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This town in Doubs, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté has a population of 1,827.
It is strong on health as well — after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 22% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. The weak point is cost of living — at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 6.5 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Its other grades sit near the middle: C+ for schools and B− for walkability.
Figures: employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025. Grandfontaine 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 Grandfontaine 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.
Grandfontaine has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
The Culture ministry lists no building in Grandfontaine as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Château de Torpes, in Torpes, 2.2 mi away.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Grandfontaine.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Grandfontaine has 2 family doctors. 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. France’s death rates at each age would predict 153 deaths here from 2016 to 2025; there were 120, 22% fewer.
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 · Care-home places are adjusted for by TownRatings, using a model rather than an official statistic. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from C+ to A.
People 65 and over make up nearly a fifth of the town, below Doubs’ towns (23%) and compared French towns (22%) alike. Children under 15 make up just over a fifth of residents. Young adults of 15 to 24 account for 12% of the town.
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Doubs 51.3%, France 51.8%.
| Grandfontaine | Doubs median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 21% | 17% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 12% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 22% | 22% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 27% | 25% | 26% |
| 65+ | 19% | 23% | 22% |
| No diploma | 11% | 23% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 19% | 27% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 18% | 17% | 18% |
| Higher education | 47% | 26% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Doubs median and France median: the median of compared communes
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Houses are advertised at an estimated €9.94/m² a month. From July 2023 to June 2026, 36 homes were sold in Grandfontaine. Advertised rents are estimated at €11.68/m² a month, between Doubs’ towns (€10.97/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²).
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
General-bac pupils go 3.7 mi to the nearest lycée.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège VoltaireNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 136 | 80%+3 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Half of residents lived on more than €30,300 a year per consumption unit, higher than both Doubs’ towns (€26,330) and compared French towns (€25,970). At the census, nearly one in ten commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Heritage and other places to visit in and near Grandfontaine. Best known first.
Nothing in Grandfontaine 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 Grandfontaine 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grandfontaine | 1,827 | — | — | C+ | — | A− |
| Saint-Vit | 5,133 | 4.4 | A− | C+ | B− | B+ |
| Besançon | 118,489 | 5.9 | C | C | C− | B |
| École-Valentin | 2,579 | 6.3 | A− | C− | B+ | A+ |
| Miserey-Salines | 2,661 | 6.8 | — | C− | — | A |
| Les Auxons | 2,533 | 7.3 | — | C | — | A− |
| Thise | 2,994 | 9.7 | — | C | — | B− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Grandfontaine has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 2.6 recorded violent incidents and 6.5 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
They grade C+, better than 42% 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 Grandfontaine grades C+ for cost of living.
Commune in Doubs, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Grandfontaine is a commune of 1,827 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 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.