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A town of 1,095 in Jura, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté.
Mouchard has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents. Its weakest subject is health (C−): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 0% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Its strongest is cost of living (A): A year’s estimated rent on a 70 m² apartment is 29% of the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
The one thing Mouchard does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Mouchard 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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The Culture ministry lists no building in Mouchard as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Ancienne saline royale, actuellement Fondation Claude-Nicolas Ledoux, in Arc-et-Senans, 4.1 mi away.
14% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Mouchard.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Houses accounted for 93% of sales, apartments for the rest. The market in Mouchard: 15 sales of houses and apartments between July 2023 and June 2026.
Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Jobs located in Mouchard: 400, for 450 residents in work (1 each). At the census, 7.1% of working residents in Mouchard went to work by public transport. The median disposable income was €24,450 a year per consumption unit, close to Jura’s towns (€24,890) and below compared French towns (€25,970).
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
At birth, a girl in Jura can expect 85.1 years and a boy 78.9 (2025); across France, 85.9 and 80.3. Mouchard has 4 family doctors. Adjusted mortality locally: 100 deaths for every 100 expected. 89 deaths here between 2016 and 2025, close to the 89 that France’s rates at each age predict.
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. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from D− to B.
21% of residents are 65 or over, below both Jura’s towns (27%) and compared French towns (22%). The share of residents under 15 is 14%. Graduates make up just over a quarter of adults.
45% women, 55% men
About 80 women for every 100 men. Median share of women: Jura 52.0%, France 51.8%.
| Mouchard | Jura median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 14% | 14% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 22% | 10% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 19% | 21% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 25% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 21% | 27% | 22% |
| No diploma | 17% | 21% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 33% | 25% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 19% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 26% | 28% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Jura median and France median: the median of compared communes
Other places to visit and museums in and near Mouchard. Best known first.
Nothing in Mouchard is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
Wikidata places 1 person here, but the articles don’t both confirm Mouchard as the birthplace, so nobody is listed.
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →
Mouchard has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 3.5 recorded violent incidents and 9.3 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Commune in Jura, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Mouchard is a commune of 1,095 people in the Communauté de communes du Val d'Amour. 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 October 30, 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.