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A town of 255 in Jura, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté.

Is Chevigny a good place to live?

Chevigny is too small to grade: French towns get subject grades from 1,000 residents.

What makes Chevigny stand out

The one thing Chevigny does most differently from other towns.

Picked automatically from the data
Château
Château · Classé · Photo: Oeil Comtois · CC BY-SA 4.0
Chevigny’s story

Chevigny in pictures

On the Culture ministry’s list, Chevigny counts 3 historic monuments: 2 classé at the top level of protection and 1 inscrit at the second.

The oldest protected part dates from the 15th century; the first monument here was protected in 1945.

49% 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 Chevigny.

Who lives here

Chevigny has fewer older residents than Jura’s towns or compared French towns: 15% are 65 or over

Children under 15 make up 20%, higher than both Jura’s towns (14%) and compared French towns (17%). Young adults of 15 to 24 account for nearly a tenth of the town. The age that splits Chevigny in two is 42.6.

42.6median age
ChevignyJura medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma14%
CAP or BEP29%
Baccalauréat23%
Higher education29%

Women and men · all residents

49% women, 51% men

About an even split. Median share of women: Jura 52.0%, France 51.8%.

Ages and diplomas in Chevigny
ChevignyJura medianFrance median
Under 1520%14%17%
15–249%10%11%
25–4425%21%23%
45–6431%26%26%
65+15%27%22%
No diploma14%21%19%
CAP or BEP29%25%26%
Baccalauréat23%18%18%
Higher education29%28%30%

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

History

Old homes shape Chevigny: 49% were built before 1919, more than in Jura’s towns or compared French towns

France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.

Its heritage reaches back to the 15th century. On the Culture ministry’s list, Chevigny counts 3 historic monuments: 2 classé at the top level of protection and 1 inscrit at the second.

3historic monuments

Monuments by protection · Mérimée

Classé2
Inscrit1
15th c.
oldest protected part
1945
first monument protected

Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period

Work & commute

Fewer commuters in Chevigny walk, cycle or take the bus or train than in Jura’s towns or compared French towns: 6.2%

Households’ median disposable income: €27,550 a year per consumption unit. Jobs based in Chevigny number 50, against 150 residents in work (0.4 per worker). 2.3% of the town’s working residents had no journey to work at the census.

6%walk, cycle or take transit

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving90%
Public transport5%
Motorbike or scooter2%
On foot1%
Bicycle0%
50
jobs based in Chevigny, 0.4 per working resident
10.9%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€27,550
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
2%
worked without traveling (at or from home)

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

Housing

The estimated advertised rent of an apartment in Chevigny is €10.99/m² a month

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

6 houses and apartments changed hands in Chevigny from July 2023 to June 2026.

€10.99/m²estimated apartment rent a month

Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month

Chevigny€10.99/m²
Median of towns€12.41/m²
Jura median€10.38/m²
€10.99/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€8.50 to €14.22/m² a month)
€9.65/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included

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

Nearby attractions

Château de Chevigny and 2 more in and around Chevigny

Heritage and gardens in and near Chevigny. Best known first.

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Places: © OpenStreetMap contributors · Wikidata
Keep exploring

Everything we know about Chevigny

12pages on Chevigny

Landmarks

The list names few of Chevigny’s 3 monuments; beside them, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.

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Famous people from Chevigny

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

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Chevigny’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 →
AuxonneDoleDamparisTavauxGenlisSaint-VitAuxonneDoleDamparisTavauxGenlisSaint-VitChevigny
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
Chevigny255—————
Auxonne Côte-d'Or7,5813.7C+A−C+C
Dole23,8406.1B−B+CB−
Damparis2,5877.7BA−AC−
Tavaux3,8889.6AB+BA−
Genlis Côte-d'Or5,09313A−BB+C−
Saint-Vit Doubs5,13316A−C+B−B+

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

About Chevigny

Commune in Jura, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté

Chevigny is a commune of 255 people in the Communauté d'agglomération du Grand Dole. 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
255 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté d'agglomération du Grand Dole
Département
Jura (39)
Région
Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Area
3 sq mi (7.9 km²)
INSEE code
39141

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.