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Population 3,261: a town in Jura, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté.
One weak subject stands out against an otherwise good record. With a B overall, Montmorot sits #8 of 11 in Jura. That leaves it better than 60% of compared French towns. Walking, cycling and public transport work well here (A−): 80% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 14% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Buying 70 m² at the median €1,799/m² takes 5 years of the median income per consumption unit in the Communauté d'agglomération ECLA (Espace Communautaire Lons Agglomération). The drawback is safety — an average of 16.7 recorded violent incidents and 13.9 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. The rest of its grades are middling: C+ for schools and B for health.
Figures: amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting, INSEE census 2023 · recorded crime, SSMSI (Ministry of the Interior) · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025).
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas. The overall grade uses the other six subjects.
The 2 things Montmorot does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Montmorot 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.
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Montmorot has 1 historic monument on the Culture ministry’s list: 1 classé, the highest protection, and 0 inscrit, the second level.
The oldest protected part dates from the 12th century; the first monument here was protected in 1910.
Heritage, museums and other places to visit in and near Montmorot. Best known first.
MuseumMusée des Beaux-Arts de Lons-le-Saunier1.8 km east, in Lons-le-Saunier
Manor houseThermes Lédonia2.5 km east, in Lons-le-Saunier
Archaeological siteTumulus de Lons-le-Saunier1.2 km south, in Lons-le-Saunier
MuseumMaison de la Vache qui rit2 km east, in Lons-le-SaunierChâteauChâteauChâteau du Pin5 km northeast, in Le PinPhotos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Montmorot.
Over 2025, Montmorot logged 192 recorded offenses. This Jura town comes 10th of the 11 compared towns in Jura on the Safety Grade. It has 2,000 jobs for 1,300 working residents, so people come in from nearby communes to work. The commonest graded crime in the town was sexual violence (2025).
Not in the gradeTheft without violence, drug use and fraud are shown for information but left out of the Safety Grade, which counts violence plus burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and criminal damage per resident.
Source: SSMSI (Interior Ministry), recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 · Licence Ouverte · Small counts of vehicle theft and theft from vehicles go unpublished (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the département’s average stands in, 4.2% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses. Crimes are counted in the commune where they happen, then divided by its residents, so a town that draws people in from around can look higher.
The unemployment rate comes to 9.0%. The median disposable income is €26,090 a year per consumption unit. At the census, 14.3% of commuters got to work without a car.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
People 65 and over make up 27% of the town, close to Jura’s towns (27%) and above compared French towns (22%). Montmorot has a median age of 46.9. 29% of adults who have left education hold a higher-education diploma (Jura 28%, France 30%).
52% women, 48% men
About 93 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Jura 52.0%, France 51.8%.
| Montmorot | Jura median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 14% | 14% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 14% | 10% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 21% | 21% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 25% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 27% | 27% | 22% |
| No diploma | 16% | 21% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 28% | 25% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 19% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 29% | 28% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Jura median and France median: the median of compared communes
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
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. From 2016 to 2025, 379 residents of Montmorot died, against 416 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 9% fewer. Its care home for older people (41 places) counts its residents as Montmorot’s; allowing for it, deaths were 17% below expected. This Jura town has 13 family doctors.
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 · The care-home step is TownRatings’ own calculation, not an official number.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Montmorot is the second most expensive of the 11 towns in Jura, at €1,799/m². In Montmorot, houses go for €1,843/m² and apartments for €1,732/m². The sales split: 61% houses, the rest apartments.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,843/m² | 85 |
| Apartments | €1,732/m² | 54 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Among the classé monuments in Montmorot is Château (ruines). Protection here reaches back to the 12th century. Also worth knowing: nearly a tenth of its homes were built before 1919, close to Jura’s towns (9.5%) and above compared French towns (7.4%).
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
On results, collèges and lycées here come #8 of 11 in Jura. The town’s pupils have a collège 1 mi away.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Rouget-de-LisleNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 112 | 82%−9 pts |
| Lycée général et technologique Jean MichelNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 390 | 96%−2 pts |
| Collège privé Sainte-Marie PrivateBest against expectations: 5 points above the expected rateCollège | Collège | 46 | 100%+5 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Montmorot has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
One notable person was born in Montmorot.
Jean Grémion: PODZO DI BORGO, CC BY-SA 4.0
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Montmorot | 3,261 | — | B | B | C− | B |
| Lons-le-Saunier | 16,618 | 1.4 | C+ | B+ | D | B− |
| Poligny | 3,976 | 14 | A+ | A | C+ | B+ |
| Louhans-Châteaurenaud Saône-et-Loire | 6,446 | 15 | B | A− | C− | C+ |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades C− for safety. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 19 burglaries and 53 acts of criminal damage.
They grade C+, better than 42% of compared French towns and #8 of 11 in Jura. 96% of 390 candidates passed the bac at Lycée général et technologique Jean Michel in 2025, 2 points below the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Estimated advertised apartment rents are €10.93/m² a month, charges included. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Montmorot grades B for cost of living.
Commune in Jura, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Montmorot is a commune of 3,261 people in the Communauté d'agglomération ECLA (Espace Communautaire Lons Agglomération). 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) · DGFiP, DVF property sales, July 2023 to June 2026 · 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.
