Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
256 residents make their home in this town in Jura, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté.
At under 1,000 residents, Colonne is too small for the grades other French towns get.
The Culture ministry lists no building in Colonne 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, 4.2 mi away.
33% 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 Colonne.
The 65-and-over age group makes up 25% of residents. 8.7% of residents are 15 to 24, lower than both Jura’s towns (10%) and compared French towns (11%). Colonne has a median age of 46.1 years.
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Jura 52.0%, France 51.8%.
| Colonne | Jura median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 19% | 14% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 8.7% | 10% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 21% | 21% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 26% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 25% | 27% | 22% |
| No diploma | 17% | 21% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 30% | 25% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 20% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 29% | 28% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Jura median and France median: the median of compared communes
7.2% of commuters left the car at home at the census, walking, cycling or taking public transport. Jobs based in Colonne number 50, against 100 residents in work (0.6 per worker). The typical income here, after tax and benefits, is €25,740 a year per consumption unit.
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.
Sales in Colonne from July 2023 to June 2026: 4 houses and apartments.
Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Heritage and museums in and near Colonne. Best known first.
Nothing in Colonne is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
Wikidata places 1 person here, but the articles don’t both confirm Colonne as the birthplace, so nobody is listed.
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →
Commune in Jura, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Colonne is a commune of 256 people in the Communauté de communes Arbois, Poligny, Salins, Cœur du 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) · 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.