AC+
Montmorot3,26113BBC−B
Lons-le-Saunier16,61813C+B+DB−
Tavaux3,88813AB+BA−
Damparis2,58715BA−AC−

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

About Chemenot

Commune in Jura, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté

Chemenot is a commune of 31 people in the Communauté de communes Bresse Haute Seille. 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
31 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes Bresse Haute Seille
Département
Jura (39)
Région
Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Area
1.9 sq mi (4.8 km²)
INSEE code
39136

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.