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This town in Doubs, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté has a population of 5,308.
Easy on the wallet, harder on other counts. Pupils here do less well than most (D−): bac results 5 points below the expected rate; brevet results 6.6 points below the expected rate. It also trails on jobs & income: 0.6 jobs per working resident; 21.6% unemployment. Where it does best is cost of living — at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 3 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Getting around on foot or by bus is easy: 76% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 13% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. The overall grade comes out at C, #23 of 28 in Doubs. Nationally, it does better than 29% of compared French towns.
Figures: prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting and employment, INSEE census 2023 · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas. The overall grade uses the other six subjects.
The 2 things Bethoncourt does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Bethoncourt 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 Bethoncourt as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Maison Morlot ou maison Forstner, dite des Princes, actuellement succursale de la Banque de France, in Montbéliard, 1.6 mi away.
4.2% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Museums, other places to visit and heritage in and near Bethoncourt. Best known first.
MuseumMusée de l'Aventure Peugeot3 km southeast, in Sochaux
Art galleryChâteau de Montbéliard2.6 km south, in Montbéliard
Art galleryMusée d'archéologie et d'histoire naturelle de Montbéliard2.7 km south, in Montbéliard
MuseumMusée du Château des ducs de Wurtemberg2.6 km south, in MontbéliardFortFortFort Lachaux2.4 km southeast, in Grand-CharmontChâteauChâteauChâteau Sattler4.6 km southeast, in ExincourtPhotos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Bethoncourt.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Results rank its schools #32 of 33 in Doubs. At the two general lycées, 89% of 795 candidates passed the bac, 6 points below the expected rate.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Claude LoriusNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 93 | 68%+5 pts |
| Lycée général et technologique Georges CuvierNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 308 | 90%−6 pts |
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.
The middle sale price: €1,068/m², below both Doubs’ towns (€1,556/m²) and compared French towns (€2,430/m²). A home here costs 3 years of the median income in Communauté d'agglomération Pays de Montbéliard Agglomération. Houses accounted for 78% of sales, apartments for the rest.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,223/m² | 88 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
The median disposable income was €19,780 a year per consumption unit, below both Doubs’ towns (€26,330) and compared French towns (€25,970). Public transport took 7.1% of Bethoncourt’s working residents to work at the census. At the census, 3.2% of working residents in Bethoncourt didn’t travel to work at all.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
From 2016 to 2025, 432 residents of Bethoncourt died, against 463 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 7% fewer. After the care-home adjustment, the town’s deaths ran at 93 per 100 expected, near Doubs’ towns (95) and higher than compared French towns (88). Life expectancy in Doubs: 85.7 years for women and 79.4 for men (2025); France averages 85.9 and 80.3. The town has 5 family doctors.
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 · Care-home places are adjusted for by TownRatings, using a model rather than an official statistic.
The yearly rates for 2023–2025: 10.6 violent offenses and 13.4 graded property crimes per 1,000 residents. In all, 128 offenses reached the police record in Bethoncourt in 2025. Of the graded crimes locally, criminal damage came up most often (2025).
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 · For armed robbery, vehicle theft and theft from vehicles, the count isn’t published when it’s small (five or fewer in a year of the last three), so the index uses the département’s average, 2.5% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Degrees are held by 17% of adults, below both Doubs’ towns (26%) and compared French towns (30%). Half of Bethoncourt is older than 41.1, half younger.
51% women, 49% men
About 95 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Doubs 51.3%, France 51.8%.
| Bethoncourt | Doubs median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 23% | 17% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 10% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 21% | 22% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 23% | 25% | 26% |
| 65+ | 23% | 23% | 22% |
| No diploma | 39% | 23% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 25% | 27% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 14% | 17% | 18% |
| Higher education | 17% | 26% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Doubs median and France median: the median of compared communes
Nothing in Bethoncourt is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
One notable person was born in Bethoncourt.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bethoncourt | 5,308 | — | C | A | C+ | C+ |
| Grand-Charmont | 5,873 | 1 | C | B+ | B+ | C |
| Montbéliard | 24,672 | 1.6 | D | A− | D | C− |
| Vieux-Charmont | 2,786 | 1.8 | — | B | — | B− |
| Sochaux | 3,721 | 1.9 | C− | A− | C | D |
| Exincourt | 3,277 | 2.8 | B | B | B | B+ |
| Châtenois-les-Forges Territoire de Belfort | 2,608 | 2.9 | — | B+ | — | C |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades C+ for safety, #22 of 28 in Doubs. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 5 burglaries and 48 acts of criminal damage.
They grade D−, better than 2% of compared French towns. 90% of 308 candidates passed the bac at Lycée général et technologique Georges Cuvier 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.
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Bethoncourt grades A for cost of living.
Commune in Doubs, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Bethoncourt is a commune of 5,308 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.