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RecanozJura

A town in Jura, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, home to 94 people.

Is Recanoz a good place to live?

Grades start at 1,000 residents for French towns, so Recanoz has none.

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

No historic monuments in Recanoz

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

The nearest classé monument is Croix du cimetière, in Lombard, 1.6 mi away.

15% 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 Recanoz.

Who lives here

Few people in Recanoz are 15 to 24: 5.4%, fewer than in Jura’s towns and across compared French towns

Degrees are held by just over a third of adults, above both Jura’s towns (28%) and compared French towns (30%). Children under 15 count for 20% of the people here. 20% of residents have reached 65.

44.7median age
RecanozJura medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma15%
CAP or BEP37%
Baccalauréat10%
Higher education34%

Women and men · all residents

52% women, 48% men

About 92 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Jura 52.0%, France 51.8%.

Ages and diplomas in Recanoz
RecanozJura medianFrance median
Under 1520%14%17%
15–245.4%10%11%
25–4426%21%23%
45–6429%26%26%
65+20%27%22%
No diploma15%21%19%
CAP or BEP37%25%26%
Baccalauréat9.9%18%18%
Higher education34%28%30%

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

Work & commute

Only 7.0% of commuters in Recanoz go to work without a car, fewer than in Jura’s towns and across compared French towns

Unemployment stands at 8.5%. At the census, 2.3% of working residents in Recanoz didn’t travel to work at all. Bus, tram or train carried 4.7% of working residents in Recanoz to work at the census.

7%walk, cycle or take transit

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving91%
Public transport5%
On foot2%
Bicycle0%
Motorbike or scooter0%
0
jobs based in Recanoz, 0.2 per working resident
8.5%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
2%
worked without traveling (at or from home)

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

Housing

Renting in Recanoz costs less than in Jura’s towns and across compared French towns, at an estimated advertised €9.62/m² a month

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

Sales in Recanoz from July 2023 to June 2026: 3 houses and apartments.

€9.62/m²estimated apartment rent a month

Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month

Recanoz€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

Nearby attractions

Château de Mantry and 4 more in and around Recanoz

Museums and heritage in and near Recanoz. Best known first.

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Places: © OpenStreetMap contributors · Wikidata
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Everything we know about Recanoz

12pages on Recanoz

Landmarks

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

Its history page →

Famous people from Recanoz

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

How we find them →

Recanoz’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-SaunierPolignyArboisTavauxMontmorotLons-le-SaunierPolignyArboisTavauxRecanoz
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
Recanoz94—————
Montmorot3,2618.8BBC−B
Lons-le-Saunier16,6189.4C+B+DB−
Poligny3,9769.4A+AC+B+
Arbois3,11414A+A−AC+
Tavaux3,88817AB+BA−

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

About Recanoz

Commune in Jura, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté

Recanoz is a commune of 94 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
94 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes Bresse Haute Seille
Département
Jura (39)
Région
Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Area
1.2 sq mi (3.1 km²)
INSEE code
39454

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 November 4, 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.