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A town of 353 in Doubs, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté.

Is Fournet-Blancheroche a good place to live?

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

What makes Fournet-Blancheroche stand out

The 2 things Fournet-Blancheroche does most differently from other towns.

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Fournet-Blancheroche’s outline. No photo of the town is in our collection yet.
Fournet-Blancheroche’s story

No historic monuments in Fournet-Blancheroche

The Culture ministry lists no building in Fournet-Blancheroche as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.

The nearest classé monument is Église Saint-Michel, in Les Bréseux, 7.1 mi away.

29% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.

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The data

Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Fournet-Blancheroche.

Who lives here

A younger town: only 13% of people in Fournet-Blancheroche are 65 or over, fewer than in Doubs’ towns and compared French towns

In the comparison, Fournet-Blancheroche comes below both Doubs’ towns (23%) and compared French towns (22%). Children are 15% of the town.

41.2median age
Fournet-BlancherocheDoubs medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma10%
CAP or BEP29%
Baccalauréat22%
Higher education33%

Women and men · all residents

48% women, 52% men

About 107 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Doubs 51.3%, France 51.8%.

Ages and diplomas in Fournet-Blancheroche
Fournet-BlancherocheDoubs medianFrance median
Under 1515%17%17%
15–2411%11%11%
25–4428%22%23%
45–6432%25%26%
65+13%23%22%
No diploma10%23%19%
CAP or BEP29%27%26%
Baccalauréat22%17%18%
Higher education33%26%30%

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

Work & commute

Incomes in Fournet-Blancheroche run higher than in Doubs’ towns or compared French towns: a median €39,300 a year per consumption unit

For Fournet-Blancheroche, that is above both Doubs’ towns (€26,330) and compared French towns (€25,970). 4.6% of the labour force are out of work. Fournet-Blancheroche has 50 jobs for 200 working residents, 0.2 per worker.

5%walk, cycle or take transit

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving87%
On foot2%
Public transport1%
Motorbike or scooter1%
Bicycle1%
50
jobs based in Fournet-Blancheroche, 0.2 per working resident
4.6%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€39,300
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
7%
worked without traveling (at or from home)

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

Housing

The estimated advertised rent of an apartment in Fournet-Blancheroche is €10.53/m² a month

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

Too few homes sold here for a reliable median price.

€10.53/m²estimated apartment rent a month

Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month

Fournet-Blancheroche€10.53/m²
Median of towns€12.41/m²
Doubs median€10.97/m²
€10.53/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€7.92 to €13.98/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

Keep exploring

Everything we know about Fournet-Blancheroche

12pages on Fournet-Blancheroche

Landmarks

Nothing in Fournet-Blancheroche is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.

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Famous people from Fournet-Blancheroche

One notable person was born in Fournet-Blancheroche.

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Fournet-Blancheroche’s 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 →
CharquemontLe RusseyMaîcheVillers-le-LacLes FinsMorteauCharquemontLe RusseyMaîcheVillers-le-LacLes FinsMorteauFournet-Blancheroche
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
Fournet-Blancheroche353—————
Charquemont2,9003.1A+A−A+B+
Le Russey2,5994.3—A—C−
Maîche4,2545.8A+AAC
Villers-le-Lac5,2929.9A+B+A+B+
Les Fins3,04811—B+—B+
Morteau6,95313AB+B+C

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

About Fournet-Blancheroche

Commune in Doubs, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté

Fournet-Blancheroche is a commune of 353 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
353 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes du Pays de Maîche
Département
Doubs (25)
Région
Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Area
5.1 sq mi (13.1 km²)
INSEE code
25255

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.