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A town of 1,296 in Doubs, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté.
Devecey has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents. Its weakest subject is cost of living (C): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 6.8 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Its strongest is jobs & income (A): 1.5 jobs per working resident; 10.2% unemployment.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
The 2 things Devecey does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Devecey 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 Devecey 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, 1 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 Devecey.
That puts Devecey above both Doubs’ towns (€26,330) and compared French towns (€25,970). At the census, 8.9% 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
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The median price, €2,516/m², comes from 37 sales of houses and apartments in Devecey from July 2023 to June 2026. 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 | €2,540/m² | 32 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
On this, Devecey is above both Doubs’ towns (23%) and compared French towns (22%). 15% of residents are children under 15.
54% women, 46% men
About 87 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.
| Devecey | Doubs median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 15% | 17% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 9.2% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 17% | 22% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 30% | 25% | 26% |
| 65+ | 28% | 23% | 22% |
| No diploma | 17% | 23% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 27% | 27% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 15% | 17% | 18% |
| Higher education | 37% | 26% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Doubs median and France median: the median of compared communes
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
From 2016 to 2025, 102 residents of Devecey died, against 120 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 15% fewer. The care-home adjustment is a TownRatings modeling step, not an official statistic. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from C− to A−.
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
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
In the comparison, Devecey comes above both Doubs’ towns (85.0%) and compared French towns (87.5%).
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Claude GirardNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 145 | 91%−3 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Heritage in and near Devecey. Best known first.
Nothing in Devecey is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
Wikidata places 1 person here, but the articles don’t both confirm Devecey as the birthplace, so nobody is listed.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Devecey | 1,296 | — | — | C | — | B |
| Les Auxons | 2,533 | 3.1 | — | C | — | A− |
| Miserey-Salines | 2,661 | 3.2 | — | C− | — | A |
| École-Valentin | 2,579 | 3.9 | A− | C− | B+ | A+ |
| Thise | 2,994 | 4.2 | — | C | — | B− |
| Besançon | 118,489 | 5.7 | C | C | C− | B |
| Saône | 3,195 | 8.7 | A | C+ | A | B− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Devecey has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 3.3 recorded violent incidents and 9.8 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
They grade B−, better than 50% 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 Devecey grades C for cost of living.
Commune in Doubs, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Devecey is a commune of 1,296 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.