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It skews young: only 10% of residents are 65 or over. 1,265 residents make their home in this town in Jura, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté.
People here tend to be in good health (A): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 30% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Its weakest subject is walkability (C) — 37% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 8% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. A 70 m² home at the median €3,243/m² costs 5.3 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the Communauté de communes de la Station des Rousses-Haut Jura. It also trails on schools — brevet results 4 points below the expected rate.
Figures: deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting, INSEE census 2023 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education. Prémanon has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
The 2 things Prémanon does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Prémanon 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.
Prémanon has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
The Culture ministry lists no building in Prémanon as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Cathédrale Saint-Pierre, in Saint-Claude, 9.7 mi away.
13% 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 Prémanon.
Aged 15 to 24: nearly one in ten residents. 21% are under 15, above Jura’s towns (14%) and compared French towns (17%) alike. Also worth knowing: among adults, 48% have a degree.
49% women, 51% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Jura 52.0%, France 51.8%.
| Prémanon | Jura median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 21% | 14% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 8.6% | 10% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 32% | 21% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 28% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 9.9% | 27% | 22% |
| No diploma | 6.5% | 21% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 20% | 25% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 21% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 48% | 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. France’s death rates at each age would predict 63 deaths in Prémanon from 2016 to 2025; there were 44, 30% fewer. The nearest emergency department to Prémanon is Antenne Smur Morez Siege Ch Jura Sud, 4.9 mi away.
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 · TownRatings makes the care-home adjustment itself; it is a model, not an official statistic. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from B− to A+.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The median price, €3,243/m², comes from 134 sales of houses and apartments in Prémanon from July 2023 to June 2026. In Prémanon, houses go for €3,797/m² and apartments for €3,136/m². Houses accounted for nearly a third of sales, apartments for the rest.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €3,797/m² | 43 |
| Apartments | €3,136/m² | 91 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Unemployment stood at 5.1%, below both Jura’s towns (10.2%) and compared French towns (10.1%). At the census, 7.7% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train. Jobs based in Prémanon number 250, against 700 residents in work (0.4 per worker).
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
There is no general lycée within 5 km; one lies 4 mi away. Collège pupils travel 2.5 mi to the nearest one. Nearly nine in ten candidates passed the brevet at the collèges within 5 km of Prémanon, near both Jura’s towns (89.0%) and compared French towns (87.5%).
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège le RochatNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 93 | 89%−4 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Museums and other places to visit in and near Prémanon. Best known first.
AttractionFort des Rousses2.4 km northeast, in Les RoussesMuseumMuseumMusée Paul-Émile-Victorin townMuseumMuseumMusée du ski4.2 km northeast, in Les RoussesPhotos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
Nothing in Prémanon is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
One notable person was born in Prémanon.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Prémanon | 1,265 | — | — | A− | — | A |
| Les Rousses | 3,740 | 2.1 | A− | B | C | A |
| Hauts de Bienne | 5,032 | 4.2 | B | A | C | C |
| Divonne-les-Bains Ain | 10,464 | 8.5 | C+ | D− | B− | A+ |
| Gex Ain | 13,627 | 8.9 | A− | C− | B− | A |
| Saint-Claude | 8,386 | 9.7 | B | A+ | C | B |
| Cessy Ain | 5,832 | 9.9 | A+ | C− | A | A+ |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Prémanon has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 3 recorded violent incidents and 7.8 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
They grade C, better than 33% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Homes cost more than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €3,243/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Prémanon grades A− for cost of living.
Commune in Jura, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Prémanon is a commune of 1,265 people in the Communauté de communes de la Station des Rousses-Haut 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
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 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.