Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
The town, home to 613 people, lies in Doubs, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté.
At under 1,000 residents, Byans-sur-Doubs is too small for the grades other French towns get.
Byans-sur-Doubs has 1 historic monument on the Culture ministry’s list: 1 classé, the highest protection, and 0 inscrit, the second level.
The oldest protected part dates from the 12th century; the first monument here was protected in 1999.
20% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Byans-sur-Doubs.
Degrees are held by a third of adults, above both Doubs’ towns (26%) and compared French towns (30%). The 15-to-24 age group makes up nearly one in ten residents. Residents of Byans-sur-Doubs have a median age of 40.4.
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Doubs 51.3%, France 51.8%.
| Byans-sur-Doubs | Doubs median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 20% | 17% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 9.3% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 28% | 22% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 24% | 25% | 26% |
| 65+ | 20% | 23% | 22% |
| No diploma | 16% | 23% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 27% | 27% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 20% | 17% | 18% |
| Higher education | 33% | 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.
Its heritage reaches back to the 12th century.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Of those in the labour force, 8.5% are unemployed. Byans-sur-Doubs has 50 jobs for 300 working residents, 0.2 per worker. At the census, 5.0% of working residents in Byans-sur-Doubs didn’t travel to work at all.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Collège pupils travel 1.6 mi to the nearest one. The nearest general lycée is 9.1 mi away.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Félix GaffiotNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 96 | 77%−14 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.
Of the homes sold, 68% were houses. A house rents for an estimated €9.22/m² a month. Between July 2023 and June 2026, buyers took 22 homes in Byans-sur-Doubs.
Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Heritage and other places to visit in and near Byans-sur-Doubs. Best known first.
Byans-sur-Doubs 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 Byans-sur-Doubs 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Byans-sur-Doubs | 613 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Saint-Vit | 5,133 | 5 | A− | C+ | B− | B+ |
| Besançon | 118,489 | 11 | C | C | C− | B |
| École-Valentin | 2,579 | 12 | A− | C− | B+ | A+ |
| Miserey-Salines | 2,661 | 13 | — | C− | — | A |
| Les Auxons | 2,533 | 14 | — | C | — | A− |
| Ornans | 4,419 | 14 | A+ | A− | A− | B+ |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Commune in Doubs, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Byans-sur-Doubs is a commune of 613 people in the Communauté urbaine Grand Besançon Métropole. 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) · 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.