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A town of 87 in Doubs, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté.

Is Lizine a good place to live?

Lizine is too small to grade: French towns get subject grades from 1,000 residents.

What makes Lizine stand out

The 2 things Lizine does most differently from other towns.

Picked automatically from the data
Église
Église · Inscrit · Photo: JGS25 · CC BY-SA 3.0
Lizine’s story

Lizine in pictures

The Culture ministry lists 2 historic monuments in Lizine: 1 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 1 inscrit (the second level).

The oldest protected part dates from the 14th century; the first monument here was protected in 1907.

50% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.

  • 1907First protected: Croix en pierre
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The data

Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Lizine.

Who lives here

Fewer children live in Lizine than in Doubs’ towns or compared French towns: 9.2% are under 15

Lizine sits below both Doubs’ towns (17%) and compared French towns (17%) on this measure. People 65 and over make up 36% of the town.

56.5median age
LizineDoubs medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma15%
CAP or BEP32%
Baccalauréat25%
Higher education27%

Women and men · all residents

51% women, 49% men

About an even split. Median share of women: Doubs 51.3%, France 51.8%.

Ages and diplomas in Lizine
LizineDoubs medianFrance median
Under 159.2%17%17%
15–248%11%11%
25–4416%22%23%
45–6431%25%26%
65+36%23%22%
No diploma15%23%19%
CAP or BEP32%27%26%
Baccalauréat25%17%18%
Higher education27%26%30%

INSEE, census 2023 · Doubs median and France median: the median of compared communes

History

Old homes shape Lizine: 50% were built before 1919, more than in Doubs’ towns or compared French towns

France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.

That puts Lizine above both Doubs’ towns (8%) and compared French towns (7.4%). The Culture ministry lists 2 historic monuments in Lizine: 1 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 1 inscrit (the second level). Among the classé monuments in Lizine is Croix en pierre.

2historic monuments

Monuments by protection · Mérimée

Classé1
Inscrit1

Among them · Classé

14th c.
oldest protected part
1907
first monument protected

Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period

Work & commute

Unemployment in Lizine, 8.6%, runs below Doubs’ towns and compared French towns

On this, Lizine is below both Doubs’ towns (11.3%) and compared French towns (10.1%). Lizine has 0 jobs for 50 working residents, 0.2 per worker.

9%walk, cycle or take transit

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving81%
Bicycle6%
Public transport3%
On foot0%
Motorbike or scooter0%
0
jobs based in Lizine, 0.2 per working resident
8.6%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
9%
worked without traveling (at or from home)

Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte

Housing

Estimated advertised rents run lower in Lizine than in Doubs’ towns or across compared French towns: €9.05/m² a month

Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.

In the comparison, Lizine comes below both Doubs’ towns (€10.97/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²).

€9.05/m²estimated apartment rent a month

Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month

Lizine€9.05/m²
Median of towns€12.41/m²
Doubs median€10.97/m²
€9.05/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€6.53 to €12.53/m² a month)
€8.72/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included

Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte

Keep exploring

Everything we know about Lizine

12pages on Lizine

Landmarks

The list names few of Lizine’s 2 monuments; beside them, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.

All monuments →
Photo credits

Croix en pierre: Photo: JGS25 · CC BY-SA 4.0

Famous people from Lizine

Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Lizine yet.

How we find them →

Lizine’s neighbors

The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →

All towns in Doubs →
OrnansSaint-VitSaôneBesançonArboisÉcole-ValentinOrnansSaint-VitSaôneBesançonArboisÉcole-ValentinLizine
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
Lizine87—————
Ornans4,4197.9A+A−A−B+
Saint-Vit5,13312A−C+B−B+
Saône3,19513AC+AB−
Besançon118,48913CCC−B
Arbois Jura3,11415A+A−AC+
École-Valentin2,57915A−C−B+A+

People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.

About Lizine

Commune in Doubs, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté

Lizine is a commune of 87 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

Population
87 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes Loue-Lison
Département
Doubs (25)
Région
Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Area
2.8 sq mi (7.3 km²)
INSEE code
25338

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.