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A town of 90 in Doubs, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté.

Is Champoux a good place to live?

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

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

No historic monuments in Champoux

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

The nearest classé monument is Château de Vaire-le-Grand, in Vaire, 3.7 mi away.

15% 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 Champoux.

Who lives here

Champoux has fewer older residents than Doubs’ towns or compared French towns: 18% are 65 or over

In the comparison, Champoux comes below both Doubs’ towns (23%) and compared French towns (22%). Children under 15 make up 19% of residents.

40median age
ChampouxDoubs medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma14%
CAP or BEP38%
Baccalauréat14%
Higher education29%

Women and men · all residents

47% women, 53% men

About 114 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Doubs 51.3%, France 51.8%.

Ages and diplomas in Champoux
ChampouxDoubs medianFrance median
Under 1519%17%17%
15–2410%11%11%
25–4424%22%23%
45–6429%25%26%
65+18%23%22%
No diploma14%23%19%
CAP or BEP38%27%26%
Baccalauréat14%17%18%
Higher education29%26%30%

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

Work & commute

Champoux has lower unemployment than Doubs’ towns or compared French towns: 4.8%

For Champoux, that is below both Doubs’ towns (11.3%) and compared French towns (10.1%). Champoux has 0 jobs for 50 working residents, 0.5 per worker. 2.5% of commuters went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport at the census.

3%walk, cycle or take transit

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving88%
Public transport3%
On foot0%
Bicycle0%
Motorbike or scooter0%
0
jobs based in Champoux, 0.5 per working resident
4.8%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
10%
worked without traveling (at or from home)

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

Housing

Renting in Champoux costs less than in Doubs’ towns or compared French towns, at an estimated advertised €9.15/m² a month

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

Champoux sits below both Doubs’ towns (€10.97/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²) on this measure.

€9.15/m²estimated apartment rent a month

Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month

Champoux€9.15/m²
Median of towns€12.41/m²
Doubs median€10.97/m²
€9.15/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€7.30 to €11.47/m² a month)
€9.66/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 Champoux

11pages on Champoux

Landmarks

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

Its history page →

Famous people from Champoux

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

How we find them →

Champoux’s 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 →
ThiseSaôneÉcole-ValentinMiserey-SalinesBesançonLes AuxonsThiseSaôneÉcole-ValentinMiserey-SalinesBesançonLes AuxonsChampoux
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
Champoux90—————
Thise2,9944.8—C—B−
Saône3,1958AC+AB−
École-Valentin2,5798.2A−C−B+A+
Miserey-Salines2,6618.2—C−—A
Besançon118,4898.6CCC−B
Les Auxons2,5338.7—C—A−

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

About Champoux

Commune in Doubs, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté

Champoux is a commune of 90 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

Population
90 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté urbaine Grand Besançon Métropole
Département
Doubs (25)
Région
Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Area
1.2 sq mi (3 km²)
INSEE code
25117

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.