Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
This town in Jura, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté has a population of 56.
At under 1,000 residents, Saugeot is too small for the grades other French towns get. Holiday and other second homes account for 37% of homes.
The one thing Saugeot does most differently from other towns.
The Culture ministry lists no building in Saugeot as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Sites palafittiques, in Clairvaux-les-Lacs, 4.4 mi away.
53% 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 Saugeot.
Graduates make up a fifth of adults. Children under 15 make up 17%, above Jura’s towns (14%) and close to compared French towns (17%). Over-65s are 24% of the population.
57% women, 43% men
About 76 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Jura 52.0%, France 51.8%.
| Saugeot | Jura median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 17% | 14% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 5.2% | 10% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 28% | 21% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 26% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 24% | 27% | 22% |
| No diploma | 13% | 21% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 40% | 25% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 20% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 20% | 28% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Jura median and France median: the median of compared communes
7.7% of the labour force were unemployed, below both Jura’s towns (10.2%) and compared French towns (10.1%).
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Saugeot recorded 1 home sales from July 2023 to June 2026. A house rents for an estimated €8.45/m² a month.
Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Heritage, family days out and museums in and near Saugeot. Best known first.
Nothing in Saugeot is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Saugeot yet.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saugeot | 56 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Champagnole | 8,036 | 11 | A | B+ | B− | B |
| Hauts de Bienne | 5,032 | 11 | B | A | C | C |
| Lons-le-Saunier | 16,618 | 14 | C+ | B+ | D | B− |
| Les Rousses | 3,740 | 14 | A− | B | C | A |
| Saint-Claude | 8,386 | 15 | B | A+ | C | B |
| Montmorot | 3,261 | 15 | B | B | C− | B |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Commune in Jura, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Saugeot is a commune of 56 people in the Communauté de communes Terre d'Émeraude Communauté. 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) · 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.