Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
With 1,106 residents, it is a town in Jura, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté.
Buying a home costs less than in most towns: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 4.8 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Health is a strength: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 23% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Its lowest grade is for walkability (C+) — 98% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 7% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Its other grades sit near the middle: B− for schools and B for jobs & income.
Figures: prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting and employment, INSEE census 2023 · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education. Sampans 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 one thing Sampans does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Sampans 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.
Sampans 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 Sampans as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Théâtre municipal, in Dole, 2.9 mi away.
15% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Museums, other places to visit and gardens in and near Sampans. Best known first.
MuseumMusée des Beaux-Arts de Dole4.9 km southeast, in Dole
GardenJardin à la Faulx3.5 km southeast, in Dole
MuseumCollège de l'Arc de Dole4.7 km southeast, in DoleAttractionAttractionCouvent des Cordeliers de Dole4.9 km southeast, in DoleAttractionAttractionCameron Balloons France3.6 km southeast, in DoleGardenGardenJardins de la collection Annabelle3.8 km northeast, in RainansPhotos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Sampans.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Behind the median of €1,739/m²: 40 houses and apartments sold in Sampans between July 2023 and June 2026. Houses made up 88% of the homes sold; apartments the rest.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,799/m² | 35 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
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. 52 deaths in Sampans between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 67: 23% below. The nearest emergency department to Sampans is Ch Louis Pasteur Dole, 3.1 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 · The care-home adjustment is a TownRatings modeling step, not an official statistic. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from C to A+.
Those 65 and older account for 18% of residents. Young adults of 15 to 24 are 9.9% of residents, below both Jura’s towns (10%) and compared French towns (11%). Graduates make up just over a third of adults.
49% women, 51% men
About 105 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Jura 52.0%, France 51.8%.
| Sampans | Jura median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 24% | 14% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 9.9% | 10% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 27% | 21% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 22% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 18% | 27% | 22% |
| No diploma | 13% | 21% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 30% | 25% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 19% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 34% | 28% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Jura median and France median: the median of compared communes
6.7% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train at the census, below both Jura’s towns (17.6%) and compared French towns (13.4%). Jobs based in Sampans number 150, against 500 residents in work (0.3 per worker). The typical income here, after tax and benefits, is €26,480 a year per consumption unit.
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.
The town’s pupils have a collège 2.9 mi away.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège privé Notre-Dame de Mont-Roland PrivateNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 123 | 97%+6 pts |
| Lycée polyvalent privé Pasteur Mont Roland PrivateNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 76 | 99%+1 pt |
| Lycée professionnel Jacques PrévertBest against expectations: 3 points above the expected rateVocational lycée | Vocational lycée | 84 | 96%+3 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Nothing in Sampans is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
2 notable people were born in Sampans.
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →
Sampans has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 3.5 recorded violent incidents and 11.9 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
They grade B−, better than 50% of compared French towns. The lycée stands out: 99% of 76 candidates passed the bac at Lycée polyvalent privé Pasteur Mont Roland in 2025, a point above the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Homes cost less than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €1,739/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Sampans grades A− for cost of living.
Commune in Jura, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Sampans is a commune of 1,106 people in the Communauté d'agglomération du Grand Dole. 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.