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A town in Doubs, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, home to 1,491 people.
Health is its strong suit (A): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 34% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Schools do well: brevet results 3.2 points above the expected rate. Its weakest subject is walkability — half of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 7% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Buying 70 m² at the median €2,801/m² takes 4.9 years of the median income per consumption unit in the Communauté de communes du Val de Morteau.
Figures: deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting, INSEE census 2023 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi. Grand'Combe-Châteleu has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
Each subject compares Grand'Combe-Châteleu 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.
Grand'Combe-Châteleu has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
Grand'Combe-Châteleu has 3 historic monuments on the Culture ministry’s list, none at the highest level (classé).
The oldest protected part dates from the 17th century; the first monument here was protected in 1979.
15% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Grand'Combe-Châteleu.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
France’s death rates at each age would predict 127 deaths in Grand'Combe-Châteleu from 2016 to 2025; there were 84, 34% fewer. The nearest emergency department to Grand'Combe-Châteleu is Chi Hc site Rives du Doubs Pontarlier, 13.1 mi away. 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 · Note: TownRatings models the care-home adjustment; it is not an official figure.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
The nearest collège is 2.6 mi away. General-bac pupils go 3.1 mi to the nearest lycée.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège privé Sainte-Jeanne d'Arc PrivateNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 97 | 98%+6 pts |
| Collège Jean-Claude Bouquet - Villers-le-LacBest against expectations: 2 points above the expected rateCollège | Collège | 227 | 91%+2 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Half the homes sold went for more than €2,801/m², above Doubs’ towns (€1,556/m²) and compared French towns (€2,430/m²) alike. House rents are put at about €14.22/m² a month. Houses made up 69% 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
The unemployment rate comes to 4.9%. For its 750 residents in work, Grand'Combe-Châteleu has 200 jobs: 0.3 each. 4.2% of the town’s working residents had no journey to work at the census.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
The earliest of these monuments dates from the 17th century. Grand'Combe-Châteleu has 3 historic monuments on the Culture ministry’s list, none at the highest level (classé).
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Under-15s account for 19% of the population. 21% of residents are 65 or over, lower than both Doubs’ towns (23%) and compared French towns (22%). Degrees are held by nearly a third of adults.
48% women, 52% men
About 107 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Doubs 51.3%, France 51.8%.
| Grand'Combe-Châteleu | Doubs median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 19% | 17% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 8.2% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 26% | 22% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 26% | 25% | 26% |
| 65+ | 21% | 23% | 22% |
| No diploma | 14% | 23% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 28% | 27% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 20% | 17% | 18% |
| Higher education | 32% | 26% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Doubs median and France median: the median of compared communes
Museums and other places to visit in and near Grand'Combe-Châteleu. Best known first.
MuseumMusée de l'horlogerie de Morteau4 km northeast, in MorteauAttractionAttractionLa Table du roi3.5 km northeast, in MorteauMuseumMuseumMusée de l'Horlogerie du Haut-Doubs4 km northeast, in MorteauPhotos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
The list names few of Grand'Combe-Châteleu’s 3 monuments; beside them, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Grand'Combe-Châteleu 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grand'Combe-Châteleu | 1,491 | — | — | A− | — | A |
| Morteau | 6,953 | 2.7 | A | B+ | B+ | C |
| Les Fins | 3,048 | 4.2 | — | B+ | — | B+ |
| Villers-le-Lac | 5,292 | 5.7 | A+ | B+ | A+ | B+ |
| Le Russey | 2,599 | 12 | — | A | — | C− |
| Doubs | 3,335 | 12 | A− | C | A+ | D− |
| Pontarlier | 18,067 | 13 | A− | C+ | B− | B− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Grand'Combe-Châteleu has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 2.9 recorded violent incidents and 2.9 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
They grade A, better than 88% 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 Grand'Combe-Châteleu grades A− for cost of living.
Commune in Doubs, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Grand'Combe-Châteleu is a commune of 1,491 people in the Communauté de communes du Val de Morteau. 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 November 4, 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.