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A town of 558 in Doubs, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté.
Liesle is too small to grade: French towns get subject grades from 1,000 residents.
The Culture ministry lists 1 historic monument in Liesle, none of them classé, France’s highest protection.
44% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Museums, other places to visit and heritage in and near Liesle. Best known first.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Liesle.
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
For Liesle, that is above both Doubs’ towns (8%) and compared French towns (7.4%). The Culture ministry lists 1 historic monument in Liesle, none of them classé, France’s highest protection.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Liesle sits below both Doubs’ towns (11%) and compared French towns (11%) on this measure. 19% of residents are children under 15.
49% women, 51% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Doubs 51.3%, France 51.8%.
| Liesle | Doubs median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 19% | 17% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 8.8% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 22% | 22% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 27% | 25% | 26% |
| 65+ | 23% | 23% | 22% |
| No diploma | 23% | 23% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 31% | 27% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 15% | 17% | 18% |
| Higher education | 27% | 26% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Doubs median and France median: the median of compared communes
That puts Liesle below both Doubs’ towns (11.3%) and compared French towns (10.1%). Liesle has 100 jobs for 200 working residents, 0.4 per worker.
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.
On this, Liesle is below both Doubs’ towns (€10.97/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²).
Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Liesle has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
Ensemble formé par la maison dite Château d'Augicourt ou Château de Poligny: Photo: JGS25 · CC BY-SA 4.0
Wikidata places 1 person here, but the articles don’t both confirm Liesle 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 →
Commune in Doubs, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Liesle is a commune of 558 people in the Communauté de communes Loue-Lison. 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) · 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.