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DiantSeine-et-Marne

Population 194: a town in Seine-et-Marne, Île-de-France.

Is Diant a good place to live?

Diant has no grades yet: French towns are graded from 1,000 residents up. 15% of its homes are second homes. Over-65s are 28% of the population.

What makes Diant stand out

The 2 things Diant does most differently from other towns.

Picked automatically from the data
Château
Château · Inscrit · Photo: Thor19 · CC BY-SA 4.0
Diant’s story

Diant in pictures

Diant has 2 historic monuments on the Culture ministry’s list: 1 classé, the highest protection, and 1 inscrit, the second level.

The oldest protected part dates from prehistory; the first monument here was protected in 1889.

46% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.

  • 1889First protected: Menhir dit la Pierre-aux-Couteaux
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The data

Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Diant.

Who lives here

Diant has fewer young adults than Seine-et-Marne’s towns or compared French towns: 5.2% are 15 to 24

Degrees are held by just over a quarter of adults, lower than both Seine-et-Marne’s towns (34%) and compared French towns (30%). Retirement age and beyond: 28% of residents are 65 or older. Children under 15 count for 16% of the people here.

46median age
DiantSeine-et-Marne medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma18%
CAP or BEP32%
Baccalauréat17%
Higher education26%

Women and men · all residents

49% women, 51% men

About 104 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Seine-et-Marne 51.4%, France 51.8%.

Ages and diplomas in Diant
DiantSeine-et-Marne medianFrance median
Under 1516%20%17%
15–245.2%13%11%
25–4427%26%23%
45–6423%25%26%
65+28%15%22%
No diploma18%17%19%
CAP or BEP32%21%26%
Baccalauréat17%20%18%
Higher education26%34%30%

INSEE, census 2023 · Seine-et-Marne median and France median: the median of compared communes

History

Diant keeps more of its old housing than Seine-et-Marne’s towns or compared French towns: 46% built before 1919

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

Among the classé monuments in Diant is Menhir dit la Pierre-aux-Couteaux. The town has 2 historic monuments on the Culture ministry’s list: 1 classé, the highest protection, and 1 inscrit, the second level. Its heritage reaches back to prehistory.

2historic monuments

Monuments by protection · Mérimée

Classé1
Inscrit1

Among them · Classé

Prehistory
oldest protected part
1889
first monument protected

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

Work & commute

Unemployment in Diant, 14.8%, runs above Seine-et-Marne’s towns and compared French towns

At the census, 22.1% went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport, between Seine-et-Marne’s towns (31.2%) and compared French towns (13.4%). Per consumption unit, the median disposable income is €28,420 a year.

22%walk, cycle or take transit

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving73%
Public transport19%
On foot1%
Bicycle1%
Motorbike or scooter0%
0
jobs based in Diant, 0.2 per working resident
14.8%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€28,420
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
5%
worked without traveling (at or from home)

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

Housing

Renting in Diant costs an estimated advertised €12.35/m² a month, against €16.75/m² in Seine-et-Marne’s towns and €12.41/m² in compared French towns

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

From July 2023 to June 2026, 9 homes were sold in Diant.

€12.35/m²estimated apartment rent a month

Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month

Diant€12.35/m²
Median of towns€12.41/m²
Seine-et-Marne median€16.75/m²
€12.35/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€10.14 to €15.04/m² a month)
€11.43/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included

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

Nearby attractions

Château de Diant and 3 more in and around Diant

Heritage and other places to visit in and near Diant. Best known first.

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Places: © OpenStreetMap contributors · Wikidata
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Everything we know about Diant

12pages on Diant

Landmarks

The list names few of Diant’s 2 monuments; beside them, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.

All monuments →
Photo credits

Menhir dit la Pierre-aux-Couteaux: Photo: Dolphinsberry · CC BY-SA 3.0

Famous people from Diant

Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Diant yet.

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Diant’s neighbors

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

All towns in Seine-et-Marne →
Villeneuve-la-GuyardCannes-ÉcluseVarennes-sur-SeineMontereau-Fault-YonneSaint-Germain-LavalLa Grande-ParoisseVilleneuve-la-GuyardCannes-ÉcluseVarennes-sur-SeineMontereau-Fault-YonneSaint-Germain-LavalLa Grande-ParoisseDiant
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
Diant194—————
Villeneuve-la-Guyard Yonne3,4554.8C−C+B−C
Cannes-Écluse2,7425.6—C−—C
Varennes-sur-Seine3,7486.8DC−C−C+
Montereau-Fault-Yonne22,2797.7DC−C−B−
Saint-Germain-Laval2,8888.3—C−—C+
La Grande-Paroisse2,8938.4—C−—C+

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

About Diant

Commune in Seine-et-Marne, Île-de-France

Diant is a commune of 194 people in the Communauté de communes Pays de Montereau. 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
194 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes Pays de Montereau
Département
Seine-et-Marne (77)
Région
Île-de-France
Area
4.2 sq mi (11 km²)
INSEE code
77158

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.