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A town of 2,599 in Doubs, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté.
Le Russey has no overall grade because safety isn’t graded here. Its weakest subject is health (C−): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 1% above expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. At the median price of €2,549/m², a 70 m² home costs 4.8 times the median annual income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size) in the Communauté de communes du Plateau de Russey. Its strongest is schools (A+): brevet results 7 points above the expected rate.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
The 2 things Le Russey does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Le Russey 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.
Le Russey has no overall grade because safety isn’t graded here.
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The Culture ministry’s list holds 1 historic monument in Le Russey; none is classé, France’s top protection.
The oldest protected part dates from the 19th century; the first monument here was protected in 2002.
11% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Le Russey.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
School results put the town #1 of 33 in Doubs. The closest lycée for the general bac is 9 mi off.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège René PerrotNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 64 | 97%+7 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 split in Le Russey: €2,731/m² for houses, €2,250/m² for apartments. For a house, the estimated advertised rent is €14.22/m² a month. Houses were 60% of what sold.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,731/m² | 73 |
| Apartments | €2,250/m² | 49 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Adjusted for age and care homes, Le Russey records 101 deaths per 100 expected, higher than both Doubs’ towns (95) and compared French towns (88). 2 GPs practise here. In Doubs, women can expect to live 85.7 years and men 79.4 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. 175 deaths in the town between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 173: 1% above.
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 · The adjustment for care homes is TownRatings’ own modeling, not an official figure.
Retirement age and beyond: 15% of residents are 65 or older. Degrees are held by a quarter of adults, about level with Doubs’ towns (26%) and below compared French towns (30%). Half the people of Le Russey are older than 37.6.
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Doubs 51.3%, France 51.8%.
| Le Russey | Doubs median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 21% | 17% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 11% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 31% | 22% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 22% | 25% | 26% |
| 65+ | 15% | 23% | 22% |
| No diploma | 18% | 23% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 30% | 27% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 23% | 17% | 18% |
| Higher education | 25% | 26% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Doubs median and France median: the median of compared communes
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Homes from before 1919 make up 11% of the total, higher than both Doubs’ towns (8%) and compared French towns (7.4%). The oldest protected building goes back to the 19th century.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
650 jobs are based in Le Russey, for 1,350 working residents (0.5 per worker). 6.0% of commuters left the car at home at the census, walking, cycling or taking public transport. Unemployment stood at 8.4%, 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
All told, Le Russey had 27 recorded offenses in 2025. The yearly rates for 2023–2025: 3.8 violent offenses and 6.3 graded property crimes per 1,000 residents. In 2025, family violence led the graded crimes in the town.
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 other physical violence, 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, 25.3% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Heritage and other places to visit in and near Le Russey. Best known first.
Le Russey has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
Hôtel de ville: Photo: PRA · CC BY-SA 3.0
Wikidata places 3 people here, but for none of them do the articles confirm Le Russey as the birthplace, so nobody is listed.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Le Russey | 2,599 | — | — | A | — | C− |
| Charquemont | 2,900 | 5.6 | A+ | A− | A+ | B+ |
| Maîche | 4,254 | 7 | A+ | A | A | C |
| Villers-le-Lac | 5,292 | 7.2 | A+ | B+ | A+ | B+ |
| Les Fins | 3,048 | 7.8 | — | B+ | — | B+ |
| Morteau | 6,953 | 9.4 | A | B+ | B+ | C |
| Pont-de-Roide-Vermondans | 3,912 | 16 | A− | A | B | D |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Le Russey has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average.
They grade A+, better than 98% of compared French towns and #1 of 33 in Doubs. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Estimated advertised apartment rents are €12.27/m² a month, charges included. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Le Russey grades A for cost of living.
Commune in Doubs, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Le Russey is a commune of 2,599 people in the Communauté de communes du Plateau de Russey. 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 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.