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A town of 544 in Jura, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté.

Is Nance a good place to live?

Nance is too small to grade: French towns get subject grades from 1,000 residents.

Nance’s outline. No photo of the town is in our collection yet.
Nance’s story

No historic monuments in Nance

The Culture ministry lists no building in Nance as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.

The nearest classé monument is Croix du cimetière, in Lombard, 4.7 mi away.

12% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.

Explore the history →

The data

Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Nance.

Who lives here

Nance has fewer young adults than Jura’s towns or compared French towns: 8.3% are 15 to 24

On this, Nance is below both Jura’s towns (10%) and compared French towns (11%). 17% of residents are children under 15.

47.3median age
NanceJura medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma18%
CAP or BEP31%
Baccalauréat18%
Higher education28%

Women and men · all residents

51% women, 49% men

About an even split. Median share of women: Jura 52.0%, France 51.8%.

Ages and diplomas in Nance
NanceJura medianFrance median
Under 1517%14%17%
15–248.3%10%11%
25–4422%21%23%
45–6428%26%26%
65+26%27%22%
No diploma18%21%19%
CAP or BEP31%25%26%
Baccalauréat18%18%18%
Higher education28%28%30%

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

Work & commute

Unemployment in Nance, 3.9%, runs below Jura’s towns and compared French towns

In the comparison, Nance comes below both Jura’s towns (10.2%) and compared French towns (10.1%). Nance has 100 jobs for 250 working residents, 0.4 per worker. At the census, 2.8% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train.

3%walk, cycle or take transit

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving90%
On foot1%
Public transport1%
Motorbike or scooter1%
Bicycle0%
100
jobs based in Nance, 0.4 per working resident
3.9%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€27,210
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
6%
worked without traveling (at or from home)

Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte

Schools

86.0% of candidates passed the brevet at the collège within 5 km, 2 points below the expected rate

Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.

For Nance, that is below both Jura’s towns (89.0%) and compared French towns (87.5%).

86.0%passed the brevet

Brevet pass rate · collèges within 5 km

Nance86.0%
Median of towns87.5%
SchoolLevelCandidatesPassed, 2025
Collège du ParcNearest collègeCollègeCollège8686%−2 pts
86.0%
passed the brevet at the collèges, −2 pts against the expected rate
1.2 mi
to the nearest collège from the town center

Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte

Housing

The estimated advertised rent of an apartment in Nance is €9.62/m² a month

Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.

Too few homes sold here for a reliable median price.

€9.62/m²estimated apartment rent a month

Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month

Nance€9.62/m²
Median of towns€12.41/m²
Jura median€10.38/m²
€9.62/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€7.52 to €12.30/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 Nance

13pages on Nance

Landmarks

Nothing in Nance is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.

Its history page →

Famous people from Nance

Wikidata places 1 person here, but the articles don’t both confirm Nance as the birthplace, so nobody is listed.

How we find them →

Nance’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 →
MontmorotLons-le-SaunierLouhans-ChâteaurenaudPolignyMontmorotLons-le-SaunierLouhans-ChâteaurenaudPolignyNance
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
Nance544—————
Montmorot3,2616.4BBC−B
Lons-le-Saunier16,6187.6C+B+DB−
Louhans-Châteaurenaud Saône-et-Loire6,44612BA−C−C+
Poligny3,97615A+AC+B+

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

About Nance

Commune in Jura, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté

Nance is a commune of 544 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
544 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes Bresse Haute Seille
Département
Jura (39)
Région
Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Area
2.9 sq mi (7.4 km²)
INSEE code
39379

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.