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A town in Jura, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, home to 509 people.

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Cramans has no grades yet: French towns are graded from 1,000 residents up.

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Église · Inscrit · Photo: Sebleouf · CC BY-SA 4.0
Cramans’ story

Cramans in pictures

The Culture ministry lists 1 historic monument in Cramans, none of them classé, France’s highest protection.

The oldest protected part dates from the 18th century; the first monument here was protected in 2013.

29% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.

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Nearby attractions

Saline royale d'Arc-et-Senans and 10 more in and around Cramans

Other places to visit, museums and heritage in and near Cramans. Best known first.

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Places: © OpenStreetMap contributors · Wikidata

The data

Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Cramans.

History

Cramans keeps more of its old housing than Jura’s towns or compared French towns: 29% built before 1919

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

The Culture ministry lists 1 historic monument in Cramans, none of them classé, France’s highest protection. Protection here reaches back to the 18th century.

1historic monument

Monuments by protection · Mérimée

Classé0
Inscrit1
18th c.
oldest protected part
2013
first monument protected

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

Who lives here

Cramans skews young, with 13% of residents aged 15 to 24, more than Jura’s towns or compared French towns

People 65 and over make up 21% of the town, about level with compared French towns (22%) and below Jura’s towns (27%). Line up the people of Cramans by age and the one in the middle is 42.3.

42.3median age
CramansJura medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma25%
CAP or BEP29%
Baccalauréat13%
Higher education27%

Women and men · all residents

48% women, 52% men

About 107 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Jura 52.0%, France 51.8%.

Ages and diplomas in Cramans
CramansJura medianFrance median
Under 1515%14%17%
15–2413%10%11%
25–4426%21%23%
45–6425%26%26%
65+21%27%22%
No diploma25%21%19%
CAP or BEP29%25%26%
Baccalauréat13%18%18%
Higher education27%28%30%

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

Work & commute

Cramans has lower unemployment than Jura’s towns or compared French towns: 6.9%

150 jobs are based in Cramans, for 250 working residents (0.6 per worker). Just over one in ten commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train at the census, below both Jura’s towns (17.6%) and compared French towns (13.4%). Per consumption unit, the median disposable income is €25,840 a year.

11%walk, cycle or take transit

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving82%
Bicycle4%
On foot3%
Public transport3%
Motorbike or scooter3%
150
jobs based in Cramans, 0.6 per working resident
6.9%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€25,840
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
4%
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 Cramans costs less than in Jura’s towns or compared French towns, at an estimated advertised €9.73/m² a month

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

From July 2023 to June 2026, 8 homes were sold in Cramans.

€9.73/m²estimated apartment rent a month

Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month

Cramans€9.73/m²
Median of towns€12.41/m²
Jura median€10.38/m²
€9.73/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€7.86 to €12.03/m² a month)
€8.72/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 Cramans

13pages on Cramans

Landmarks

Cramans has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.

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Famous people from Cramans

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

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Cramans’ 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 →
ArboisSaint-VitPolignyDoleTavauxDamparisArboisSaint-VitPolignyDoleTavauxDamparisCramans
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
Cramans509—————
Arbois3,1147.5A+A−AC+
Saint-Vit Doubs5,13312A−C+B−B+
Poligny3,97613A+AC+B+
Dole23,84015B−B+CB−
Tavaux3,88817AB+BA−
Damparis2,58718BA−AC−

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

About Cramans

Commune in Jura, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté

Cramans is a commune of 509 people in the Communauté de communes du Val d'Amour. 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
509 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes du Val d'Amour
Département
Jura (39)
Région
Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Area
3.1 sq mi (8.1 km²)
INSEE code
39176

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.