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A town of 139 in Jura, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté.

Is Choux a good place to live?

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

What makes Choux stand out

The one thing Choux does most differently from other towns.

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Choux’s outline. No photo of the town is in our collection yet.
Choux’s story

No historic monuments in Choux

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

The nearest classé monument is Borne frontière (ancienne), in Les Bouchoux, 2.5 mi away.

44% 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 Choux.

Who lives here

Choux has fewer young adults than Jura’s towns or compared French towns: 6.3% are 15 to 24

That puts Choux below both Jura’s towns (10%) and compared French towns (11%). Children are 20% of the town.

45.5median age
ChouxJura medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma23%
CAP or BEP26%
Baccalauréat10%
Higher education38%

Women and men · all residents

50% women, 50% men

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

Ages and diplomas in Choux
ChouxJura medianFrance median
Under 1520%14%17%
15–246.3%10%11%
25–4424%21%23%
45–6430%26%26%
65+20%27%22%
No diploma23%21%19%
CAP or BEP26%25%26%
Baccalauréat10%18%18%
Higher education38%28%30%

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

Work & commute

Only 3.5% of commuters in Choux go to work without a car, fewer than in Jura’s towns and compared French towns

On this, Choux is below both Jura’s towns (17.6%) and compared French towns (13.4%). Choux has 0 jobs for 50 working residents, 0.2 per worker.

4%walk, cycle or take transit

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving86%
On foot4%
Public transport0%
Bicycle0%
Motorbike or scooter0%
0
jobs based in Choux, 0.2 per working resident
11.1%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€24,850
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
11%
worked without traveling (at or from home)

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

Housing

Estimated advertised rents run lower in Choux than in Jura’s towns or across compared French towns: €8.85/m² a month

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

In the comparison, Choux comes below both Jura’s towns (€10.38/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²).

€8.85/m²estimated apartment rent a month

Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month

Choux€8.85/m²
Median of towns€12.41/m²
Jura median€10.38/m²
€8.85/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€6.72 to €11.64/m² a month)
€8.92/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 Choux

11pages on Choux

Landmarks

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

Its history page →

Famous people from Choux

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

How we find them →

Choux’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 →
ArbentOyonnaxSaint-ClaudeBellignatPéronThoiryArbentOyonnaxSaint-ClaudeBellignatPéronThoiryChoux
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
Choux139—————
Arbent Ain3,5554.5—B+—A
Oyonnax Ain22,4806.6BB−B−C+
Saint-Claude8,3867.4BA+CB
Bellignat Ain3,5257.5A−BBA−
Péron Ain2,91611AC−AA
Thoiry Ain6,56911A−DBA+

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

About Choux

Commune in Jura, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté

Choux is a commune of 139 people in the Communauté de communes Haut-Jura Saint-Claude. 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
139 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes Haut-Jura Saint-Claude
Département
Jura (39)
Région
Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Area
3.2 sq mi (8.2 km²)
INSEE code
39151

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.