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1,370 people call this town in Doubs, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté home.
Courcelles-lès-Montbéliard’s best grade is for health: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 24% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Walking, cycling and public transport work well here: just over nine in ten residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 9% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. The weak point is schools — bac results 4.4 points below the expected rate; brevet results 6.5 points below the expected rate. At the median price of €1,780/m², a 70 m² home costs 5.1 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the Communauté d'agglomération Pays de Montbéliard Agglomération.
Figures: deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting, INSEE census 2023 · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi. Courcelles-lès-Montbéliard 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 Courcelles-lès-Montbéliard does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Courcelles-lès-Montbéliard 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.
Courcelles-lès-Montbéliard 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 Courcelles-lès-Montbéliard as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Église catholique Saint-Maimboeuf, in Montbéliard, 0.9 mi away.
Explore the history →Museums, heritage and other places to visit in and near Courcelles-lès-Montbéliard. Best known first.
MuseumMusée de l'Aventure Peugeot4.2 km northeast, in Sochaux
Art galleryChâteau de Montbéliard1.9 km northeast, in Montbéliard
Art galleryMusée d'archéologie et d'histoire naturelle de Montbéliard1.8 km northeast, in Montbéliard
MuseumMusée du Château des ducs de Wurtemberg1.9 km northeast, in MontbéliardAttractionAttractionFort du Mont Bart2 km southwest, in BavansFortFortFort Lachaux4 km northeast, in Grand-CharmontPhotos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Courcelles-lès-Montbéliard.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Near Courcelles-lès-Montbéliard, 88.6% of lycée candidates passed the bac, close to Doubs’ towns (87.5%) and below compared French towns (92.9%). Vocational results within 5 km: 83% passed the bac pro, of 227 candidates at 2 lycées.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Lou BlazerNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 112 | 64%−6 pts |
| Lycée polyvalent Germaine TillionNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 487 | 88%−6 pts |
| Collège Claude LoriusBest against expectations: 5 points above the expected rateCollège | Collège | 93 | 68%+5 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
The nearest emergency department to Courcelles-lès-Montbéliard is Hnfc site Trevenans, 6.8 mi away. From 2016 to 2025, 122 residents of Courcelles-lès-Montbéliard died, against 161 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 24% fewer. 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 · The care-home adjustment is a TownRatings modeling step, not an official statistic. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from B− to A.
Jobs based in Courcelles-lès-Montbéliard number 100, against 550 residents in work (0.2 per worker). Nearly one in ten commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train at the census, below both Doubs’ towns (11.6%) and compared French towns (13.4%). Per consumption unit, the median disposable income is €27,120 a year.
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 median price, €1,780/m², comes from 39 sales of houses and apartments in Courcelles-lès-Montbéliard from July 2023 to June 2026. Advertised rents are estimated at €10.74/m² a month, close to Doubs’ towns (€10.97/m²) and below compared French towns (€12.41/m²). Of the homes sold, 69% were houses.
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
The 15-to-24 age group: 11%, above both Doubs’ towns (11%) and compared French towns (11%). Children are 19% of the town. Courcelles-lès-Montbéliard has a median age of 43.4 years.
52% women, 48% men
About 93 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Doubs 51.3%, France 51.8%.
| Courcelles-lès-Montbéliard | Doubs median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 19% | 17% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 11% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 22% | 22% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 25% | 25% | 26% |
| 65+ | 23% | 23% | 22% |
| No diploma | 17% | 23% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 24% | 27% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 18% | 17% | 18% |
| Higher education | 36% | 26% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Doubs median and France median: the median of compared communes
Nothing in Courcelles-lès-Montbéliard 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 Courcelles-lès-Montbéliard 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Courcelles-lès-Montbéliard | 1,370 | — | — | B | — | A− |
| Montbéliard | 24,672 | 1 | D | A− | D | C− |
| Voujeaucourt | 3,174 | 2 | B+ | B+ | A− | B− |
| Exincourt | 3,277 | 2.4 | B | B | B | B+ |
| Bethoncourt | 5,308 | 2.4 | C | A | C+ | C+ |
| Bavans | 3,582 | 2.5 | B− | B+ | A | C− |
| Sochaux | 3,721 | 2.7 | C− | A− | C | D |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Courcelles-lès-Montbéliard has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 3.4 recorded violent incidents and 3.8 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
They grade D−, better than 3% of compared French towns. 88% of 487 candidates passed the bac at Lycée polyvalent Germaine Tillion in 2025, 6 points below the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Homes cost less than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €1,780/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Courcelles-lès-Montbéliard grades B for cost of living.
Commune in Doubs, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Courcelles-lès-Montbéliard is a commune of 1,370 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.