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The town, home to 1,273 people, lies in Doubs, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté.
Jobs and pay hold up well: 0.4 jobs per working resident; 7.4% unemployment. Health is another plus — after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 23% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Homes sell for a median €3,297/m²: 70 m² comes to 5.7 years of the median income per consumption unit in the Communauté de communes des Lacs et Montagnes du Haut-Doubs. Few residents are of retirement age: 15% are 65 or over.
Figures: employment, 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. Labergement-Sainte-Marie 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.
The 2 things Labergement-Sainte-Marie does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Labergement-Sainte-Marie 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.
Labergement-Sainte-Marie has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
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The Culture ministry lists 1 historic monument in Labergement-Sainte-Marie, none of them classé, France’s highest protection.
The oldest date from the 19th century.
Alfred Maire, born in 1863, is the one person born in Labergement-Sainte-Marie before 1900 that Wikidata records.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Labergement-Sainte-Marie.
Among adults, 37% have a degree. Young adults of 15 to 24 are nearly one in ten residents, lower than both Doubs’ towns (11%) and compared French towns (11%). 20% of residents are children under 15.
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Doubs 51.3%, France 51.8%.
| Labergement-Sainte-Marie | Doubs median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 20% | 17% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 8.5% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 31% | 22% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 26% | 25% | 26% |
| 65+ | 15% | 23% | 22% |
| No diploma | 12% | 23% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 26% | 27% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 21% | 17% | 18% |
| Higher education | 37% | 26% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Doubs median and France median: the median of compared communes
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
For a family doctor, residents of Labergement-Sainte-Marie have one GP on hand. The nearest emergency department to Labergement-Sainte-Marie is Chi Hc site Rives du Doubs Pontarlier, 9.4 mi away. France’s death rates at each age would predict 84 deaths in the town from 2016 to 2025; there were 65, 23% fewer. Women in Doubs live to 85.7 on average and men to 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 · This figure includes a care-home adjustment that TownRatings models; no official statistic exists. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from C+ to A+.
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Protection here reaches back to the 19th century. Homes from before 1919 make up 8% of the total, close to Doubs’ towns (8%) and above compared French towns (7.4%).
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
7.7% of commuters left the car at home at the census, walking, cycling or taking public transport. Unemployment stood at 7.4%, lower than both Doubs’ towns (11.3%) and compared French towns (10.1%).
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
63 sales of houses and apartments in Labergement-Sainte-Marie, from July 2023 to June 2026, give the median of €3,297/m². The sales split: 21% houses, the rest apartments.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Apartments | €3,104/m² | 50 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Museums, heritage and family days out in and near Labergement-Sainte-Marie. Best known first.
Labergement-Sainte-Marie has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
Maison dite La Clouterie: Photo: Ludovic Péron · CC BY-SA 3.0
2 notable people were born in Labergement-Sainte-Marie.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labergement-Sainte-Marie | 1,273 | — | — | B | — | A− |
| Pontarlier | 18,067 | 9.8 | A− | C+ | B− | B− |
| Doubs | 3,335 | 11 | A− | C | A+ | D− |
| Champagnole Jura | 8,036 | 18 | A | B+ | B− | B |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Labergement-Sainte-Marie has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 3.7 recorded violent incidents and 5.7 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Homes cost more than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €3,297/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Labergement-Sainte-Marie grades B for cost of living.
Commune in Doubs, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Labergement-Sainte-Marie is a commune of 1,273 people in the Communauté de communes des Lacs et Montagnes 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) · 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.