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1,615 residents make their home in this town in Doubs, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté.
Buying a home costs less than in most towns: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 4.6 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Schools are its weak spot (C): brevet results 3.2 points below the expected rate. Elsewhere it is close to typical: C+ for health, B− for jobs & income and B− for walkability. The median price paid is €1,607/m².
Figures: prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025. Dampierre-les-Bois 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 one thing Dampierre-les-Bois does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Dampierre-les-Bois 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.
Dampierre-les-Bois 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 Dampierre-les-Bois as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Église du Sacré-Coeur, in Audincourt, 3.9 mi away.
13% 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 Dampierre-les-Bois.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
For the general bac, the closest lycée is 4.7 mi away. The nearest collège is 0.9 mi away. Near Dampierre-les-Bois, 85.4% of collège pupils passed the brevet, near Doubs’ towns (85.0%) and lower than compared French towns (87.5%).
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Saint-ExupéryNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 101 | 88%−1 pt |
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.
From July 2023 to June 2026, 47 homes were sold in Dampierre-les-Bois. Houses accounted for 89% of sales, apartments for the rest. That is the middle of 47 sales of houses and apartments in the town from July 2023 to June 2026, against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns and €1,556/m² for the median of compared towns in Doubs.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,724/m² | 42 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
In Doubs, life expectancy at birth reaches 85.7 years for women and 79.4 for men (2025), next to 85.9 and 80.3 for France. 157 deaths in Dampierre-les-Bois between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 174: 10% below. Ages and care homes taken into account, deaths in Dampierre-les-Bois come to 90 per 100 predicted.
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 · TownRatings makes the care-home adjustment itself; it is a model, not an official statistic. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from C− to B+.
Half of Dampierre-les-Bois is older than 43.6, half younger. Graduates make up 30% of adults. People aged 15 to 24 make up a tenth of the town, near Doubs’ towns (11%) and lower than compared French towns (11%).
51% women, 49% men
About 94 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Doubs 51.3%, France 51.8%.
| Dampierre-les-Bois | Doubs median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 17% | 17% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 10% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 25% | 22% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 25% | 25% | 26% |
| 65+ | 23% | 23% | 22% |
| No diploma | 16% | 23% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 28% | 27% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 20% | 17% | 18% |
| Higher education | 30% | 26% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Doubs median and France median: the median of compared communes
5.9% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train at the census, lower than both Doubs’ towns (11.6%) and compared French towns (13.4%). For its 700 residents in work, Dampierre-les-Bois has 350 jobs: 0.5 each. The unemployment rate comes to 10.7%.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Nothing in Dampierre-les-Bois is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
2 notable people were born in Dampierre-les-Bois.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dampierre-les-Bois | 1,615 | — | — | B+ | — | C+ |
| Beaucourt Territoire de Belfort | 4,966 | 1.3 | A− | A+ | B+ | C+ |
| Étupes | 3,689 | 2.4 | C+ | B | B− | C+ |
| Grandvillars Territoire de Belfort | 2,947 | 3.5 | B | A | A− | C |
| Audincourt | 14,071 | 3.7 | C− | A− | C | D |
| Vieux-Charmont | 2,786 | 3.8 | — | B | — | B− |
| Sochaux | 3,721 | 3.8 | C− | A− | C | D |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Dampierre-les-Bois has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 2.9 recorded violent incidents and 4.5 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 26% 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 Dampierre-les-Bois grades B+ for cost of living.
Commune in Doubs, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Dampierre-les-Bois is a commune of 1,615 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.