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TrenalJura

With 472 residents, it is a town in Jura, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté.

Is Trenal a good place to live?

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

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

1 historic monument, 1 classé

Trenal has 1 historic monument on the Culture ministry’s list: 1 classé, the highest protection, and 0 inscrit, the second level.

25% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.

  • 1931First protected: Borne frontière (ancienne)
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The data

Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Trenal.

History

Trenal keeps more of its old housing than Jura’s towns or compared French towns: 25% built before 1919

France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.

Among the classé monuments in Trenal is Borne frontière (ancienne).

1historic monument

Monuments by protection · Mérimée

Classé1
Inscrit0

Among them · Classé

1931
first monument protected
25%
of homes built before 1919 · median town 7.4%

Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period

Who lives here

Few people in Trenal are 15 to 24: 7.6%, fewer than in both Jura’s towns and compared French towns

Children under 15 count for 17% of the people here. People 65 and over make up just over a fifth of the town, about level with compared French towns (22%) and below Jura’s towns (27%). The median resident of Trenal is 47.5 years old.

47.5median age
TrenalJura medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma10%
CAP or BEP34%
Baccalauréat20%
Higher education30%

Women and men · all residents

49% women, 51% men

About an even split. Median share of women: Jura 52.0%, France 51.8%.

Ages and diplomas in Trenal
TrenalJura medianFrance median
Under 1517%14%17%
15–247.6%10%11%
25–4421%21%23%
45–6432%26%26%
65+22%27%22%
No diploma10%21%19%
CAP or BEP34%25%26%
Baccalauréat20%18%18%
Higher education30%28%30%

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

Work & commute

Only 2.3% of commuters in Trenal go to work without a car, fewer than in both Jura’s towns and compared French towns

Jobs located in Trenal: 50, for 200 residents in work (0.2 each). 6.9% of people in the labour force have no job. At the census, 5.4% of working residents in Trenal didn’t travel to work at all.

2%walk, cycle or take transit

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving92%
Public transport1%
On foot0%
Motorbike or scooter0%
Bicycle0%
50
jobs based in Trenal, 0.2 per working resident
6.9%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€26,070
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
5%
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 Trenal costs less than in both Jura’s towns and 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.

Trenal recorded 13 home sales from July 2023 to June 2026. House rents are put at about €8.94/m² a month.

€9.62/m²estimated apartment rent a month

Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month

Trenal€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

Atelier David Kunzli and 2 more in and around Trenal

Heritage and museums in and near Trenal. Best known first.

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Places: © OpenStreetMap contributors · Wikidata
Keep exploring

Everything we know about Trenal

12pages on Trenal

Landmarks

Trenal has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.

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Famous people from Trenal

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

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Trenal’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-SaunierLouhans-ChâteaurenaudPolignyMontmorotLons-le-SaunierLouhans-ChâteaurenaudPolignyTrenal
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
Trenal472—————
Montmorot3,2614BBC−B
Lons-le-Saunier16,6184.9C+B+DB−
Louhans-Châteaurenaud Saône-et-Loire6,44611BA−C−C+
Poligny3,97618A+AC+B+

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

About Trenal

Commune in Jura, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté

Trenal is a commune of 472 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
472 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté d'agglomération ECLA (Espace Communautaire Lons Agglomération)
Département
Jura (39)
Région
Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Area
3.7 sq mi (9.6 km²)
INSEE code
39537

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.