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With 174 residents, it is a town in Saône-et-Loire, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté.
At under 1,000 residents, Bouhans is too small for the grades other French towns get. Nearly a quarter of homes here are second homes. People aged 65 and over make up 32% of residents.
The 2 things Bouhans does most differently from other towns.
The Culture ministry lists no building in Bouhans as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Maison à pans de bois, in Mervans, 5.2 mi away.
20% 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 Bouhans.
Children under 15 make up 14%, close to Saône-et-Loire’s towns (15%) and below compared French towns (17%). Aged 15 to 24: just over one in ten residents. Typical age in Bouhans: 53, the median.
49% women, 51% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Saône-et-Loire 52.3%, France 51.8%.
| Bouhans | Saône-et-Loire median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 14% | 15% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 11% | 9.5% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 17% | 19% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 26% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 32% | 30% | 22% |
| No diploma | 27% | 25% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 36% | 31% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 16% | 17% | 18% |
| Higher education | 16% | 22% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Saône-et-Loire median and France median: the median of compared communes
The jobless rate is 8.7%. Half of residents lived on more than €24,520 a year per consumption unit, near Saône-et-Loire’s towns (€24,330) and lower than compared French towns (€25,970). No commute at all: 7.7% of working residents in Bouhans at the census.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
General-bac pupils go 11.2 mi to the nearest lycée. The town’s pupils have a collège 3.1 mi away.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Bois des DamesNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 66 | 85%−1 pt |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
2 houses and apartments changed hands in Bouhans from July 2023 to June 2026.
Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Nothing in Bouhans 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 Bouhans 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bouhans | 174 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Louhans-Châteaurenaud | 6,446 | 10 | B | A− | C− | C+ |
| Montmorot Jura | 3,261 | 13 | B | B | C− | B |
| Lons-le-Saunier Jura | 16,618 | 14 | C+ | B+ | D | B− |
| Ouroux-sur-Saône | 3,214 | 17 | — | B+ | — | B+ |
| Gergy | 2,566 | 18 | — | B+ | — | A |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Commune in Saône-et-Loire, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Bouhans is a commune of 174 people in the Communauté de communes Bresse Revermont 71. 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 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.