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Saint-DidierJura

The town, home to 277 people, lies in Jura, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté.

Is Saint-Didier a good place to live?

Saint-Didier isn’t graded: grades begin at 1,000 residents.

Saint-Didier’s outline. No photo of the town is in our collection yet.
Saint-Didier’s story

No historic monuments in Saint-Didier

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

The nearest classé monument is Château (ruines), in Montmorot, 2.2 mi away.

Explore the history →

The data

Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Saint-Didier.

Who lives here

More people in Saint-Didier hold a degree than in Jura’s towns or compared French towns: 33%

Over-65s are nearly a quarter of the population. Children under 15 make up 16%, above Jura’s towns (14%) but below compared French towns (17%). The age that splits Saint-Didier in two is 49.6.

49.6median age
Saint-DidierJura medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma7%
CAP or BEP33%
Baccalauréat19%
Higher education33%

Women and men · all residents

49% women, 51% men

About 105 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Jura 52.0%, France 51.8%.

Ages and diplomas in Saint-Didier
Saint-DidierJura medianFrance median
Under 1516%14%17%
15–2410%10%11%
25–4415%21%23%
45–6436%26%26%
65+23%27%22%
No diploma7.4%21%19%
CAP or BEP33%25%26%
Baccalauréat19%18%18%
Higher education33%28%30%

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

Work & commute

Saint-Didier is better off than Jura’s towns or compared French towns: the median disposable income is €28,970 a year per consumption unit

The jobless rate is 8.7%. 1.7% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train at the census, lower than both Jura’s towns (17.6%) and compared French towns (13.4%). At the census, 3.5% of working residents in Saint-Didier didn’t travel to work at all.

2%walk, cycle or take transit

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving95%
On foot1%
Public transport1%
Bicycle0%
Motorbike or scooter0%
0
jobs based in Saint-Didier, 0.1 per working resident
8.7%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€28,970
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
3%
worked without traveling (at or from home)

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

Schools

96% of candidates passed the bac at Lycée général et technologique Jean Michel, 2 points below the expected rate

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

Vocational results within 5 km: 84% passed the bac pro, of 75 candidates. The nearest collège is 3.1 mi away. The bac pass rate near Saint-Didier is 94.1%, near both Jura’s towns (93.5%) and compared French towns (92.9%).

96%passed the bac (general and technological)

Bac pass rate · lycées within 5 km

Saint-Didier94.1%
Median of towns92.9%
SchoolLevelCandidatesPassed, 2025
Lycée général et technologique Jean MichelNearest lycéeGeneral lycéeGeneral lycée39096%−2 pts

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96%
passed the general and technological bac, −2 pts against the expected rate
84%
passed the vocational bac, −6 pts against the expected rate
3.1 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 Saint-Didier is €10.72/m² a month

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

€10.72/m²estimated apartment rent a month

Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month

Saint-Didier€10.72/m²
Median of towns€12.41/m²
Jura median€10.38/m²
€10.72/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€8.64 to €13.29/m² a month)
€8.56/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 Pymont and 8 more in and around Saint-Didier

Heritage and museums in and near Saint-Didier. Best known first.

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Places: © OpenStreetMap contributors · Wikidata

Photos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).

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Everything we know about Saint-Didier

13pages on Saint-Didier

Landmarks

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

Its history page →

Famous people from Saint-Didier

Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Saint-Didier yet.

How we find them →

Saint-Didier’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-SaunierPolignyLouhans-ChâteaurenaudMontmorotLons-le-SaunierPolignyLouhans-ChâteaurenaudSaint-Didier
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
Saint-Didier277—————
Montmorot3,2612.3BBC−B
Lons-le-Saunier16,6183.3C+B+DB−
Poligny3,97613A+AC+B+
Louhans-Châteaurenaud Saône-et-Loire6,44614BA−C−C+

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

About Saint-Didier

Commune in Jura, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté

Saint-Didier is a commune of 277 people in the Communauté d'agglomération ECLA (Espace Communautaire Lons Agglomération). 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
277 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté d'agglomération ECLA (Espace Communautaire Lons Agglomération)
Département
Jura (39)
Région
Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Area
1.2 sq mi (3 km²)
INSEE code
39480

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.