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La Chaux-en-BresseJura

In Jura, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, this town has 30 residents.

Is La Chaux-en-Bresse a good place to live?

La Chaux-en-Bresse isn’t graded: grades begin at 1,000 residents. Holiday and other second homes account for 38% of homes. Over-65s are 31% of the population.

What makes La Chaux-en-Bresse stand out

The 2 things La Chaux-en-Bresse does most differently from other towns.

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La Chaux-en-Bresse’s outline. No photo of the town is in our collection yet.
La Chaux-en-Bresse’s story

No historic monuments in La Chaux-en-Bresse

The Culture ministry lists no building in La Chaux-en-Bresse as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.

The nearest classé monument is Croix du cimetière, in Lombard, 3.3 mi away.

24% 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 La Chaux-en-Bresse.

Who lives here

La Chaux-en-Bresse has fewer young adults than Jura’s towns or compared French towns: 6.3% are 15 to 24

13% are under 15, below Jura’s towns (14%) and compared French towns (17%) alike. The 65-and-over age group makes up 31% of residents. Among adults, 19% have a degree.

55median age
La Chaux-en-BresseJura medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma12%
CAP or BEP23%
Baccalauréat38%
Higher education19%

Women and men · all residents

44% women, 56% men

About 78 women for every 100 men. Median share of women: Jura 52.0%, France 51.8%.

Ages and diplomas in La Chaux-en-Bresse
La Chaux-en-BresseJura medianFrance median
Under 1513%14%17%
15–246.3%10%11%
25–4419%21%23%
45–6431%26%26%
65+31%27%22%
No diploma12%21%19%
CAP or BEP23%25%26%
Baccalauréat38%18%18%
Higher education19%28%30%

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

Work & commute

Unemployment in La Chaux-en-Bresse, 14.3%, runs above Jura’s towns and compared French towns

16.7% of La Chaux-en-Bresse’s working residents had no journey to work at the census.

0%walk, cycle or take transit

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving75%
Motorbike or scooter8%
On foot0%
Public transport0%
Bicycle0%
0
jobs based in La Chaux-en-Bresse, 0.3 per working resident
14.3%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
17%
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 La Chaux-en-Bresse 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.

The market in La Chaux-en-Bresse: 2 sales of houses and apartments between July 2023 and June 2026.

€9.41/m²estimated apartment rent a month

Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month

La Chaux-en-Bresse€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)
€8.94/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 La Chaux-en-Bresse

12pages on La Chaux-en-Bresse

Landmarks

Nothing in La Chaux-en-Bresse is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.

Its history page →

Famous people from La Chaux-en-Bresse

Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in La Chaux-en-Bresse yet.

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La Chaux-en-Bresse’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 →
MontmorotPolignyLons-le-SaunierArboisTavauxDamparisMontmorotPolignyLons-le-SaunierArboisTavauxDamparisLa Chaux-en-Bresse
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
La Chaux-en-Bresse30—————
Montmorot3,26110BBC−B
Poligny3,97611A+AC+B+
Lons-le-Saunier16,61811C+B+DB−
Arbois3,11415A+A−AC+
Tavaux3,88815AB+BA−
Damparis2,58717BA−AC−

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

About La Chaux-en-Bresse

Commune in Jura, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté

La Chaux-en-Bresse is a commune of 30 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

Population
30 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes Bresse Haute Seille
Département
Jura (39)
Région
Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Area
0.8 sq mi (2.1 km²)
INSEE code
39132

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 9, 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.