Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
A town of 2,900 in Doubs, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté.
Charquemont grades A+ overall: better than almost every compared French town, and #1 of 28 in Doubs. At the median price of €2,188/m², a 70 m² home costs 4.5 times the median annual income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size) in the Communauté de communes du Pays de Maîche. Its strongest is safety (A+): an average of 4.2 recorded violent incidents and 4.9 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas. The overall grade uses the other six subjects.
The one thing Charquemont does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Charquemont 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 Charquemont as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Église Saint-Michel, in Les Bréseux, 4 mi away.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Charquemont.
23 offenses were reported in Charquemont during 2025. The town ranks first of the 28 compared towns in Doubs on the Safety Grade. Family violence topped the graded crimes in Charquemont (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 other physical violence, sexual violence, burglary, 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, 24.4% of the index here. That estimated share passes 10%, so treat this Safety Grade with more caution than most. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
On school results, the town ranks #2 of 33 in Doubs. The nearest collège is 2.6 mi away. The closest lycée for the general bac is 14.5 mi off.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Mont MiroirNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 120 | 90%+1 pt |
| Collège privé Saint-Joseph PrivateBest against expectations: 8 points above the expected rateCollège | Collège | 82 | 98%+8 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 split in Charquemont: €2,631/m² for houses, €1,981/m² for apartments. The median price, €2,188/m², comes from 144 sales of houses and apartments in the town from July 2023 to June 2026. Houses made up nearly half of the homes sold; apartments the rest.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,631/m² | 70 |
| Apartments | €1,981/m² | 74 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Children under 15 make up a fifth of residents. The middle age in Charquemont is 37.9. 10% of the population is aged 15 to 24, in line with Doubs’ towns (11%) and compared French towns (11%).
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Doubs 51.3%, France 51.8%.
| Charquemont | Doubs median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 20% | 17% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 10% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 32% | 22% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 22% | 25% | 26% |
| 65+ | 16% | 23% | 22% |
| No diploma | 19% | 23% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 26% | 27% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 23% | 17% | 18% |
| Higher education | 26% | 26% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Doubs median and France median: the median of compared communes
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
There are 3 general practitioners in Charquemont. The nearest emergency department to Charquemont is Hnfc site Trevenans, 25.2 mi away. France’s death rates at each age would predict 220 deaths in the town from 2016 to 2025; there were 180, 18% fewer. Women in Doubs live to 85.7 on average and men to 79.4 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France.
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 · The care-home step is TownRatings’ own calculation, not an official number. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from C+ to A.
At the census, 5.1% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train. 7.1% of the labour force were unemployed, below Doubs’ towns (11.3%) and compared French towns (10.1%) alike. For its 1,500 residents in work, Charquemont has 650 jobs: 0.4 each.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Other places to visit and heritage in and near Charquemont. Best known first.
Nothing in Charquemont is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
2 notable people were born in Charquemont.
Vincent Petit: Arnaud 25, CC BY-SA 4.0
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charquemont | 2,900 | — | A+ | A− | A+ | B+ |
| Maîche | 4,254 | 2.7 | A+ | A | A | C |
| Le Russey | 2,599 | 5.6 | — | A | — | C− |
| Pont-de-Roide-Vermondans | 3,912 | 12 | A− | A | B | D |
| Villers-le-Lac | 5,292 | 12 | A+ | B+ | A+ | B+ |
| Les Fins | 3,048 | 13 | — | B+ | — | B+ |
| Morteau | 6,953 | 15 | A | B+ | B+ | C |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades A+ for safety, #1 of 28 in Doubs.
They grade A, better than 91% of compared French towns and #2 of 33 in Doubs. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Prices are close to the median of compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €2,188/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Estimated advertised apartment rents are €12.34/m² a month, charges included. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Charquemont grades A− for cost of living.
Commune in Doubs, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Charquemont is a commune of 2,900 people in the Communauté de communes du Pays de Maîche. 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.
