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The town, home to 1,071 people, lies in Doubs, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté.
Schools are its strong suit: brevet results 3 points above the expected rate. Buying 70 m² at the median €2,081/m² takes 5.9 years of the median income per consumption unit in the Communauté d'agglomération Pays de Montbéliard Agglomération. Its lowest grade is for jobs & income: 0.1 jobs per working resident; 11.1% unemployment. Most journeys need a car: 90% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 3% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work.
Figures: prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi. Abbévillers 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 Abbévillers does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Abbévillers 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.
Abbévillers has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
Abbévillers has 1 historic monument on the Culture ministry’s list, none at the highest level (classé).
The oldest protected part dates from the 20th century; the first monument here was protected in 2022.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Abbévillers.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
The nearest collège is 1.9 mi away. General-bac pupils go 5.1 mi to the nearest lycée.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège des Quatre TerresNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 79 | 86%+3 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
3.4% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train at the census, below both Doubs’ towns (11.6%) and compared French towns (13.4%). Unemployment stands at 11.1%.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Children under 15 make up 19%, above both Doubs’ towns (17%) and compared French towns (17%). Those 65 and older account for nearly a fifth of residents. Ages in Abbévillers split evenly at 41.2: half are older, half younger.
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Doubs 51.3%, France 51.8%.
| Abbévillers | Doubs median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 19% | 17% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 7.8% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 28% | 22% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 26% | 25% | 26% |
| 65+ | 19% | 23% | 22% |
| No diploma | 16% | 23% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 32% | 27% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 23% | 17% | 18% |
| Higher education | 24% | 26% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Doubs median and France median: the median of compared communes
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Protection here reaches back to the 20th century. Homes from before 1919 make up just over a tenth of the total, above Doubs’ towns (8%) and compared French towns (7.4%) alike.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
The nearest emergency department to Abbévillers is Hnfc site Trevenans, 10.3 mi away. 68 deaths locally between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 79: 14% below. At birth, a girl in Doubs can expect 85.7 years and a boy 79.4 (2025); across France, 85.9 and 80.3.
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 · The adjustment for care homes is TownRatings’ own modeling, not an official figure. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from C− to A.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Behind the median of €2,081/m²: 30 houses and apartments sold in Abbévillers between July 2023 and June 2026. Houses were 83% of what sold.
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Other places to visit, museums and heritage in and near Abbévillers. Best known first.
Abbévillers has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Abbévillers 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Abbévillers | 1,071 | — | — | B− | — | B− |
| Hérimoncourt | 3,508 | 1.7 | B | A | B+ | D |
| Seloncourt | 5,854 | 3.5 | B+ | B+ | A− | C+ |
| Beaucourt Territoire de Belfort | 4,966 | 4 | A− | A+ | B+ | C+ |
| Valentigney | 10,501 | 4.8 | C+ | A− | B− | C |
| Mandeure | 4,612 | 4.9 | C− | B | C+ | D |
| Audincourt | 14,071 | 5 | C− | A− | C | D |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Abbévillers has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 4.4 recorded violent incidents and 4 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
They grade B+, better than 69% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Homes cost less than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €2,081/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Abbévillers grades B− for cost of living.
Commune in Doubs, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Abbévillers is a commune of 1,071 people in the Communauté d'agglomération Pays de Montbéliard Agglomération. 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 October 30, 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.