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It is a town of 196 residents in Jura, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté.
Hautecour has no grades yet: French towns are graded from 1,000 residents up. 24% of homes here are second homes. It skews older: 43% of residents are 65 or over.
The 2 things Hautecour does most differently from other towns.
The Culture ministry lists no building in Hautecour as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Sites palafittiques, in Clairvaux-les-Lacs, 0.9 mi away.
4.1% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Other places to visit, heritage and museums in and near Hautecour. Best known first.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Hautecour.
The under-15s are 13% of the population here. 35% of adults hold a degree, above both Jura’s towns (28%) and compared French towns (30%). Typical age in Hautecour: 60, the median.
48% women, 52% men
About 106 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Jura 52.0%, France 51.8%.
| Hautecour | Jura median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 13% | 14% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 5.1% | 10% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 14% | 21% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 25% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 43% | 27% | 22% |
| No diploma | 15% | 21% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 20% | 25% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 18% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 35% | 28% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Jura median and France median: the median of compared communes
After tax and benefits, the median income is €27,260 a year per consumption unit. At the census, 4.5% of working residents in Hautecour didn’t travel to work at all.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
The closest lycée for the general bac is 12.8 mi off. The town’s pupils have a collège 0.7 mi away.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège des LacsNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 49 | 94%+2 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The market in Hautecour: 8 sales of houses and apartments between July 2023 and June 2026.
Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Nothing in Hautecour is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Hautecour 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hautecour | 196 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Lons-le-Saunier | 16,618 | 12 | C+ | B+ | D | B− |
| Hauts de Bienne | 5,032 | 12 | B | A | C | C |
| Saint-Claude | 8,386 | 13 | B | A+ | C | B |
| Montmorot | 3,261 | 14 | B | B | C− | B |
| Champagnole | 8,036 | 14 | A | B+ | B− | B |
| Les Rousses | 3,740 | 15 | A− | B | C | A |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Commune in Jura, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Hautecour is a commune of 196 people in the Communauté de communes Terre d'Émeraude Communauté. 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) · 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.