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A town of 2,042 in Doubs, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté.
Châtillon-le-Duc has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents. Its weakest subject is walkability (C−): 18% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 6% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. At the median price of €2,617/m², a 70 m² home costs 7 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 (A+): 1.7 jobs per working resident; 6.0% unemployment.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
The 3 things Châtillon-le-Duc does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Châtillon-le-Duc 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 Châtillon-le-Duc as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Église de l'Assomption, in Voray-sur-l'Ognon, 2.5 mi away.
4.5% 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 Châtillon-le-Duc.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
On this, Châtillon-le-Duc is below both Doubs’ towns (95) and compared French towns (88). From 2016 to 2025, 152 residents of Châtillon-le-Duc died, against 255 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 41% fewer. The care-home adjustment is a TownRatings modeling step, not an official statistic.
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
In the comparison, Châtillon-le-Duc comes above both Doubs’ towns (€26,330) and compared French towns (€25,970). Unemployment stands at 6.0%.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The estimated advertised rent is €12.69/m² a month, above Doubs’ towns (€10.97/m²) and close to compared French towns (€12.41/m²).
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,598/m² | 62 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
For Châtillon-le-Duc, that is above both Doubs’ towns (26%) and compared French towns (30%). 30% of residents are 65 or over.
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Doubs 51.3%, France 51.8%.
| Châtillon-le-Duc | Doubs median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 15% | 17% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 9.2% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 16% | 22% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 30% | 25% | 26% |
| 65+ | 30% | 23% | 22% |
| No diploma | 15% | 23% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 22% | 27% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 16% | 17% | 18% |
| Higher education | 43% | 26% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Doubs median and France median: the median of compared communes
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
The bac pass rate near Châtillon-le-Duc is 82.0%, below both Doubs’ towns (87.5%) and compared French towns (92.9%).
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Claude GirardNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 145 | 91%−3 pts |
| Lycée professionnel Pierre-Adrien PârisNearest lycéeVocational lycée | Vocational lycée | 84 | 82%−2 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Police and gendarmerie recorded 0 offenses in the graded categories in Châtillon-le-Duc in 2025. For family violence, other physical violence, sexual violence, armed robbery, burglary, vehicle theft, theft from vehicles and criminal damage, 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, 73.6% of the index here. With 1,300 jobs for 800 working residents, Châtillon-le-Duc draws people from neighboring communes, and crimes are counted in the commune where they happen, then divided by its number of residents.
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
Heritage and family days out in and near Châtillon-le-Duc. Best known first.
Nothing in Châtillon-le-Duc is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Châtillon-le-Duc 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Châtillon-le-Duc | 2,042 | — | — | C | — | A+ |
| Miserey-Salines | 2,661 | 1.8 | — | C− | — | A |
| Les Auxons | 2,533 | 2 | — | C | — | A− |
| École-Valentin | 2,579 | 2.4 | A− | C− | B+ | A+ |
| Thise | 2,994 | 3.8 | — | C | — | B− |
| Besançon | 118,489 | 4.4 | C | C | C− | B |
| Saône | 3,195 | 7.9 | A | C+ | A | B− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Châtillon-le-Duc has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 4.2 recorded violent incidents and 2.6 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
They grade C+, better than 41% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Châtillon-le-Duc grades C for cost of living.
Commune in Doubs, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Châtillon-le-Duc is a commune of 2,042 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) · 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.