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A town of 1,314 in Jura, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté.
Dampierre has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents. Its weakest subject is walkability (C+): 54% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 7% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. At the median price of €1,801/m², a 70 m² home costs 4.8 times the median annual income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size) in the Communauté de communes Jura Nord. Its strongest is health (A+): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 39% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
The one thing Dampierre does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Dampierre with other French towns of 2,500 or more, ordered by how far its rank is from the middle. American and UK towns are graded separately.
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Dampierre has 1 historic monument on the Culture ministry’s list, none at the highest level (classé).
The oldest protected part dates from the 19th century; the first monument here was protected in 2006.
16% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Dampierre.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
In Jura, women can expect to live 85.1 years and men 78.9 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. From 2016 to 2025, 109 residents of Dampierre died, against 122 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 11% fewer. The nearest emergency department to Dampierre is Centre hospitalier Universitaire Jean Minjoz Besancon, 11.2 mi away. The town has 2 family doctors.
Source: INSEE, deaths by commune of residence 2016–2025 and censuses; Eurostat, death rates by age (© European Union); INSEE, BPE 2025; DREES, APL 2024; INSEE, life expectancy by département 2025 · Licence Ouverte · This figure includes a care-home adjustment that TownRatings models; no official statistic exists.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
32 sales of houses and apartments in Dampierre, from July 2023 to June 2026, give the median of €1,801/m². The sales split: 94% houses, the rest apartments. From July 2023 to June 2026, 32 homes were sold here.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,801/m² | 30 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Dampierre has 350 jobs for 600 working residents, 0.6 per worker. Per consumption unit, the median disposable income is €27,020 a year. At the census, 2.4% of working residents in Dampierre didn’t travel to work at all.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
The protected list starts in the 19th century. Dampierre has 1 historic monument on the Culture ministry’s list, none at the highest level (classé).
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
A fifth of residents are 65 or over. Line up the people of Dampierre by age and the one in the middle is 43.3. People aged 15 to 24 make up 11% of the town, in line with Jura’s towns (10%) and compared French towns (11%).
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Jura 52.0%, France 51.8%.
| Dampierre | Jura median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 18% | 14% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 11% | 10% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 23% | 21% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 28% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 20% | 27% | 22% |
| No diploma | 19% | 21% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 28% | 25% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 18% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 29% | 28% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Jura median and France median: the median of compared communes
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
The nearest general lycée is 11.6 mi away. For collège, the closest is 1.4 mi away.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Gustave EiffelNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 94 | 91%−3 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Dampierre has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
Demeure Caron: Photo: Benoît Prieur · CC0
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Dampierre yet.
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →
| Town | People | Miles | Overall | Cost | Safety | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dampierre | 1,314 | — | — | A− | — | A+ |
| Saint-Vit Doubs | 5,133 | 3.6 | A− | C+ | B− | B+ |
| Dole | 23,840 | 13 | B− | B+ | C | B− |
| École-Valentin Doubs | 2,579 | 14 | A− | C− | B+ | A+ |
| Besançon Doubs | 118,489 | 14 | C | C | C− | B |
| Miserey-Salines Doubs | 2,661 | 14 | — | C− | — | A |
| Les Auxons Doubs | 2,533 | 14 | — | C | — | A− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Dampierre has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 2.3 recorded violent incidents and 5.5 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
They grade B−, better than 50% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Homes cost less than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €1,801/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Dampierre grades A− for cost of living.
Commune in Jura, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Dampierre is a commune of 1,314 people in the Communauté de communes Jura Nord. 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) · DGFiP, DVF property sales, July 2023 to June 2026 · 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.