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A town in Doubs, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, home to 1,232 people.
Colombier-Fontaine’s strongest is cost of living: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 3.9 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Jobs and pay trail most towns (C): 0.8 jobs per working resident; 9.9% unemployment. Homes sell for a median €1,362/m². 29% of residents are 65 or over.
Figures: prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · employment, INSEE census 2023. Colombier-Fontaine has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
The 2 things Colombier-Fontaine does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Colombier-Fontaine 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.
Colombier-Fontaine has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
The Culture ministry lists no building in Colombier-Fontaine as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Théâtre gallo-romain (vestiges), in Mandeure, 5 mi away.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Colombier-Fontaine.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
A house rents for an estimated €9.32/m² a month. Among the homes sold, 85% were houses. 34 houses and apartments changed hands in Colombier-Fontaine from July 2023 to June 2026.
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
14% are under 15, below Doubs’ towns (17%) and compared French towns (17%) alike. Over-65s are 29% of the population. Ages in Colombier-Fontaine split evenly at 52.3: half are older, half younger.
52% women, 48% men
About 94 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Doubs 51.3%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
| Colombier-Fontaine | Doubs median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 14% | 17% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 6.8% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 23% | 22% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 28% | 25% | 26% |
| 65+ | 29% | 23% | 22% |
| No diploma | 23% | 23% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 32% | 27% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 16% | 17% | 18% |
| Higher education | 24% | 26% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Doubs median and France median: the median of compared communes
Median disposable income comes to €24,300 a year per consumption unit. A tenth of the labour force are out of work. At the census, 2.3% of working residents in Colombier-Fontaine went to work by public transport.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
For a family doctor, residents of Colombier-Fontaine can choose among 2 GPs. The nearest emergency department to Colombier-Fontaine is Hnfc site Trevenans, 12.1 mi away. 131 deaths locally between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 157: 16% below. Life expectancy in Doubs: 85.7 years for women and 79.4 for men (2025); France averages 85.9 and 80.3.
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 · This figure includes a care-home adjustment that TownRatings models; no official statistic exists. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from C to A.
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Nothing in Colombier-Fontaine is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
3 notable people were born in Colombier-Fontaine.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Colombier-Fontaine | 1,232 | — | — | A | — | B |
| Bavans | 3,582 | 2.9 | B− | B+ | A | C− |
| Voujeaucourt | 3,174 | 3.9 | B+ | B+ | A− | B− |
| L'Isle-sur-le-Doubs | 2,780 | 4.8 | C− | A | C | D |
| Pont-de-Roide-Vermondans | 3,912 | 5.8 | A− | A | B | D |
| Mandeure | 4,612 | 6 | C− | B | C+ | D |
| Montbéliard | 24,672 | 6.3 | D | A− | D | C− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Colombier-Fontaine has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 3.8 recorded violent incidents and 4.2 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Colombier-Fontaine grades A for cost of living.
Commune in Doubs, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Colombier-Fontaine is a commune of 1,232 people in the Communauté d'agglomération Pays de Montbéliard Agglomération. 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 November 4, 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.