Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
In Jura, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, this town has 306 residents.
Grades start at 1,000 residents for French towns, so Vadans has none. 18% of homes here are second homes.
The one thing Vadans does most differently from other towns.
The Culture ministry lists no building in Vadans as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Maison paternelle de Pasteur, in Arbois, 3.6 mi away.
15% 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 Vadans.
Just over a quarter of residents are 65 or over, close to Jura’s towns (27%) and above compared French towns (22%). Children under 15 count for 17% of the people here. Line up the people of Vadans by age and the one in the middle is 47.2.
53% women, 47% men
About 90 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Jura 52.0%, France 51.8%.
| Vadans | Jura median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 17% | 14% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 9% | 10% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 22% | 21% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 27% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 26% | 27% | 22% |
| No diploma | 8.6% | 21% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 33% | 25% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 19% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 30% | 28% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Jura median and France median: the median of compared communes
The jobless rate is 6.9%. Per resident in work, Vadans counts 0.2 jobs (50 jobs, 150 workers). The median disposable income was €26,580 a year per consumption unit, higher than Jura’s towns (€24,890) and near compared French towns (€25,970).
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.
Houses were 82% of what sold. Between July 2023 and June 2026, buyers took 11 homes in Vadans.
Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Nothing in Vadans is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
Wikidata places 2 people here, but for none of them do the articles confirm Vadans as the birthplace, so nobody is listed.
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →
Commune in Jura, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Vadans is a commune of 306 people in the Communauté de communes Arbois, Poligny, Salins, Cœur du Jura. 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 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.