Maîche grades A+ overall: better than almost every compared French town, and #2 of 28 in Doubs. Its weakest subject is health (C): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 3% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. At the median price of €2,155/m², a 70 m² home costs 4.5 times the median annual income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size) in the Communauté de communes du Pays de Maîche. Its strongest is schools (A): brevet results 3.8 points above the expected rate.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas. The overall grade uses the other six subjects.
Each subject compares Maîche 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.
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Safety
Maîche records less crime per resident than 90% of compared French towns
Police and gendarmerie recorded 48 offenses in the graded categories in Maîche in 2025. Violence against people ran at 5.5 per 1,000 residents a year and the graded property crimes at 7.5 (2023–2025 average). For sexual violence, burglary, vehicle theft and theft from vehicles, this figure isn’t published when it’s small (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the index uses the département’s average instead, 8.9% of the index here.
5.5recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a yearASafety Grade
Recorded by type · 2025
Criminal damage24
Family violence16
Other physical violence8
Armed robbery0
Fraud21
Theft without violence12
Not in the gradeTheft without violence, drug use and fraud are shown for information but left out of the Safety Grade, which counts violence plus burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and criminal damage per resident.
5.5
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
7.5
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
48
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
8.9%
of the index rests on the département’s average, used where small counts aren’t published
Source: SSMSI (Interior Ministry), recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 · Licence Ouverte
HousingCost of living A
Maîche gets an A for cost of living
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The median price, €2,155/m², comes from 193 sales of houses and apartments in Maîche from July 2023 to June 2026. Houses in Maîche sell for €2,656/m² and apartments for €1,865/m².
€2,155/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Maîche€2,155/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Doubs median€1,556/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€2,656/m²
88
Apartments
€1,865/m²
105
€11.38/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€8.70 to €14.90/m² a month)
4.5
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€10.38/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€33,790
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté de communes du Pays de Maîche
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
HealthHealth C
Maîche is 22.8 mi from the nearest emergency department
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
6 GPs practise in Maîche. Adjusted for age and care homes, Maîche records 97 deaths per 100 expected, close to Doubs’ towns (95) and above compared French towns (88). The care-home adjustment is a TownRatings modeling step, not an official statistic.
−3%deaths against expected, after care homesCHealth Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw118
Adjusted97
Median town88
Expected100
6
GPs in Maîche · 3.4 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
22.8 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Hnfc site Trevenans
22.8 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Hnfc site Trevenans
85.7 · 79.4
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Doubs, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Maîche is better off than Doubs’ towns or compared French towns: the median disposable income is €32,800 a year per consumption unit
Maîche sits above both Doubs’ towns (€26,330) and compared French towns (€25,970) on this measure. Maîche has 1,900 jobs for 2,000 working residents, 0.9 per worker.
11%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving85%
On foot8%
Public transport3%
Bicycle1%
Motorbike or scooter0%
1,900
jobs based in Maîche, 0.9 per working resident
10.0%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€32,800
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
3%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
B+
Walkability: better than 69% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
History
3 historic monuments and a protected historic area since 1997
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
The Culture ministry lists 3 historic monuments in Maîche: 1 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 2 inscrit (the second level). Part of the town has been a protected historic area, a site patrimonial remarquable, since 1997.
3historic monuments
Monuments by protection · Mérimée
Classé1
Inscrit2
16th c.
oldest protected part
1947
first monument protected
1997
protected historic area (site patrimonial remarquable)
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Maîche
Is Maîche safe?
It grades A for safety, #4 of 28 in Doubs.
Are schools in Maîche good?
They grade A, better than 91% of compared French towns and #2 of 33 in Doubs. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Maîche expensive to live in?
Homes cost less than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €2,155/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Estimated advertised apartment rents are €11.38/m² a month, charges included. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Maîche grades A for cost of living.
About Maîche
Commune in Doubs, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Maîche is a commune of 4,254 people in the Communauté de communes du Pays de Maîche. 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
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.
