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A town in Doubs, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, home to 238 people.
With fewer than 1,000 residents, La Sommette falls below the line for grades. It skews young: only 13% of residents are 65 or over.
The one thing La Sommette does most differently from other towns.
The Culture ministry lists no building in La Sommette as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Croix de chemin en pierre, in Domprel, 1.8 mi away.
12% 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 La Sommette.
People 65 and over make up 13% of the town, lower than both Doubs’ towns (23%) and compared French towns (22%). Ages in La Sommette split evenly at 36.3: half are older, half younger. Graduates make up 31% of adults.
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Doubs 51.3%, France 51.8%.
| La Sommette | Doubs median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 24% | 17% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 11% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 27% | 22% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 24% | 25% | 26% |
| 65+ | 13% | 23% | 22% |
| No diploma | 11% | 23% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 34% | 27% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 20% | 17% | 18% |
| Higher education | 31% | 26% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Doubs median and France median: the median of compared communes
Half of residents lived on more than €29,420 a year per consumption unit, higher than both Doubs’ towns (€26,330) and compared French towns (€25,970). For its 100 residents in work, La Sommette has 50 jobs: 0.3 each. 4.4% 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
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
General-bac pupils go 10.1 mi to the nearest lycée. The town’s pupils have a collège 1.8 mi away.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Louis PergaudNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 56 | 80%−9 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.
La Sommette recorded 3 home sales from July 2023 to June 2026.
Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Nothing in La Sommette 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 La Sommette 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| La Sommette | 238 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Valdahon | 5,705 | 8.6 | B+ | C+ | B+ | B+ |
| Les Fins | 3,048 | 9.8 | — | B+ | — | B+ |
| Morteau | 6,953 | 10 | A | B+ | B+ | C |
| Le Russey | 2,599 | 10 | — | A | — | C− |
| Villers-le-Lac | 5,292 | 12 | A+ | B+ | A+ | B+ |
| Baume-les-Dames | 5,155 | 13 | B− | A | C− | C− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Commune in Doubs, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
La Sommette is a commune of 238 people in the Communauté de communes des Portes du Haut-Doubs. 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) · 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.