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A town of 3,048 in Doubs, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté.
Les Fins’s best grade is for jobs & income (A): 0.7 jobs per working resident; 8.0% unemployment. Walkability is its weak spot (C) — 58% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 6% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Buying 70 m² at the median €3,205/m² takes 5.7 years of the median income per consumption unit in the Communauté de communes du Val de Morteau.
Figures: employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi. Les Fins has no overall grade because safety isn’t graded here.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
The one thing Les Fins does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Les Fins 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.
Les Fins has no overall grade because safety isn’t graded here.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
The Culture ministry lists no building in Les Fins as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Maison Cuche dite Château Pertusier, actuellement musée de l'Horlogerie du Haut-Doubs, in Morteau, 1.8 mi away.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Les Fins.
8.0% of the labour force were unemployed, below Doubs’ towns (11.3%) and compared French towns (10.1%) alike. Walking, cycling and public transport carried 5.7% of commuters at the census. At the census, 4.1% of working residents in Les Fins didn’t travel to work at all.
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.
199 deaths in Les Fins between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 249: 20% below. The nearest emergency department to Les Fins is Chi Hc site Rives du Doubs Pontarlier, 17.3 mi away. 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.
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.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Advertised rents are estimated at €15.04/m² a month, above both Doubs’ towns (€10.97/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²). A house rents for an estimated €14.22/m² a month. The sales split: 66% houses, the rest apartments.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €3,216/m² | 51 |
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.
Collège pupils travel 1.3 mi to the nearest one. Ranked by results, schools here are #9 of 33 in Doubs.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Jean-Claude Bouquet - Villers-le-LacNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 227 | 91%+2 pts |
| Lycée polyvalent Edgar FaureNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 203 | 97%±0 pts |
| Collège privé Sainte-Jeanne d'Arc PrivateBest against expectations: 6 points above the expected rateCollège | Collège | 97 | 98%+6 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
People aged 15 to 24 make up a tenth of the town. Les Fins has a median age of 42.2. Degrees are held by 26% of adults, about level with Doubs’ towns (26%) and below compared French towns (30%).
49% women, 51% men
About 106 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Doubs 51.3%, France 51.8%.
| Les Fins | Doubs median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 18% | 17% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 9.8% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 26% | 22% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 28% | 25% | 26% |
| 65+ | 18% | 23% | 22% |
| No diploma | 22% | 23% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 29% | 27% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 18% | 17% | 18% |
| Higher education | 26% | 26% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Doubs median and France median: the median of compared communes
Violence against people ran at 3 per 1,000 residents a year and the graded property crimes at 3.8 (2023–2025 average). The 2025 count: 17 offenses in Les Fins. Of the graded crimes here, criminal damage came up most often (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 other physical violence, sexual violence, burglary, vehicle theft and theft from vehicles go unpublished (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the département’s average stands in, 31.0% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Other places to visit and museums in and near Les Fins. Best known first.
MuseumMusée de l'horlogerie de Morteau2.8 km southwest, in MorteauAttractionAttractionVisite Villers avec la MJC VIllers le lac3.9 km southeast, in Villers-le-LacAttractionAttractionBateaux du Saut du Doubs4.1 km southeast, in Villers-le-LacAttractionAttractionLa Table du roi3.4 km southwest, in MorteauMuseumMuseumMusée de l'Horlogerie du Haut-Doubs2.8 km southwest, in MorteauMuseumMuseumMusée de la montre3.9 km southeast, in Villers-le-LacPhotos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
Nothing in Les Fins is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
One notable person was born in Les Fins.
Hervé Pierre: Hugugu, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Les Fins | 3,048 | — | — | B+ | — | B+ |
| Morteau | 6,953 | 1.6 | A | B+ | B+ | C |
| Villers-le-Lac | 5,292 | 2.5 | A+ | B+ | A+ | B+ |
| Le Russey | 2,599 | 7.8 | — | A | — | C− |
| Charquemont | 2,900 | 13 | A+ | A− | A+ | B+ |
| Valdahon | 5,705 | 14 | B+ | C+ | B+ | B+ |
| Maîche | 4,254 | 15 | A+ | A | A | C |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Les Fins has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average.
They grade B+, better than 67% of compared French towns and #9 of 33 in Doubs. 97% of 203 candidates passed the bac at Lycée polyvalent Edgar Faure in 2025, at the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Les Fins grades B+ for cost of living.
Commune in Doubs, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Les Fins is a commune of 3,048 people in the Communauté de communes du Val de Morteau. 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.
