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A town of 78 in Doubs, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté. 15% of residents are 15 to 24.

Is Longechaux a good place to live?

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

What makes Longechaux stand out

The one thing Longechaux does most differently from other towns.

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Longechaux’s outline. No photo of the town is in our collection yet.
Longechaux’s story

No historic monuments in Longechaux

The Culture ministry lists no building in Longechaux as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.

The nearest classé monument is Croix de l'ancien cimetière près de l'église, in Loray, 3.1 mi away.

33% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.

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The data

Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Longechaux.

Who lives here

Longechaux has fewer older residents than Doubs’ towns or compared French towns: 7.7% are 65 or over

That puts Longechaux below both Doubs’ towns (23%) and compared French towns (22%). Children under 15 make up 27% of residents.

32.5median age
LongechauxDoubs medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma14%
CAP or BEP29%
Baccalauréat25%
Higher education29%

Women and men · all residents

40% women, 60% men

About 66 women for every 100 men. Median share of women: Doubs 51.3%, France 51.8%.

Ages and diplomas in Longechaux
LongechauxDoubs medianFrance median
Under 1527%17%17%
15–2415%11%11%
25–4431%22%23%
45–6419%25%26%
65+7.7%23%22%
No diploma14%23%19%
CAP or BEP29%27%26%
Baccalauréat25%17%18%
Higher education29%26%30%

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

Work & commute

Longechaux has lower unemployment than Doubs’ towns or compared French towns: 4.9%

On this, Longechaux is below both Doubs’ towns (11.3%) and compared French towns (10.1%). Longechaux has 0 jobs for 50 working residents, 0.4 per worker.

13%walk, cycle or take transit

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving72%
On foot8%
Public transport3%
Bicycle3%
Motorbike or scooter0%
0
jobs based in Longechaux, 0.4 per working resident
4.9%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
15%
worked without traveling (at or from home)

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

Schools

85.0% of candidates passed the brevet at the collège within 5 km, 7 points below the expected rate

Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.

In the comparison, Longechaux comes close to Doubs’ towns (85.0%) and below compared French towns (87.5%).

85.0%passed the brevet

Brevet pass rate · collèges within 5 km

Longechaux85.0%
Median of towns87.5%
SchoolLevelCandidatesPassed, 2025
Collège privé du Sacré-Coeur PrivateNearest collègeCollègeCollège4785%−7 pts
85.0%
passed the brevet at the collèges, −7 pts against the expected rate
2.1 mi
to the nearest collège from the town center

Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte

Housing

The estimated advertised rent of an apartment in Longechaux is €12.22/m² a month

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

Too few homes sold here for a reliable median price.

€12.22/m²estimated apartment rent a month

Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month

Longechaux€12.22/m²
Median of towns€12.41/m²
Doubs median€10.97/m²
€12.22/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€9.36 to €15.94/m² a month)
€10.73/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 Longechaux

12pages on Longechaux

Landmarks

Nothing in Longechaux is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.

Its history page →

Famous people from Longechaux

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

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Longechaux’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 →
ValdahonMorteauLes FinsVillers-le-LacBaume-les-DamesLe RusseyValdahonMorteauLes FinsVillers-le-LacBaume-les-DamesLe RusseyLongechaux
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
Longechaux78—————
Valdahon5,7054.4B+C+B+B+
Morteau6,95311AB+B+C
Les Fins3,04811—B+—B+
Villers-le-Lac5,29213A+B+A+B+
Baume-les-Dames5,15513B−AC−C−
Le Russey2,59914—A—C−

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

About Longechaux

Commune in Doubs, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté

Longechaux is a commune of 78 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

Population
78 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes des Portes du Haut-Doubs
Département
Doubs (25)
Région
Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Area
2 sq mi (5.1 km²)
INSEE code
25342

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.