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GeraiseJura

Home to 41 people, this town lies in Jura, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté.

Is Geraise a good place to live?

Geraise is too small to grade: French towns get subject grades from 1,000 residents. 16% of its homes are second homes.

What makes Geraise stand out

The one thing Geraise does most differently from other towns.

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

No historic monuments in Geraise

The Culture ministry lists no building in Geraise as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.

The nearest classé monument is Ancienne taillanderie, in Nans-sous-Sainte-Anne, 2.4 mi away.

31% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.

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The data

Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Geraise.

Who lives here

A town of families: 19% of people in Geraise are under 15, more than in Jura’s towns and across compared French towns

People aged 15 to 24 make up nearly a tenth of the town, below Jura’s towns (10%) and compared French towns (11%) alike. Retirement age and beyond: nearly a fifth of residents are 65 or older. Degrees are held by 37% of adults.

49median age
GeraiseJura medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma19%
CAP or BEP22%
Baccalauréat15%
Higher education37%

Women and men · all residents

56% women, 44% men

About 80 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Jura 52.0%, France 51.8%.

Ages and diplomas in Geraise
GeraiseJura medianFrance median
Under 1519%14%17%
15–248.3%10%11%
25–448.3%21%23%
45–6444%26%26%
65+19%27%22%
No diploma19%21%19%
CAP or BEP22%25%26%
Baccalauréat15%18%18%
Higher education37%28%30%

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

Work & commute

Only 5.3% of commuters in Geraise go to work without a car, fewer than in Jura’s towns and across compared French towns

5%walk, cycle or take transit

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving95%
On foot5%
Public transport0%
Bicycle0%
Motorbike or scooter0%
0
jobs based in Geraise, 0.3 per working resident
0.0%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
0%
worked without traveling (at or from home)

Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte

Housing

The estimated advertised rent of an apartment in Geraise is €12.01/m² a month

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

€12.01/m²estimated apartment rent a month

Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month

Geraise€12.01/m²
Median of towns€12.41/m²
Jura median€10.38/m²
€12.01/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€8.94 to €16.13/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

Nearby attractions

Taillanderie de Nans-sous-Sainte-Anne and 6 more in and around Geraise

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

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Places: © OpenStreetMap contributors · Wikidata
Keep exploring

Everything we know about Geraise

12pages on Geraise

Landmarks

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

Its history page →

Famous people from Geraise

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

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Geraise’s 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 →
ArboisOrnansPolignyChampagnoleSaint-VitArboisOrnansPolignyChampagnoleSaint-VitGeraise
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
Geraise41—————
Arbois3,1149A+A−AC+
Ornans Doubs4,41914A+A−A−B+
Poligny3,97614A+AC+B+
Champagnole8,03615AB+B−B
Saint-Vit Doubs5,13317A−C+B−B+

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

About Geraise

Commune in Jura, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté

Geraise is a commune of 41 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
41 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes Arbois, Poligny, Salins, Cœur du Jura
Département
Jura (39)
Région
Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Area
2.4 sq mi (6.1 km²)
INSEE code
39248

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.