Poligny’s standout strength is cost of living (A): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 4.3 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Fewer journeys need a car: 95% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 29% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. The drawback is safety — an average of 10.8 recorded violent incidents and 13.3 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. All told, that adds up to an A+ overall and a rank of #2 of 11 in Jura. That leaves it better than 96% of compared French towns.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas. The overall grade uses the other six subjects.
Each subject compares Poligny 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.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Poligny.
History
Old homes shape Poligny: 31% were built before 1919, more than in Jura’s towns and across compared French towns
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Poligny has 43 protected monuments per 10,000 residents, higher than both Jura’s towns (6) and compared French towns (2.5). Part of the town has been protected as a historic area since 2000. It has 17 historic monuments on the Culture ministry’s list: 9 classé, the highest protection, and 8 inscrit, the second level. Among the classé monuments locally is Église Notre-Dame de Mouthier-le-Vieillard.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Work & commuteJobs & income B
Poligny gets to work on foot, by bike and by public transport more than in Jura’s towns and across compared French towns: 29.4% of commuters
Poligny holds 3,450 jobs; 1,650 of its residents are in work, so 2.1 jobs each. The median disposable income was €24,390 a year per consumption unit, close to Jura’s towns (€24,890) and below compared French towns (€25,970). Bus, tram or train carried 2.9% of working residents in Poligny to work at the census.
29%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving66%
On foot21%
Bicycle6%
Public transport3%
Motorbike or scooter1%
3,450
jobs based in Poligny, 2.1 per working resident
9.3%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€24,390
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
4%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
A+
Walkability: better than 95% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
HousingCost of living A
Renting in Poligny costs less than in Jura’s towns and across compared French towns, at an estimated advertised €9.10/m² a month
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Half the homes sold went for more than €1,563/m², below Jura’s towns (€1,658/m²) and compared French towns (€2,430/m²) alike. 122 houses and apartments changed hands in Poligny from July 2023 to June 2026. A house rents for an estimated €10.07/m² a month.
€1,563/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Poligny€1,563/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Jura median€1,658/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€1,552/m²
81
Apartments
€1,665/m²
41
€9.10/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€7.09 to €11.67/m² a month)
4.3
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€10.07/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€25,500
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté de communes Arbois, Poligny, Salins, Cœur du Jura
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Schools
92.0% of candidates passed the brevet at the collège within 5 km, at the expected rate
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
On school results, the town ranks #2 of 11 in Jura. The bac pass rate near Poligny is 98.4%, above both Jura’s towns (93.5%) and compared French towns (92.9%).
100%passed the bac (general and technological)ASchool Grade
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
HealthHealth B+
Poligny loses fewer people than its age profile suggests, 80 per 100 expected, below Jura’s towns and compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Average lifespans in Jura: 85.1 years for women, 78.9 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 nationally. France’s death rates at each age would predict 588 deaths in Poligny from 2016 to 2025; there were 623, 6% more. The nearest emergency department to Poligny is Ch Jura Sud site Champagnole, 11.9 mi away. The town has 7 family doctors.
−20%deaths against expected, after care homesB+Health Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw106
Adjusted80
Median town88
Expected100
7
GPs in Poligny · 3.2 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
11.9 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Ch Jura Sud site Champagnole
13.3 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Ch Lons
85.1 · 78.9
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Jura, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Students and young workers shape Poligny: 15% are 15 to 24, above Jura’s towns and compared French towns
28% of residents are 65 or over, about level with Jura’s towns (27%) and above compared French towns (22%). Under 15: 13% of residents. Ages in Poligny split evenly at 46.4: half are older, half younger.
46.4median age
PolignyJura medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
15%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma19%
CAP or BEP24%
Baccalauréat19%
Higher education32%
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 90 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Jura 52.0%, France 51.8%.
INSEE, census 2023 · Jura median and France median: the median of compared communes
Safety
More crime per resident in Poligny than in 62% of compared French towns
Police and gendarmerie recorded 118 offenses in Poligny in 2025. More of the graded crimes locally were criminal damage than anything else (2025).
10.8recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a yearC+Safety Grade
Recorded by type · 2025
Criminal damage44
Other physical violence36
Sexual violence14
Burglary13
Family violence11
Theft without violence32
Fraud21
Drug use14
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.
10.8
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
13.3
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
118
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
2.8%
of the index rests on the département’s average, used where small counts aren’t published
Source: SSMSI (Interior Ministry), recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 · Licence Ouverte · For armed robbery, vehicle theft and theft from vehicles, this figure isn’t published when it’s small (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the index uses the département’s average instead, 2.8% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Église Notre-Dame de Mouthier-le-Vieillard: Photo: Chabe01 · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Ancien couvent des Jacobins: Photo: Arnaud 25 · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Église Saint-Hippolyte: Photo: Plindenbaum · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Tour de la Sergenterie: Photo: Médard · CC BY-SA 3.0
Jean-Pierre Travot: Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain · Éléonore Escallier: Éléonore Escallier, Public domain · Georges Kriéger: Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain · Jacques Pierre Prothade d'Astorg: French School, Public domain · Jean-Paul Mignot: Jeffdelonge, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wladimir Gagneur: Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain
Poligny’s neighbors
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Poligny
Is Poligny safe?
It grades C+ for safety, #5 of 11 in Jura. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 13 burglaries and 44 acts of criminal damage.
Are schools in Poligny good?
They grade A, better than 85% of compared French towns and #2 of 11 in Jura. The lycée stands out: 100% of 143 candidates passed the bac at Lycée polyvalent Hyacinthe Friant in 2025, 2 points above the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Poligny expensive to live in?
By type: houses €1,552/m² (81 sales), apartments €1,665/m² (41 sales). Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Poligny grades A for cost of living.
About Poligny
Commune in Jura, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Poligny is a commune of 3,976 people in the Communauté de communes Arbois, Poligny, Salins, Cœur du Jura. 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
3,976 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes Arbois, Poligny, Salins, Cœur du Jura
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