Chalezeule has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents. Its weakest subject is safety (D−): an average of 19.4 recorded violent incidents and 22.2 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. At the median price of €2,363/m², a 70 m² home costs 6.4 times the median annual income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size) in the Communauté urbaine Grand Besançon Métropole. Its strongest is jobs & income (B+): 1.7 jobs per working resident; 10.9% unemployment.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
Each subject compares Chalezeule 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.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Chalezeule.
Safety
Crime per resident in Chalezeule runs higher than in 96% of compared French towns
Police and gendarmerie recorded 45 offenses in the graded categories in Chalezeule in 2025. With 1,100 jobs for 650 working residents, Chalezeule draws people from neighboring communes, and crimes are counted in the commune where they happen, then divided by its number of residents. For sexual violence, burglary and vehicle theft, 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, 9.3% of the index here.
19.4recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a yearD−Safety Grade
Recorded by type · 2025
Other physical violence16
Criminal damage11
Family violence9
Theft from vehicles9
Armed robbery0
Drug use47
Theft without violence38
Fraud17
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.
19.4
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
22.2
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
45
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
9.3%
of the index rests on the département’s average, used where small counts aren’t published
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
HealthHealth B−
Chalezeule records 88 deaths for every 100 its ages predict, against 95 in Doubs’ towns and 88 in compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
From 2016 to 2025, 86 residents of Chalezeule died, against 98 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 12% fewer. The care-home adjustment is a TownRatings modeling step, not an official statistic. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from C− to A.
−12%deaths against expected, after care homesB−Health Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw88
Adjusted88
Median town88
Expected100
3
GPs in Chalezeule · 5.9 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
5.3 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier Universitaire Jean Minjoz Besancon
5 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Polyclinique de Franche Comte
85.7 · 79.4
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Doubs, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Chalezeule
Are schools in Chalezeule good?
They grade C+, better than 35% of compared French towns. 96% of 504 candidates passed the bac at Lycée général et technologique Louis Pergaud in 2025, a point below the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Chalezeule expensive to live in?
Estimated advertised apartment rents are €12.10/m² a month, charges included. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Chalezeule grades C+ for cost of living.
About Chalezeule
Commune in Doubs, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Chalezeule is a commune of 1,335 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
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.
