Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
A town of 1,985 in Doubs, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté.
Bart has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents. Its weakest subject is schools (D−): bac results 5 points below the expected rate; brevet results 8.6 points below the expected rate. Its strongest is cost of living (B+): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 4.6 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
The 2 things Bart does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Bart 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.
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The Culture ministry lists 1 historic monument in Bart, none of them classé, France’s highest protection.
The oldest protected part dates from prehistory; the first monument here was protected in 1994.
Museums, other places to visit and heritage in and near Bart. Best known first.
Art galleryChâteau de Montbéliard3.2 km northeast, in Montbéliard
Art galleryMusée d'archéologie et d'histoire naturelle de Montbéliard3.1 km northeast, in Montbéliard
MuseumMusée du Château des ducs de Wurtemberg3.2 km northeast, in MontbéliardAbbeyAbbeyAbbaye Notre-Dame de Belchamp3.1 km southeast, in VoujeaucourtAttractionAttractionFontaine de Galilée2.8 km northeast, in MontbéliardPhotos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Bart.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
On this, Bart is below both Doubs’ towns (85.0%) and compared French towns (87.5%).
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège André BoullocheNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 101 | 85%−8 pts |
| Lycée polyvalent Germaine TillionNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 487 | 88%−6 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Adjusted for age and care homes, Bart records 99 deaths per 100 expected, above both Doubs’ towns (95) and compared French towns (88). From 2016 to 2025, 434 residents of Bart died, against 349 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 24% more. The care-home adjustment is a TownRatings modeling step, not an official statistic.
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
In the comparison, Bart comes above both Doubs’ towns (23%) and compared French towns (22%). Children are 16% of the town.
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Doubs 51.3%, France 51.8%.
| Bart | Doubs median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 16% | 17% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 9.7% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 18% | 22% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 25% | 25% | 26% |
| 65+ | 31% | 23% | 22% |
| No diploma | 19% | 23% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 23% | 27% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 17% | 17% | 18% |
| Higher education | 37% | 26% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Doubs median and France median: the median of compared communes
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
That is the middle of 53 sales of houses and apartments in Bart from July 2023 to June 2026, against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns and €1,556/m² for the median of compared towns in Doubs.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,625/m² | 47 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
For Bart, that is above both Doubs’ towns (€26,330) and compared French towns (€25,970). 12.3% of the labour force are out of work. Bart has 550 jobs for 750 working residents, 0.8 per worker.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
The Culture ministry lists 1 historic monument in Bart, none of them classé, France’s highest protection.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Police and gendarmerie recorded 25 offenses in the graded categories in Bart in 2025. For sexual violence, burglary, vehicle theft and theft from vehicles, this figure isn’t published when it’s small (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the index uses the département’s average instead, 35.1% of the index here.
Not in the gradeTheft without violence, drug use and fraud are shown for information but left out of the Safety Grade, which counts violence plus burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and criminal damage per resident.
Source: SSMSI (Interior Ministry), recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 · Licence Ouverte
Bart has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
Habitat fortifié: Photo: Jean espirat · CC BY-SA 4.0
One notable person was born in Bart.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bart | 1,985 | — | — | B+ | — | C− |
| Voujeaucourt | 3,174 | 1.4 | B+ | B+ | A− | B− |
| Bavans | 3,582 | 1.7 | B− | B+ | A | C− |
| Montbéliard | 24,672 | 1.8 | D | A− | D | C− |
| Exincourt | 3,277 | 3 | B | B | B | B+ |
| Bethoncourt | 5,308 | 3.2 | C | A | C+ | C+ |
| Sochaux | 3,721 | 3.4 | C− | A− | C | D |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Bart has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 4.1 recorded violent incidents and 6 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
They grade D−, better than 2% of compared French towns. 88% of 487 candidates passed the bac at Lycée polyvalent Germaine Tillion in 2025, 6 points below the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Estimated advertised apartment rents are €10.39/m² a month, charges included. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Bart grades B+ for cost of living.
Commune in Doubs, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Bart is a commune of 1,985 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.