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Home to 213 people, this town lies in Jura, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté.
Valempoulières has no grades yet: French towns are graded from 1,000 residents up.
The Culture ministry lists no building in Valempoulières as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Château (ancien), in Montrond, 2.7 mi away.
29% 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 Valempoulières.
Aged 15 to 24: just over one in ten residents. The median resident of Valempoulières is 48.9 years old.
49% women, 51% men
About 105 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Jura 52.0%, France 51.8%.
| Valempoulières | Jura median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 15% | 14% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 12% | 10% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 15% | 21% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 33% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 24% | 27% | 22% |
| No diploma | 17% | 21% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 34% | 25% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 22% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 24% | 28% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Jura median and France median: the median of compared communes
Valempoulières holds 50 jobs; 100 of its residents are in work, so 0.3 jobs each. Unemployment stood at 7.6%, lower than both Jura’s towns (10.2%) and compared French towns (10.1%). At the census, 6.0% of working residents in Valempoulières didn’t travel to work at all.
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.
Sales in Valempoulières from July 2023 to June 2026: 4 houses and apartments.
Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Nothing in Valempoulières 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 Valempoulières 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Valempoulières | 213 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Champagnole | 8,036 | 5.9 | A | B+ | B− | B |
| Arbois | 3,114 | 7 | A+ | A− | A | C+ |
| Poligny | 3,976 | 7.5 | A+ | A | C+ | B+ |
| Lons-le-Saunier | 16,618 | 18 | C+ | B+ | D | B− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Commune in Jura, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Valempoulières is a commune of 213 people in the Communauté de communes Champagnole Nozeroy 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 November 9, 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.