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2,780 residents make their home in this town in Doubs, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté.
A tough set of grades. L'Isle-sur-le-Doubs’s overall grade is C−, better than a fifth of compared French towns. Its place in the ranking is #24 of 28 in Doubs. School results trail most towns: brevet results 16 points below the expected rate. Jobs and pay trail most towns (D): 0.8 jobs per working resident; 15.4% unemployment. Cost of living is its strong suit: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 3 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Getting around on foot or by bus is easy: 68% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 17% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Health is weaker too: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 6% above expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns.
Figures: prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting and employment, INSEE census 2023 · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025).
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas. The overall grade uses the other six subjects.
The 3 things L'Isle-sur-le-Doubs does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares L'Isle-sur-le-Doubs 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 L'Isle-sur-le-Doubs as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Église de l'Assomption, in Anteuil, 4.3 mi away.
16% 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 L'Isle-sur-le-Doubs.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Ranked by results, schools here are #33 of 33 in Doubs. General-bac pupils go 11 mi to the nearest lycée.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Paul Élie DuboisNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 66 | 73%−16 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.
The estimated advertised rent is €8.86/m² a month, below Doubs’ towns (€10.97/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²) alike. A home here costs 3 years of the median income in Communauté de communes des Deux Vallées Vertes. House rents are put at about €9.47/m² a month.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,140/m² | 68 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
16.7% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train at the census, above both Doubs’ towns (11.6%) and compared French towns (13.4%). Median disposable income comes to €22,750 a year per consumption unit.
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.
L'Isle-sur-le-Doubs has 9 family doctors. The nearest emergency department to L'Isle-sur-le-Doubs is Hnfc site Trevenans, 16.1 mi away. 465 deaths locally between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 375: 24% above. Life expectancy in Doubs: 85.7 years for women and 79.4 for men (2025); France averages 85.9 and 80.3.
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 · TownRatings makes the care-home adjustment itself; it is a model, not an official statistic.
Under-15s account for 13% of the population. Degrees are held by 18% of adults, below Doubs’ towns (26%) and compared French towns (30%) alike. At 52.1, the median resident of L'Isle-sur-le-Doubs sits in the middle of the age range.
53% women, 47% men
About 90 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Doubs 51.3%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
| L'Isle-sur-le-Doubs | Doubs median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 13% | 17% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 10% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 18% | 22% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 28% | 25% | 26% |
| 65+ | 30% | 23% | 22% |
| No diploma | 27% | 23% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 32% | 27% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 17% | 17% | 18% |
| Higher education | 18% | 26% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Doubs median and France median: the median of compared communes
Violence against people averaged 14.8 per 1,000 residents a year over 2023–2025; graded property crimes averaged 12.8. For 2025, the figures show 94 offenses in L'Isle-sur-le-Doubs. The graded crime recorded most locally was family violence (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 · Small counts of sexual violence, burglary and vehicle theft go unpublished (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the département’s average stands in, 6.2% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Nothing in L'Isle-sur-le-Doubs is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
2 notable people were born in L'Isle-sur-le-Doubs.
Jules Ménétrier: Laurent Gsell, Public domain
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| L'Isle-sur-le-Doubs | 2,780 | — | C− | A | C | D |
| Bavans | 3,582 | 7.3 | B− | B+ | A | C− |
| Voujeaucourt | 3,174 | 8.7 | B+ | B+ | A− | B− |
| Pont-de-Roide-Vermondans | 3,912 | 9.4 | A− | A | B | D |
| Montbéliard | 24,672 | 11 | D | A− | D | C− |
| Mandeure | 4,612 | 11 | C− | B | C+ | D |
| Valentigney | 10,501 | 11 | C+ | A− | B− | C |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades C for safety, #25 of 28 in Doubs.
They grade D−, better than 0% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so L'Isle-sur-le-Doubs grades A for cost of living.
Commune in Doubs, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
L'Isle-sur-le-Doubs is a commune of 2,780 people in the Communauté de communes des Deux Vallées Vertes. 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.
