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This town in Doubs, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté has a population of 5,873.
Overall, Grand-Charmont earns a C, better than a third of compared French towns. In the ranking it comes #21 of 28 in Doubs. Where it falls short is schools: bac results 5 points below the expected rate; brevet results 5.9 points below the expected rate. Work and incomes lag: 0.4 jobs per working resident; 16.1% unemployment. Its strongest subject is walkability — 99% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 11% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Buying a home costs less than in most towns: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 3.7 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality.
Figures: amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting and employment, INSEE census 2023 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas. The overall grade uses the other six subjects.
The 2 things Grand-Charmont does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Grand-Charmont 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.
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The Culture ministry lists no building in Grand-Charmont as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Maison Morlot ou maison Forstner, dite des Princes, actuellement succursale de la Banque de France, in Montbéliard, 1.7 mi away.
2.2% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Museums, other places to visit and heritage in and near Grand-Charmont. Best known first.
MuseumMusée de l'Aventure Peugeot1.7 km southeast, in Sochaux
Art galleryChâteau de Montbéliard2.7 km southwest, in Montbéliard
Art galleryMusée d'archéologie et d'histoire naturelle de Montbéliard2.8 km southwest, in Montbéliard
MuseumMusée du Château des ducs de Wurtemberg2.7 km southwest, in MontbéliardChâteauChâteauChâteau Sattler3.4 km southeast, in ExincourtPhotos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Grand-Charmont.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Results rank its schools #31 of 33 in Doubs. For collège, the closest is 1 mi away. At the two general lycées, 89% of 795 candidates passed the bac, 6 points below the expected rate.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Claude LoriusNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 93 | 68%+5 pts |
| Lycée général et technologique Georges CuvierNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 308 | 90%−6 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
The median disposable income was €21,070 a year per consumption unit, below Doubs’ towns (€26,330) and compared French towns (€25,970) alike. At the census, 5.7% of working residents in Grand-Charmont went to work by public transport.
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.
France’s death rates at each age would predict 644 deaths in Grand-Charmont from 2016 to 2025; there were 708, 10% more. Its care home for older people (90 places) counts its residents as Grand-Charmont’s; allowing for it, deaths were 3% below expected. 4 GPs practise here. Life expectancy at birth in Doubs is 85.7 years for women and 79.4 for men (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 · Note: TownRatings models the care-home adjustment; it is not an official figure.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Advertised rents are estimated at €10.65/m² a month, near Doubs’ towns (€10.97/m²) and lower than compared French towns (€12.41/m²). Houses sell for €1,596/m² in Grand-Charmont, apartments for €1,009/m². Sales here from July 2023 to June 2026: 190 houses and apartments.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,596/m² | 102 |
| Apartments | €1,009/m² | 88 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Per 1,000 residents a year, there were 7.3 cases of violence against people and 10.1 graded property crimes (2023–2025 average). All told, Grand-Charmont had 87 recorded offenses in 2025. Also worth knowing: the graded crime recorded most here was criminal damage (2025).
Not in the gradeTheft without violence, drug use and fraud are shown for information but left out of the Safety Grade, which counts violence plus burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and criminal damage per resident.
Source: SSMSI (Interior Ministry), recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 · Licence Ouverte · For sexual violence, armed robbery, vehicle theft and theft from vehicles, this figure isn’t published when it’s small (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the index uses the département’s average instead, 4.2% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
22% of adults hold a degree, lower than both Doubs’ towns (26%) and compared French towns (30%). Ages in Grand-Charmont split evenly at 39.2: half are older, half younger. Over-65s are just over a fifth of the population.
51% women, 49% men
About 95 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Doubs 51.3%, France 51.8%.
| Grand-Charmont | Doubs median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 23% | 17% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 10% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 24% | 22% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 21% | 25% | 26% |
| 65+ | 21% | 23% | 22% |
| No diploma | 29% | 23% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 26% | 27% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 18% | 17% | 18% |
| Higher education | 22% | 26% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Doubs median and France median: the median of compared communes
Nothing in Grand-Charmont is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
2 notable people were born in Grand-Charmont.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grand-Charmont | 5,873 | — | C | B+ | B+ | C |
| Vieux-Charmont | 2,786 | 0.8 | — | B | — | B− |
| Bethoncourt | 5,308 | 1 | C | A | C+ | C+ |
| Sochaux | 3,721 | 1.1 | C− | A− | C | D |
| Montbéliard | 24,672 | 1.8 | D | A− | D | C− |
| Exincourt | 3,277 | 2.3 | B | B | B | B+ |
| Châtenois-les-Forges Territoire de Belfort | 2,608 | 2.3 | — | B+ | — | C |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades B+ for safety, #13 of 28 in Doubs. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 6 burglaries and 43 acts of criminal damage.
They grade D−, better than 2% of compared French towns and #31 of 33 in Doubs. 90% of 308 candidates passed the bac at Lycée général et technologique Georges Cuvier in 2025, 6 points below the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Grand-Charmont grades B+ for cost of living.
Commune in Doubs, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Grand-Charmont is a commune of 5,873 people in the Communauté d'agglomération Pays de Montbéliard Agglomération. 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.