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1,437 people live in this town in Nièvre, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté.
Cost of living is its strong suit: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 3.1 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Getting around depends on the car: 37% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 5% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. It lags on health as well — after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 4% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Homes go for a median €1,111/m².
Figures: prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting, INSEE census 2023 · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025). Dornes has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
The one thing Dornes does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Dornes with other French towns of 2,500 or more, ordered by how far its rank is from the middle. American and UK towns are graded separately.
Dornes has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
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Dornes has 2 historic monuments on the Culture ministry’s list, none at the highest level (classé).
The oldest protected part dates from the 12th century; the first monument here was protected in 1926.
16% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Wikidata records 3 people born in Dornes before 1900, the earliest Claude Fauchet, in 1744.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Dornes.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
From July 2023 to June 2026, 41 homes were sold in Dornes. That is the middle of 41 sales of houses and apartments locally from July 2023 to June 2026, against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns and €1,116/m² for the median of compared towns in Nièvre.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,111/m² | 41 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Half of residents lived on more than €23,980 a year per consumption unit, about level with Nièvre’s towns (€23,120) and below compared French towns (€25,970). Per resident in work, Dornes counts 0.5 jobs (300 jobs, 600 workers). No commute at all: 5.5% of working residents locally at the census.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Its care home for older people (75 places) counts its residents as Dornes’; allowing for it, deaths were 4% below expected. 283 deaths locally between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 207: 36% above. The nearest emergency department to Dornes is Ch Decize, 9 mi away. 2 GPs practise locally.
Source: INSEE, deaths by commune of residence 2016–2025 and censuses; Eurostat, death rates by age (© European Union); INSEE, BPE 2025; DREES, APL 2024; INSEE, life expectancy by département 2025 · Licence Ouverte · Care-home places are adjusted for by TownRatings, using a model rather than an official statistic.
23% of adults hold a degree, between Nièvre’s towns (19%) and compared French towns (30%). Over-65s are 27% of the population. The share of residents under 15 is 17%.
52% women, 48% men
About 92 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Nièvre 53.7%, France 51.8%.
| Dornes | Nièvre median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 17% | 14% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 8.2% | 8.7% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 22% | 19% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 26% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 27% | 32% | 22% |
| No diploma | 23% | 28% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 26% | 31% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 22% | 17% | 18% |
| Higher education | 23% | 19% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Nièvre median and France median: the median of compared communes
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Its oldest listed monument dates from the 12th century. Dornes has 2 historic monuments on the Culture ministry’s list, none at the highest level (classé).
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
The list names few of Dornes’ 2 monuments; beside them, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
3 notable people were born in Dornes.
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →
Dornes has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 2.8 recorded violent incidents and 3.9 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Dornes grades A+ for cost of living.
Commune in Nièvre, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Dornes is a commune of 1,437 people in the Communauté d'agglomération Moulins 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) · DGFiP, DVF property sales, July 2023 to June 2026 · 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.