Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
A town of 3,582 in Doubs, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté.
Bavans grades B− overall: better than 50% of compared French towns, and #18 of 28 in Doubs. Its weakest subject is schools (D): brevet results 6.2 points below the expected rate. At the median price of €1,458/m², a 70 m² home costs 4.2 times the median annual income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size) in the Communauté d'agglomération Pays de Montbéliard Agglomération. Its strongest is safety (A): an average of 8.6 recorded violent incidents and 4.4 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas. The overall grade uses the other six subjects.
The one thing Bavans does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Bavans 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.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
The Culture ministry lists no building in Bavans as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Église catholique Saint-Maimboeuf, in Montbéliard, 3.3 mi away.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Bavans.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
For Bavans, that 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 |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Police and gendarmerie recorded 38 offenses in the graded categories in Bavans in 2025. Of the graded crimes in Bavans, family violence came up most often (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, 10.6% of the index here. Because that share is over 10%, this Safety Grade is less sure than most.
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
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Adjusted for age and care homes, Bavans records 98 deaths per 100 expected, close to Doubs’ towns (95) and above compared French towns (88). From 2016 to 2025, 386 residents of Bavans died, against 372 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 4% 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
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The median sale price was €1,458/m², close to Doubs’ towns (€1,556/m²) and below compared French towns (€2,430/m²).
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,726/m² | 66 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Bavans sits below both Doubs’ towns (11%) and compared French towns (11%) on this measure. People 65 and over make up 26% of the town.
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Doubs 51.3%, France 51.8%.
| Bavans | Doubs median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 16% | 17% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 8.9% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 20% | 22% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 29% | 25% | 26% |
| 65+ | 26% | 23% | 22% |
| No diploma | 24% | 23% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 31% | 27% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 16% | 17% | 18% |
| Higher education | 23% | 26% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Doubs median and France median: the median of compared communes
8.4% of Bavans’ working residents walked, cycled or took public transport to work in the 2023 census, against 13% for the median of compared French towns; 88% drove.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Other places to visit in and near Bavans. Best known first.
Nothing in Bavans is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
One notable person was born in Bavans.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bavans | 3,582 | — | B− | B+ | A | C− |
| Voujeaucourt | 3,174 | 1.8 | B+ | B+ | A− | B− |
| Montbéliard | 24,672 | 3.4 | D | A− | D | C− |
| Mandeure | 4,612 | 4.6 | C− | B | C+ | D |
| Bethoncourt | 5,308 | 4.7 | C | A | C+ | C+ |
| Valentigney | 10,501 | 4.7 | C+ | A− | B− | C |
| Exincourt | 3,277 | 4.7 | B | B | B | B+ |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades A for safety, #4 of 28 in Doubs.
They grade D, better than 6% of compared French towns and #24 of 33 in Doubs. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Estimated advertised apartment rents are €10.56/m² a month, charges included. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Bavans grades B+ for cost of living.
Commune in Doubs, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Bavans is a commune of 3,582 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.