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A town of 161 in Doubs, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté.

Is Fessevillers a good place to live?

Fessevillers is too small to grade: French towns get subject grades from 1,000 residents.

What makes Fessevillers stand out

The one thing Fessevillers does most differently from other towns.

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Église Saint-Maurice de Fessevillers
Église Saint-Maurice de Fessevillers · Inscrit · Photo: HAF 932 · CC BY-SA 3.0
Fessevillers’ story

Fessevillers in pictures

The Culture ministry lists 1 historic monument in Fessevillers, none of them classé, France’s highest protection.

The oldest protected part dates from the 15th century; the first monument here was protected in 1998.

36% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.

  • 1998First protected: Église Saint-Maurice de Fessevillers
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The data

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Who lives here

A younger town: only 17% of people in Fessevillers are 65 or over, fewer than in both Doubs’ towns and compared French towns

People aged 15 to 24 make up a tenth of the town, below both Doubs’ towns (11%) and compared French towns (11%). Just over a fifth of adults hold a degree. Half the people of Fessevillers are older than 44.1.

44.1median age
FessevillersDoubs medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma24%
CAP or BEP33%
Baccalauréat16%
Higher education22%

Women and men · all residents

50% women, 50% men

About an even split. Median share of women: Doubs 51.3%, France 51.8%.

Ages and diplomas in Fessevillers
FessevillersDoubs medianFrance median
Under 1518%17%17%
15–249.8%11%11%
25–4425%22%23%
45–6431%25%26%
65+17%23%22%
No diploma24%23%19%
CAP or BEP33%27%26%
Baccalauréat16%17%18%
Higher education22%26%30%

INSEE, census 2023 · Doubs median and France median: the median of compared communes

History

Fessevillers keeps more of its old housing than Doubs’ towns or compared French towns: 36% built before 1919

France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.

The Culture ministry lists 1 historic monument in Fessevillers, none of them classé, France’s highest protection. The earliest of these monuments dates from the 15th century.

1historic monument

Monuments by protection · Mérimée

Classé0
Inscrit1
15th c.
oldest protected part
1998
first monument protected

Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period

Work & commute

Fessevillers is better off than Doubs’ towns or compared French towns: the median disposable income is €34,320 a year per consumption unit

2.3% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train at the census, below both Doubs’ towns (11.6%) and compared French towns (13.4%). Unemployment runs at 6.5%.

2%walk, cycle or take transit

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving94%
On foot2%
Motorbike or scooter2%
Public transport0%
Bicycle0%
0
jobs based in Fessevillers, 0.1 per working resident
6.5%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€34,320
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
1%
worked without traveling (at or from home)

Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte

Housing

Renting in Fessevillers costs less than in both Doubs’ towns and compared French towns, at an estimated advertised €9.12/m² a month

Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.

Sales in Fessevillers from July 2023 to June 2026: 3 houses and apartments. A house rents for an estimated €14.22/m² a month.

€9.12/m²estimated apartment rent a month

Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month

Fessevillers€9.12/m²
Median of towns€12.41/m²
Doubs median€10.97/m²
€9.12/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€6.70 to €12.42/m² a month)
€14.22/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included

Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte

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Everything we know about Fessevillers

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Landmarks

Fessevillers has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.

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Photo credits

Église Saint-Maurice de Fessevillers: Photo: HAF 932 · CC BY-SA 3.0

Famous people from Fessevillers

Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Fessevillers yet.

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Fessevillers’ neighbors

The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →

All towns in Doubs →
MaîcheCharquemontPont-de-Roide-VermondansHérimoncourtLe RusseyMandeureMaîcheCharquemontPont-de-Roide-VermondansHérimoncourtLe RusseyMandeureFessevillers
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
Fessevillers161—————
Maîche4,2545.5A+AAC
Charquemont2,9006.3A+A−A+B+
Pont-de-Roide-Vermondans3,91210A−ABD
Hérimoncourt3,50811BAB+D
Le Russey2,59912—A—C−
Mandeure4,61212C−BC+D

People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.

About Fessevillers

Commune in Doubs, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté

Fessevillers is a commune of 161 people in the Communauté de communes du Pays de Maîche. 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

Population
161 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes du Pays de Maîche
Département
Doubs (25)
Région
Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Area
2.4 sq mi (6.1 km²)
INSEE code
25238

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 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.