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A town of 78 in Doubs, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté.

Is Brères a good place to live?

Brères is too small to grade: French towns get subject grades from 1,000 residents.

What makes Brères stand out

The one thing Brères does most differently from other towns.

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Brères’ outline. No photo of the town is in our collection yet.
Brères’ story

No historic monuments in Brères

The Culture ministry lists no building in Brères as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.

The nearest classé monument is Château de Bartherans, in Bartherans, 3.3 mi away.

26% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.

Explore the history →

The data

Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Brères.

Who lives here

Brères has fewer young adults than Doubs’ towns or compared French towns: 2.6% are 15 to 24

That puts Brères below both Doubs’ towns (11%) and compared French towns (11%). 26% of residents are children under 15.

40.2median age
BrèresDoubs medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma13%
CAP or BEP33%
Baccalauréat11%
Higher education39%

Women and men · all residents

51% women, 49% men

About 95 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Doubs 51.3%, France 51.8%.

Ages and diplomas in Brères
BrèresDoubs medianFrance median
Under 1526%17%17%
15–242.6%11%11%
25–4436%22%23%
45–6419%25%26%
65+17%23%22%
No diploma13%23%19%
CAP or BEP33%27%26%
Baccalauréat11%17%18%
Higher education39%26%30%

INSEE, census 2023 · Doubs median and France median: the median of compared communes

Work & commute

Fewer commuters in Brères walk, cycle or take the bus or train than in Doubs’ towns or compared French towns: 5.1%

On this, Brères is below both Doubs’ towns (11.6%) and compared French towns (13.4%). Brères has 0 jobs for 50 working residents, 0.1 per worker. 9.3% of the labour force are out of work.

5%walk, cycle or take transit

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving95%
On foot3%
Bicycle3%
Public transport0%
Motorbike or scooter0%
0
jobs based in Brères, 0.1 per working resident
9.3%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
0%
worked without traveling (at or from home)

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

Housing

Estimated advertised rents run lower in Brères than in Doubs’ towns or across compared French towns: €9.05/m² a month

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

In the comparison, Brères comes below both Doubs’ towns (€10.97/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²).

€9.05/m²estimated apartment rent a month

Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month

Brères€9.05/m²
Median of towns€12.41/m²
Doubs median€10.97/m²
€9.05/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€6.53 to €12.53/m² a month)
€8.72/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included

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

Keep exploring

Everything we know about Brères

12pages on Brères

Landmarks

Nothing in Brères is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.

Its history page →

Famous people from Brères

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

How we find them →

Brères’ neighbors

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

All towns in Doubs →
Saint-VitArboisOrnansBesançonÉcole-ValentinSaôneSaint-VitArboisOrnansBesançonÉcole-ValentinSaôneBrères
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
Brères78—————
Saint-Vit5,1339A−C+B−B+
Arbois Jura3,11411A+A−AC+
Ornans4,41914A+A−A−B+
Besançon118,48915CCC−B
École-Valentin2,57916A−C−B+A+
Saône3,19516AC+AB−

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

About Brères

Commune in Doubs, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté

Brères is a commune of 78 people in the Communauté de communes Loue-Lison. 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
78 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes Loue-Lison
Département
Doubs (25)
Région
Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Area
0.8 sq mi (2.2 km²)
INSEE code
25090

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 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.