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OunansJura

Some 326 people live in this town, in Jura, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté.

Is Ounans a good place to live?

Ounans has no grades yet: French towns are graded from 1,000 residents up.

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

No historic monuments in Ounans

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

The nearest classé monument is Église Notre-Dame des Ardents ou Saint-Christophe, in Chissey-sur-Loue, 3.2 mi away.

37% 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 Ounans.

Who lives here

Ounans has fewer young adults than Jura’s towns or compared French towns: 8.7% are 15 to 24

Among adults, 22% have a degree. Children under 15 make up 17%, about level with compared French towns (17%) and above Jura’s towns (14%). The 65-and-over age group makes up 24% of residents.

49.1median age
OunansJura medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma26%
CAP or BEP34%
Baccalauréat17%
Higher education22%

Women and men · all residents

49% women, 51% men

About 106 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Jura 52.0%, France 51.8%.

Ages and diplomas in Ounans
OunansJura medianFrance median
Under 1517%14%17%
15–248.7%10%11%
25–4420%21%23%
45–6431%26%26%
65+24%27%22%
No diploma26%21%19%
CAP or BEP34%25%26%
Baccalauréat17%18%18%
Higher education22%28%30%

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

Work & commute

Ounans has lower unemployment than Jura’s towns or compared French towns: 4.7%

Households’ median disposable income: €23,670 a year per consumption unit. Jobs located in Ounans: 100, for 150 residents in work (0.8 each). 4.9% of commuters went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport at the census.

5%walk, cycle or take transit

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving87%
On foot4%
Public transport1%
Motorbike or scooter1%
Bicycle0%
100
jobs based in Ounans, 0.8 per working resident
4.7%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€23,670
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
7%
worked without traveling (at or from home)

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

Schools

95.0% of candidates passed the brevet at the collège within 5 km, 3 points above the expected rate

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

General-bac pupils go 10.4 mi to the nearest lycée. The town’s pupils have a collège 2.9 mi away.

95.0%passed the brevet

Brevet pass rate · collèges within 5 km

Ounans95.0%
Median of towns87.5%
SchoolLevelCandidatesPassed, 2025
Collège Jules GrévyNearest collègeCollègeCollège4195%+3 pts
95.0%
passed the brevet at the collèges, +3 pts against the expected rate
2.9 mi
to the nearest collège from the town center

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

Housing

Estimated advertised rents run lower in Ounans than in Jura’s towns or across compared French towns: €9.58/m² a month

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

Between July 2023 and June 2026, buyers took 6 homes in Ounans. Renting a house costs an estimated €11.06/m² a month.

€9.58/m²estimated apartment rent a month

Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month

Ounans€9.58/m²
Median of towns€12.41/m²
Jura median€10.38/m²
€9.58/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€7.69 to €11.95/m² a month)
€11.06/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included

Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte

Nearby attractions

Château de Clairvans and 4 more in and around Ounans

Heritage and other places to visit in and near Ounans. Best known first.

All attractions →
Places: © OpenStreetMap contributors · Wikidata
Keep exploring

Everything we know about Ounans

13pages on Ounans

Landmarks

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

Its history page →

Famous people from Ounans

Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Ounans yet.

How we find them →

Ounans’ 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 →
ArboisDolePolignyTavauxDamparisSaint-VitArboisDolePolignyTavauxDamparisSaint-VitOunans
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
Ounans326—————
Arbois3,1148.1A+A−AC+
Dole23,84011B−B+CB−
Poligny3,97611A+AC+B+
Tavaux3,88812AB+BA−
Damparis2,58713BA−AC−
Saint-Vit Doubs5,13315A−C+B−B+

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

About Ounans

Commune in Jura, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté

Ounans is a commune of 326 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

Population
326 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes du Val d'Amour
Département
Jura (39)
Région
Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Area
4.7 sq mi (12.2 km²)
INSEE code
39399

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.