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A town of 57 in Doubs, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté. 35% of residents are 65 or over.

Is Germondans a good place to live?

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

What makes Germondans stand out

The one thing Germondans does most differently from other towns.

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Germondans’ outline. No photo of the town is in our collection yet.
Germondans’ story

No historic monuments in Germondans

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

The nearest classé monument is Fontaine dite Fontaine du Cygne, in Montbozon, 5.1 mi away.

35% 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 Germondans.

Who lives here

Fewer children live in Germondans than in Doubs’ towns or compared French towns: 8.1% are under 15

Over-65s are just over a third of the population. Just over one in ten residents are 15 to 24, higher than both Doubs’ towns (11%) and compared French towns (11%). Degrees are held by 23% of adults.

55median age
GermondansDoubs medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma21%
CAP or BEP32%
Baccalauréat21%
Higher education23%

Women and men · all residents

44% women, 56% men

About 77 women for every 100 men. Median share of women: Doubs 51.3%, France 51.8%.

Ages and diplomas in Germondans
GermondansDoubs medianFrance median
Under 158.1%17%17%
15–2411%11%11%
25–4418%22%23%
45–6427%25%26%
65+35%23%22%
No diploma21%23%19%
CAP or BEP32%27%26%
Baccalauréat21%17%18%
Higher education23%26%30%

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

Work & commute

Germondans has higher unemployment than Doubs’ towns or compared French towns: 13.3%

At the census, 3.8% of working residents in Germondans didn’t travel to work at all.

0%walk, cycle or take transit

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving96%
On foot0%
Public transport0%
Bicycle0%
Motorbike or scooter0%
0
jobs based in Germondans, 0.1 per working resident
13.3%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
4%
worked without traveling (at or from home)

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

Housing

Estimated advertised rents run lower in Germondans than in Doubs’ towns or across compared French towns: €9.15/m² a month

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

Germondans recorded 2 home sales from July 2023 to June 2026.

€9.15/m²estimated apartment rent a month

Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month

Germondans€9.15/m²
Median of towns€12.41/m²
Doubs median€10.97/m²
€9.15/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€7.30 to €11.47/m² a month)
€9.66/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included

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

Nearby attractions

Château de La Roche and 3 more in and around Germondans

Heritage and museums in and near Germondans. Best known first.

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Places: © OpenStreetMap contributors · Wikidata
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Everything we know about Germondans

12pages on Germondans

Landmarks

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

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Famous people from Germondans

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

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Germondans’ 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 →
Baume-les-DamesThiseMiserey-SalinesLes AuxonsÉcole-ValentinSaôneBaume-les-DamesThiseMiserey-SalinesLes AuxonsÉcole-ValentinSaôneGermondans
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
Germondans57—————
Baume-les-Dames5,1558.7B−AC−C−
Thise2,99410—C—B−
Miserey-Salines2,66113—C−—A
Les Auxons2,53313—C—A−
École-Valentin2,57913A−C−B+A+
Saône3,19513AC+AB−

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

About Germondans

Commune in Doubs, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté

Germondans is a commune of 57 people in the Communauté de communes du Doubs Baumois. 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
57 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes du Doubs Baumois
Département
Doubs (25)
Région
Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Area
1.4 sq mi (3.7 km²)
INSEE code
25269

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.