Schools do well: brevet results 8 points above the expected rate. Add cost of living to its strengths (A+) — A year’s estimated rent on a 70 m² apartment is 29% of the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Its weakest subject is health (C) — after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 3% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. It has 800 jobs for 550 working residents.
Figures: brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025). Domblans has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
Each subject compares Domblans 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.
Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
HealthHealth C
Domblans has a higher adjusted death rate than 73% of compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
The nearest emergency department to Domblans is Ch Lons, 6.6 mi away. Ages and care homes taken into account, deaths in Domblans come to 97 per 100 predicted. 100 deaths here between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 103: 3% below. In Jura, life expectancy at birth reaches 85.1 years for women and 78.9 for men (2025), next to 85.9 and 80.3 for France.
−3%deaths against expected, after care homesCHealth Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw97
Adjusted97
Median town88
Expected100
0
GPs in Domblans · 4.5 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
6.6 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Ch Lons
6.6 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Ch Lons
85.1 · 78.9
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Jura, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Old homes shape Domblans: 16% were built before 1919, more than in Jura’s towns and across compared French towns
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Domblans has 2 historic monuments on the Culture ministry’s list: 1 classé, the highest protection, and 1 inscrit, the second level. Part of the town has been a protected historic area, a site patrimonial remarquable, since 1990. Among the classé monuments here is Croix en pierre.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Who lives here
Few people in Domblans are 15 to 24: 9.4%, fewer than in Jura’s towns and across compared French towns
25% of residents are 65 or over, lower than Jura’s towns (27%) yet higher than compared French towns (22%). The middle age in Domblans is 48.9. Graduates make up 31% of adults.
48.9median age
DomblansJura medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
25%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma12%
CAP or BEP37%
Baccalauréat16%
Higher education31%
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About an even split. Median share of women: Jura 52.0%, France 51.8%.
INSEE, census 2023 · Jura median and France median: the median of compared communes
Work & commuteJobs & income A
Domblans has lower unemployment than Jura’s towns or compared French towns: 7.4%
Median disposable income comes to €27,280 a year per consumption unit. At the census, 6.1% went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport, lower than both Jura’s towns (17.6%) and compared French towns (13.4%).
6%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving87%
On foot4%
Motorbike or scooter1%
Public transport1%
Bicycle1%
800
jobs based in Domblans, 1.5 per working resident
7.4%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€27,280
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
6%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
B−
Walkability: better than 46% of compared French towns
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Domblans
Is Domblans safe?
Domblans has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 3.2 recorded violent incidents and 4 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Are schools in Domblans good?
They grade A+, better than 100% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
About Domblans
Commune in Jura, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Domblans is a commune of 1,186 people in the Communauté de communes Bresse Haute Seille. 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
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.
