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A town of 2,400 in Doubs, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté.
Levier has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents. Its strongest is schools (A): brevet results 4 points above the expected rate.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
The one thing Levier does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Levier 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.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
The Culture ministry lists 1 historic monument in Levier, none of them classé, France’s highest protection.
The oldest protected part dates from the 19th century; the first monument here was protected in 2005.
Jean-Joseph Bugnet, born in 1794, is the one person born in Levier before 1900 that Wikidata records.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Levier.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
On this, Levier is above both Doubs’ towns (85.0%) and compared French towns (87.5%).
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège privé Saint-Joseph PrivateNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 55 | 96%+4 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
In the comparison, Levier comes below both Doubs’ towns (11.3%) and compared French towns (10.1%). Levier has 950 jobs for 1,050 working residents, 0.9 per worker. The median disposable income is €27,730 a year per consumption unit.
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.
For Levier, that is below both Doubs’ towns (95) and compared French towns (88). From 2016 to 2025, 294 residents of Levier died, against 284 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 4% more. The care-home adjustment is a TownRatings modeling step, not an official statistic.
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
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
That is the middle of 47 sales of houses and apartments in Levier from July 2023 to June 2026, against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns and €1,556/m² for the median of compared towns in Doubs.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,090/m² | 38 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
The Culture ministry lists 1 historic monument in Levier, none of them classé, France’s highest protection.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Levier sits below both Doubs’ towns (26%) and compared French towns (30%) on this measure. Children under 15 make up 19% of residents.
51% women, 49% men
About 95 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Doubs 51.3%, France 51.8%.
| Levier | Doubs median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 19% | 17% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 12% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 24% | 22% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 25% | 25% | 26% |
| 65+ | 20% | 23% | 22% |
| No diploma | 23% | 23% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 30% | 27% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 21% | 17% | 18% |
| Higher education | 20% | 26% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Doubs median and France median: the median of compared communes
Other places to visit and museums in and near Levier. Best known first.
Levier has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
Mairie - Justice de paix - Halle: Photo: Pymouss44 · CC BY-SA 3.0
2 notable people were born in Levier.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Levier | 2,400 | — | — | B | — | B |
| Ornans | 4,419 | 10 | A+ | A− | A− | B+ |
| Doubs | 3,335 | 11 | A− | C | A+ | D− |
| Pontarlier | 18,067 | 12 | A− | C+ | B− | B− |
| Arbois Jura | 3,114 | 16 | A+ | A− | A | C+ |
| Valdahon | 5,705 | 17 | B+ | C+ | B+ | B+ |
| Champagnole Jura | 8,036 | 17 | A | B+ | B− | B |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Levier has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 3.1 recorded violent incidents and 5.9 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
They grade A, better than 94% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Estimated advertised apartment rents are €12.18/m² a month, charges included. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Levier grades B for cost of living.
Commune in Doubs, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Levier is a commune of 2,400 people in the Communauté de communes Altitude 800. 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.