Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
A town of 1,280 in Doubs, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté.
Geneuille 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 6.2 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Its strongest is jobs & income (A): 0.6 jobs per working resident; 4.9% unemployment.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
Each subject compares Geneuille 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 Geneuille 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, 2.6 mi away.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Geneuille.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The estimated advertised rent is €12.69/m² a month, higher than Doubs’ towns (€10.97/m²) and near compared French towns (€12.41/m²). House rents are put at about €10.22/m² a month. Houses made up just over two thirds of the homes sold; apartments the rest.
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Half of residents lived on more than €31,490 a year per consumption unit, higher than both Doubs’ towns (€26,330) and compared French towns (€25,970). Walking, cycling and public transport carried 5.2% of commuters at the census.
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.
For a family doctor, residents of Geneuille have one GP on hand. The nearest emergency department to Geneuille is Centre hospitalier Universitaire Jean Minjoz Besancon, 6.6 mi away. France’s death rates at each age would predict 76 deaths here from 2016 to 2025; there were 68, 10% fewer. In Doubs, women can expect to live 85.7 years and men 79.4 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France.
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 D to A−.
15% of residents are children under 15. The age that splits Geneuille in two is 47.6. People 65 and over make up just over a fifth of the town, lower than Doubs’ towns (23%) and near compared French towns (22%).
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Doubs 51.3%, France 51.8%.
| Geneuille | Doubs median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 15% | 17% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 11% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 20% | 22% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 33% | 25% | 26% |
| 65+ | 21% | 23% | 22% |
| No diploma | 11% | 23% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 26% | 27% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 15% | 17% | 18% |
| Higher education | 43% | 26% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Doubs median and France median: the median of compared communes
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
The closest collège is 1.6 mi off. General-bac pupils go 4.9 mi to the nearest lycée.
| 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 and family days out in and near Geneuille. Best known first.
Nothing in Geneuille is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Geneuille yet.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Geneuille | 1,280 | — | — | C | — | C+ |
| Les Auxons | 2,533 | 1.6 | — | C | — | A− |
| Miserey-Salines | 2,661 | 2.5 | — | C− | — | A |
| École-Valentin | 2,579 | 3.5 | A− | C− | B+ | A+ |
| Thise | 2,994 | 5.6 | — | C | — | B− |
| Besançon | 118,489 | 5.9 | C | C | C− | B |
| Saône | 3,195 | 9.8 | A | C+ | A | B− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Geneuille has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 3.7 recorded violent incidents and 3.5 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 Geneuille grades C for cost of living.
Commune in Doubs, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Geneuille is a commune of 1,280 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.