Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
A town of 3,689 in Doubs, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté.
Étupes grades C+ overall: better than 40% of compared French towns, and #19 of 28 in Doubs. Its weakest subject is schools (D−): bac results 4.5 points below the expected rate; brevet results 5.8 points below the expected rate. At the median price of €1,569/m², a 70 m² home costs 4.5 times the median annual income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size) in the Communauté d'agglomération Pays de Montbéliard Agglomération. Its strongest is walkability (A−): 98% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 10% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas. The overall grade uses the other six subjects.
The 2 things Étupes does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Étupes 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.
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The Culture ministry lists no building in Étupes as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Église de l'Immaculée Conception, in Audincourt, 1.9 mi away.
4.5% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Museums, heritage and other places to visit in and near Étupes. Best known first.
MuseumMusée de l'Aventure Peugeot2.6 km northwest, in Sochaux
Art galleryChâteau de Montbéliard4.6 km west, in Montbéliard
Art galleryMusée d'archéologie et d'histoire naturelle de Montbéliard4.6 km west, in Montbéliard
MuseumMusée du Château des ducs de Wurtemberg4.6 km west, in MontbéliardFortFortFort Lachaux3.2 km northwest, in Grand-CharmontChâteauChâteauChâteau Sattler1.6 km west, in ExincourtPhotos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Étupes.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Near Étupes, 87.5% of lycée candidates passed the bac, near Doubs’ towns (87.5%) and lower than compared French towns (92.9%). Vocational results within 5 km: 80% passed the bac pro, of 350 candidates at 3 lycées. School results put the town #26 of 33 in Doubs.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Paul LangevinNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 128 | 83%−3 pts |
| Lycée polyvalent Germaine TillionNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 487 | 88%−6 pts |
| Collège les Hautes VignesBest against expectations: 2 points above the expected rateCollège | Collège | 71 | 75%+2 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Étupes has 4,650 jobs for 1,500 working residents, 3.1 per worker. 2.7% of Étupes’ working residents had no journey to work at the census. The median disposable income was €26,440 a year per consumption unit, in line with Doubs’ towns (€26,330) and compared French towns (€25,970).
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.
There is one general practitioner in Étupes. Its care home for older people (24 places) counts its residents as Étupes’; allowing for it, deaths were 8% below expected. 376 deaths locally between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 385: 2% 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 · The care-home adjustment is a TownRatings modeling step, not an official statistic.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Behind the median of €1,569/m²: 104 houses and apartments sold in Étupes between July 2023 and June 2026. The estimated advertised rent is €11.20/m² a month, about level with Doubs’ towns (€10.97/m²) and below compared French towns (€12.41/m²). Also worth knowing: among the homes sold, 78% were houses.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,724/m² | 81 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Under-15s account for 18% of the population. The age that splits Étupes in two is 43.4. People 65 and over make up 21% of the town, near both Doubs’ towns (23%) and compared French towns (22%).
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Doubs 51.3%, France 51.8%.
| Étupes | Doubs median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 18% | 17% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 10% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 24% | 22% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 26% | 25% | 26% |
| 65+ | 21% | 23% | 22% |
| No diploma | 21% | 23% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 24% | 27% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 20% | 17% | 18% |
| Higher education | 31% | 26% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Doubs median and France median: the median of compared communes
All told, Étupes had 81 recorded offenses in 2025. The yearly rates for 2023–2025: 9.9 violent offenses and 11.9 graded property crimes per 1,000 residents. More of the graded crimes locally were family violence than anything else (2025).
Not in the gradeTheft without violence, drug use and fraud are shown for information but left out of the Safety Grade, which counts violence plus burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and criminal damage per resident.
Source: SSMSI (Interior Ministry), recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 · Licence Ouverte · For sexual violence, vehicle theft and theft from vehicles, the count isn’t published when it’s small (five or fewer in a year of the last three), so the index uses the département’s average, 3.8% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Nothing in Étupes is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
One notable person was born in Étupes.
Jules-André Peugeot: Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Étupes | 3,689 | — | C+ | B | B− | C+ |
| Sochaux | 3,721 | 1.6 | C− | A− | C | D |
| Exincourt | 3,277 | 1.6 | B | B | B | B+ |
| Vieux-Charmont | 2,786 | 1.8 | — | B | — | B− |
| Audincourt | 14,071 | 2 | C− | A− | C | D |
| Grand-Charmont | 5,873 | 2.5 | C | B+ | B+ | C |
| Beaucourt Territoire de Belfort | 4,966 | 3 | A− | A+ | B+ | C+ |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades B− for safety, #20 of 28 in Doubs. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 6 burglaries and 27 acts of criminal damage.
They grade D−, better than 3% of compared French towns and #26 of 33 in Doubs. 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 €1,569/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Étupes grades B for cost of living.
Commune in Doubs, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Étupes is a commune of 3,689 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 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.
