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Home to 397 people, this town lies in Jura, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté.

Is Villards-d'Héria a good place to live?

Villards-d'Héria has no grades yet: French towns are graded from 1,000 residents up. 18% of its homes are second homes.

What makes Villards-d'Héria stand out

The one thing Villards-d'Héria does most differently from other towns.

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Vestiges gallo-romains
Vestiges gallo-romains · Classé · Photo: Neri.jp · CC BY-SA 3.0
Villards-d'Héria’s story

Villards-d'Héria in pictures

On the Culture ministry’s list, Villards-d'Héria counts 3 historic monuments: 1 classé at the top level of protection and 2 inscrit at the second.

The oldest protected part dates from Antiquity; the first monument here was protected in 1948.

30% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.

  • 1948First protected: Aqueduc romain (ruines de l')
  • 1992Most recently protected: Sanctuaire gallo-romain
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Landmarks

On the Culture ministry’s list, Villards-d'Héria counts 3 historic monuments: 1 classé at the top level of protection and 2 inscrit at the second.

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Photo credits

Sanctuaire gallo-romain: Photo: Neri.jp · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Aqueduc romain (ruines de l'): Photo: Neri.jp · CC BY-SA 3.0

The data

Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Villards-d'Héria.

History

Old homes shape Villards-d'Héria: 30% were built before 1919, more than in Jura’s towns or compared French towns

3historic monuments

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

Among the classé monuments in Villards-d'Héria is Vestiges gallo-romains. On the Culture ministry’s list, Villards-d'Héria counts 3 historic monuments: 1 classé at the top level of protection and 2 inscrit at the second. The earliest of these monuments dates from Antiquity.

Monuments by protection · Mérimée

Classé1
Inscrit2

Among them · Classé

Antiquity
oldest protected part
1948
first monument protected

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

Who lives here

Few people in Villards-d'Héria are 15 to 24: 9.3%, fewer than in Jura’s towns and compared French towns

49.1median age

Nearly a quarter of residents are 65 or over, below Jura’s towns (27%) and close to compared French towns (22%). Villards-d'Héria has a median age of 49.1 years. Graduates make up 28% of adults.

Villards-d'HériaJura medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma16%
CAP or BEP31%
Baccalauréat18%
Higher education28%

Women and men · all residents

51% women, 49% men

About 95 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Jura 52.0%, France 51.8%.

Ages and diplomas in Villards-d'Héria
Villards-d'HériaJura medianFrance median
Under 1515%14%17%
15–249.3%10%11%
25–4421%21%23%
45–6431%26%26%
65+23%27%22%
No diploma16%21%19%
CAP or BEP31%25%26%
Baccalauréat18%18%18%
Higher education28%28%30%

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

Work & commute

Only 2.2% of commuters in Villards-d'Héria go to work without a car, fewer than in Jura’s towns and compared French towns

2%walk, cycle or take transit

Villards-d'Héria has 50 jobs for 150 working residents, 0.2 per worker. Unemployment stood at 6.3%, lower than both Jura’s towns (10.2%) and compared French towns (10.1%). No commute at all: 6.7% of working residents locally at the census.

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving91%
On foot2%
Public transport1%
Bicycle0%
Motorbike or scooter0%
50
jobs based in Villards-d'Héria, 0.2 per working resident
6.3%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€25,640
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
7%
worked without traveling (at or from home)

Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte

Schools

85.1% of candidates passed the brevet at the two collèges within 5 km, 1.3 points below the expected rate

85.1%passed the brevet

Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.

The closest lycée for the general bac is 7 mi off.

Brevet pass rate · collèges within 5 km

Villards-d'Héria85.1%
Median of towns87.5%
SchoolLevelCandidatesPassed, 2025
Collège Pierre VernotteNearest collègeCollègeCollège4888%−3 pts

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85.1%
passed the brevet at the collèges, −1.3 pts against the expected rate
1.6 mi
to the nearest collège from the town center

Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte

Housing

Renting in Villards-d'Héria costs less than in Jura’s towns or compared French towns, at an estimated advertised €8.74/m² a month

€8.74/m²estimated apartment rent a month

Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.

House rents are put at about €8.92/m² a month. Between July 2023 and June 2026, buyers took 12 homes in Villards-d'Héria.

Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month

Villards-d'Héria€8.74/m²
Median of towns€12.41/m²
Jura median€10.38/m²
€8.74/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€6.69 to €11.42/m² a month)
€8.92/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included

Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte

Keep exploring

Everything we know about Villards-d'Héria

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Nearby attractions

Sanctuaire gallo-romain du Pont des Arches and 2 more in and around Villards-d'Héria

Heritage and museums in and near Villards-d'Héria. Best known first.

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Places: © OpenStreetMap contributors · Wikidata

Famous people from Villards-d'Héria

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About Villards-d'Héria

Commune in Jura, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté

Villards-d'Héria is a commune of 397 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

Population
397 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes Terre d'Émeraude Communauté
Département
Jura (39)
Région
Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Area
3.8 sq mi (9.9 km²)
INSEE code
39561

Villards-d'Héria’s neighbors

The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →

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Saint-ClaudeArbentOyonnaxBellignatHauts de BienneLes RoussesSaint-ClaudeArbentOyonnaxBellignatHauts de BienneLes RoussesVillards-d'Héria
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
Villards-d'Héria397—————
Saint-Claude8,3866.3BA+CB
Arbent Ain3,5559.5—B+—A
Oyonnax Ain22,48012BB−B−C+
Bellignat Ain3,52512A−BBA−
Hauts de Bienne5,03215BACC
Les Rousses3,74016A−BCA

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

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.