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Some 1,587 people live in this town, in Doubs, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté.
Work and incomes are strong: 0.5 jobs per working resident; 3.8% unemployment. It also does well on cost of living (A−) — at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 4.9 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Most journeys need a car: 35% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 7% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Homes go for a median €2,016/m².
Figures: employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025. Les Premiers Sapins 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 one thing Les Premiers Sapins does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Les Premiers Sapins 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 Premiers Sapins has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
The Culture ministry lists no building in Les Premiers Sapins as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Croix en pierre, in Lavans-Vuillafans, 4.5 mi away.
22% 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 Les Premiers Sapins.
People 65 and over make up 16% of the town, lower than both Doubs’ towns (23%) and compared French towns (22%). Typical age in Les Premiers Sapins: 39.1, the median. The share aged 15 to 24 is 10%.
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Doubs 51.3%, France 51.8%.
| Les Premiers Sapins | Doubs median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 21% | 17% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 10% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 27% | 22% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 25% | 25% | 26% |
| 65+ | 16% | 23% | 22% |
| No diploma | 14% | 23% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 26% | 27% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 21% | 17% | 18% |
| Higher education | 35% | 26% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Doubs median and France median: the median of compared communes
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Advertised rents are estimated at €10.91/m² a month, near Doubs’ towns (€10.97/m²) and lower than compared French towns (€12.41/m²). Houses are advertised at an estimated €10.73/m² a month. Also worth knowing: from July 2023 to June 2026, 46 homes were sold in Les Premiers Sapins.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,126/m² | 40 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
The median disposable income was €28,410 a year per consumption unit, above both Doubs’ towns (€26,330) and compared French towns (€25,970). 7.2% of commuters went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport at the census. At the census, 4.1% of working residents in Les Premiers Sapins 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.
In Doubs, women can expect to live 85.7 years and men 79.4 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. From 2016 to 2025, 119 residents of Les Premiers Sapins died, against 139 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 14% fewer. The nearest emergency department to Les Premiers Sapins is Chi Hc site Rives du Doubs Pontarlier, 13.3 mi away. There are 3 general practitioners locally.
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 · Allowing for care homes is a TownRatings estimate, not a published statistic. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from C− to A−.
Nothing in Les Premiers Sapins is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
One notable person was born in Les Premiers Sapins.
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 Premiers Sapins | 1,587 | — | — | A− | — | B |
| Valdahon | 5,705 | 3.9 | B+ | C+ | B+ | B+ |
| Ornans | 4,419 | 9.1 | A+ | A− | A− | B+ |
| Doubs | 3,335 | 12 | A− | C | A+ | D− |
| Morteau | 6,953 | 13 | A | B+ | B+ | C |
| Pontarlier | 18,067 | 13 | A− | C+ | B− | B− |
| Les Fins | 3,048 | 14 | — | B+ | — | B+ |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Les Premiers Sapins has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 3 recorded violent incidents and 5.6 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Les Premiers Sapins grades A− for cost of living.
Commune in Doubs, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Les Premiers Sapins is a commune of 1,587 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) · 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.