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The town has 1,055 residents and lies in Doubs, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté.
Housing is within reach: A year’s estimated rent on a 70 m² apartment is 33% of the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Its other grades sit near the middle: B− for health, B− for jobs & income and B− for walkability. Only 16% of residents are 65 or over.
Figures: prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025. Cussey-sur-l'Ognon 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 Cussey-sur-l'Ognon does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Cussey-sur-l'Ognon 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.
Cussey-sur-l'Ognon 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 Cussey-sur-l'Ognon as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Domaine du château de Moncley, in Moncley, 3.1 mi away.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Cussey-sur-l'Ognon.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Of the homes sold, 71% were houses. From July 2023 to June 2026, 28 homes were sold in Cussey-sur-l'Ognon.
Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
People 65 and over make up 16% of the town. Degrees are held by 41% of adults, higher than both Doubs’ towns (26%) and compared French towns (30%). Just over one in ten residents are aged 15 to 24.
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Doubs 51.3%, France 51.8%.
| Cussey-sur-l'Ognon | Doubs median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 23% | 17% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 11% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 23% | 22% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 28% | 25% | 26% |
| 65+ | 16% | 23% | 22% |
| No diploma | 13% | 23% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 28% | 27% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 14% | 17% | 18% |
| Higher education | 41% | 26% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Doubs median and France median: the median of compared communes
The median disposable income was €27,990 a year per consumption unit, above both Doubs’ towns (€26,330) and compared French towns (€25,970). For its 500 residents in work, Cussey-sur-l'Ognon has 100 jobs: 0.2 each. At the census, 3.5% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train.
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 Cussey-sur-l'Ognon can choose among 2 GPs. The nearest emergency department to Cussey-sur-l'Ognon is Centre hospitalier Universitaire Jean Minjoz Besancon, 7.7 mi away. France’s death rates at each age would predict 56 deaths in the town from 2016 to 2025; there were 49, 12% fewer. Life expectancy at birth in Doubs is 85.7 years for women and 79.4 for men (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 · Note: TownRatings models the care-home adjustment; it is not an official figure. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from D to A.
Heritage in and near Cussey-sur-l'Ognon. Best known first.
Nothing in Cussey-sur-l'Ognon 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 Cussey-sur-l'Ognon 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cussey-sur-l'Ognon | 1,055 | — | — | A− | — | B− |
| Les Auxons | 2,533 | 2.7 | — | C | — | A− |
| Miserey-Salines | 2,661 | 3.9 | — | C− | — | A |
| École-Valentin | 2,579 | 5 | A− | C− | B+ | A+ |
| Besançon | 118,489 | 7.4 | C | C | C− | B |
| Thise | 2,994 | 7.4 | — | C | — | B− |
| Saône | 3,195 | 11 | A | C+ | A | B− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Cussey-sur-l'Ognon has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 4.6 recorded violent incidents and 4.3 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Commune in Doubs, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Cussey-sur-l'Ognon is a commune of 1,055 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) · 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.