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A town of 1,842 in Doubs, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté.
Gilley has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents. Its strongest is jobs & income (A+): 0.5 jobs per working resident; 4.5% unemployment.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
Each subject compares Gilley 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 Gilley as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Ancienne abbaye, in Pays-de-Montbenoît, 4.1 mi away.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Gilley.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
On this, Gilley is below both Doubs’ towns (95) and compared French towns (88). From 2016 to 2025, 107 residents of Gilley died, against 132 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 19% fewer. The care-home adjustment is a TownRatings modeling step, not an official statistic.
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
In the comparison, Gilley comes above both Doubs’ towns (17%) and compared French towns (17%). Those 65 and older account for 16% of residents.
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Doubs 51.3%, France 51.8%.
| Gilley | Doubs median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 20% | 17% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 10% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 28% | 22% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 26% | 25% | 26% |
| 65+ | 16% | 23% | 22% |
| No diploma | 16% | 23% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 31% | 27% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 21% | 17% | 18% |
| Higher education | 28% | 26% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Doubs median and France median: the median of compared communes
For Gilley, that is above both Doubs’ towns (€26,330) and compared French towns (€25,970). Unemployment stands at 4.5%.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Gilley sits above both Doubs’ towns (€1,556/m²) and compared French towns (€2,430/m²) on this measure. A home here costs 6 years of the median income in Communauté de communes entre Doubs et Loue.
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Nothing in Gilley 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 Gilley 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gilley | 1,842 | — | — | B | — | A |
| Morteau | 6,953 | 5.6 | A | B+ | B+ | C |
| Les Fins | 3,048 | 6.8 | — | B+ | — | B+ |
| Villers-le-Lac | 5,292 | 9.1 | A+ | B+ | A+ | B+ |
| Valdahon | 5,705 | 9.7 | B+ | C+ | B+ | B+ |
| Doubs | 3,335 | 11 | A− | C | A+ | D− |
| Pontarlier | 18,067 | 12 | A− | C+ | B− | B− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Gilley has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 3.4 recorded violent incidents and 2 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Estimated advertised apartment rents are €12.96/m² a month, charges included. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Gilley grades B for cost of living.
Commune in Doubs, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Gilley is a commune of 1,842 people in the Communauté de communes entre Doubs et Loue. 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.