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DarbonnayJura

With 78 residents, it is a town in Jura, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté.

Is Darbonnay a good place to live?

Darbonnay has no grades yet: French towns are graded from 1,000 residents up. It skews older: 29% of residents are 65 or over.

What makes Darbonnay stand out

The one thing Darbonnay does most differently from other towns.

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

No historic monuments in Darbonnay

The Culture ministry lists no building in Darbonnay 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, 1.6 mi away.

44% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.

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Nearby attractions

Château de Frontenay and 9 more in and around Darbonnay

Heritage and museums in and near Darbonnay. Best known first.

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Places: © OpenStreetMap contributors · Wikidata

The data

Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Darbonnay.

Who lives here

Children make up only 11% of Darbonnay, fewer than in both Jura’s towns and compared French towns

People 65 and over make up 29% of the town, above both Jura’s towns (27%) and compared French towns (22%). Aged 15 to 24: just over one in ten residents. Among adults, 23% have a degree.

54median age
DarbonnayJura medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma26%
CAP or BEP25%
Baccalauréat23%
Higher education23%

Women and men · all residents

48% women, 52% men

About 110 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Jura 52.0%, France 51.8%.

Ages and diplomas in Darbonnay
DarbonnayJura medianFrance median
Under 1511%14%17%
15–2412%10%11%
25–4413%21%23%
45–6434%26%26%
65+29%27%22%
No diploma26%21%19%
CAP or BEP25%25%26%
Baccalauréat23%18%18%
Higher education23%28%30%

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

Work & commute

Fewer commuters in Darbonnay walk, cycle or take the bus or train than in Jura’s towns or compared French towns: 7.7%

15.4% of Darbonnay’s working residents had no journey to work at the census.

8%walk, cycle or take transit

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving77%
On foot8%
Public transport0%
Bicycle0%
Motorbike or scooter0%
0
jobs based in Darbonnay, 0.6 per working resident
0.0%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
15%
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 Darbonnay than in Jura’s towns or across compared French towns: €9.41/m² a month

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

From July 2023 to June 2026, 3 homes were sold in Darbonnay. Renting a house costs an estimated €8.45/m² a month.

€9.41/m²estimated apartment rent a month

Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month

Darbonnay€9.41/m²
Median of towns€12.41/m²
Jura median€10.38/m²
€9.41/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€7.46 to €11.88/m² a month)
€8.45/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 Darbonnay

12pages on Darbonnay

Landmarks

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

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Famous people from Darbonnay

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

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Darbonnay’s neighbors

The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →

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PolignyArboisLons-le-SaunierMontmorotChampagnolePolignyArboisLons-le-SaunierMontmorotChampagnoleDarbonnay
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
Darbonnay78—————
Poligny3,9765A+AC+B+
Arbois3,11410A+A−AC+
Lons-le-Saunier16,61810C+B+DB−
Montmorot3,26110BBC−B
Champagnole8,03615AB+B−B

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

About Darbonnay

Commune in Jura, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté

Darbonnay is a commune of 78 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

Population
78 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes Arbois, Poligny, Salins, Cœur du Jura
Département
Jura (39)
Région
Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Area
1.7 sq mi (4.4 km²)
INSEE code
39191

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.