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A town of 1,036 in Jura, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté.
Le Deschaux’s best grade is for cost of living — A year’s estimated rent on a 70 m² apartment is 32% of the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. It is strong on health as well (A−) — after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 24% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Few people walk, cycle or take the bus to work: 52% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 2% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Work and incomes lag: 0.3 jobs per working resident; 7.0% unemployment.
Figures: prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting and employment, INSEE census 2023. Le Deschaux 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 Le Deschaux 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.
Le Deschaux has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
The Culture ministry lists no building in Le Deschaux as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Croix de chemin en pierre datée de 1539, in Bans, 4.5 mi away.
15% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Nothing in Le Deschaux is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Le Deschaux.
The unemployment rate comes to 7.0%. No commute at all: 4.3% of working residents in Le Deschaux at the census. Also worth knowing: the typical income here, after tax and benefits, is €24,960 a year per consumption unit.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Of the homes sold, 81% were houses. From July 2023 to June 2026, 27 homes were sold in Le Deschaux.
Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
From 2016 to 2025, 73 residents of Le Deschaux died, against 96 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 24% fewer. The nearest emergency department to Le Deschaux is Ch Louis Pasteur Dole, 9.3 mi away. Life expectancy at birth in Jura is 85.1 years for women and 78.9 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France.
Source: INSEE, deaths by commune of residence 2016–2025 and censuses; Eurostat, death rates by age (© European Union); INSEE, BPE 2025; DREES, APL 2024; INSEE, life expectancy by département 2025 · Licence Ouverte · Care-home places are adjusted for by TownRatings, using a model rather than an official statistic. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from C+ to A+.
Nearly a quarter of residents are 65 or over. The 15-to-24 age group: 9%, lower than both Jura’s towns (10%) and compared French towns (11%). Among adults, 19% have a degree.
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Jura 52.0%, France 51.8%.
| Le Deschaux | Jura median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 21% | 14% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 9% | 10% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 24% | 21% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 23% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 23% | 27% | 22% |
| No diploma | 22% | 21% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 34% | 25% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 20% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 19% | 28% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Jura median and France median: the median of compared communes
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Le Deschaux yet.
Commune in Jura, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Le Deschaux is a commune of 1,036 people in the Communauté d'agglomération du Grand Dole. 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
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →
Le Deschaux has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 3.7 recorded violent incidents and 4.6 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
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.