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178 people call this town in Doubs, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté home.

Is Mérey-Vieilley a good place to live?

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

Mérey-Vieilley’s outline. No photo of the town is in our collection yet.
Mérey-Vieilley’s story

No historic monuments in Mérey-Vieilley

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

The nearest classé monument is Église Saint-Lazare, in Bonnay, 0.6 mi away.

24% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.

Explore the history →

The data

Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Mérey-Vieilley.

Who lives here

Children make up 22% of Mérey-Vieilley, above Doubs’ towns and compared French towns

The 15-to-24 age group: 9.1%, below Doubs’ towns (11%) and compared French towns (11%) alike. Nearly a fifth of residents are 65 or over. Degrees are held by 36% of adults.

39.5median age
Mérey-VieilleyDoubs medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma11%
CAP or BEP31%
Baccalauréat18%
Higher education36%

Women and men · all residents

47% women, 53% men

About 112 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Doubs 51.3%, France 51.8%.

Ages and diplomas in Mérey-Vieilley
Mérey-VieilleyDoubs medianFrance median
Under 1522%17%17%
15–249.1%11%11%
25–4427%22%23%
45–6423%25%26%
65+19%23%22%
No diploma11%23%19%
CAP or BEP31%27%26%
Baccalauréat18%17%18%
Higher education36%26%30%

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

Work & commute

Walking, cycling and public transport carry fewer commuters in Mérey-Vieilley than in Doubs’ towns or compared French towns: 2.2%

Unemployment stood at 8.3%, below Doubs’ towns (11.3%) and compared French towns (10.1%) alike. The median disposable income is €27,120 a year per consumption unit.

2%walk, cycle or take transit

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving96%
Motorbike or scooter2%
Public transport1%
Bicycle1%
On foot0%
0
jobs based in Mérey-Vieilley, 0 per working resident
8.3%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€27,120
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
0%
worked without traveling (at or from home)

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

Schools

91.0% of candidates passed the brevet at the collège within 5 km, 3 points below the expected rate

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

For the general bac, the closest lycée is 4.9 mi away.

91.0%passed the brevet

Brevet pass rate · collèges within 5 km

Mérey-Vieilley91.0%
Median of towns87.5%
SchoolLevelCandidatesPassed, 2025
Collège Claude GirardNearest collègeCollègeCollège14591%−3 pts
91.0%
passed the brevet at the collèges, −3 pts against the expected rate
3 mi
to the nearest collège from the town center

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

Housing

Estimated advertised rents run lower in Mérey-Vieilley than in Doubs’ towns or across compared French towns: €9.61/m² a month

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

Mérey-Vieilley recorded 4 home sales from July 2023 to June 2026.

€9.61/m²estimated apartment rent a month

Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month

Mérey-Vieilley€9.61/m²
Median of towns€12.41/m²
Doubs median€10.97/m²
€9.61/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€7.64 to €12.09/m² a month)
€9.66/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included

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

Nearby attractions

Château de Bonnay and 5 more in and around Mérey-Vieilley

Heritage in and near Mérey-Vieilley. Best known first.

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Places: © OpenStreetMap contributors · Wikidata
Keep exploring

Everything we know about Mérey-Vieilley

13pages on Mérey-Vieilley

Landmarks

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

Its history page →

Famous people from Mérey-Vieilley

Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Mérey-Vieilley yet.

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Mérey-Vieilley’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 →
ThiseMiserey-SalinesLes AuxonsÉcole-ValentinBesançonSaôneThiseMiserey-SalinesLes AuxonsÉcole-ValentinBesançonSaôneMérey-Vieilley
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
Mérey-Vieilley178—————
Thise2,9943.7—C—B−
Miserey-Salines2,6615.2—C−—A
Les Auxons2,5335.4—C—A−
École-Valentin2,5795.5A−C−B+A+
Besançon118,4896.7CCC−B
Saône3,1958.2AC+AB−

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

About Mérey-Vieilley

Commune in Doubs, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté

Mérey-Vieilley is a commune of 178 people in the Communauté urbaine Grand Besançon Métropole. 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
178 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté urbaine Grand Besançon Métropole
Département
Doubs (25)
Région
Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Area
1.3 sq mi (3.4 km²)
INSEE code
25376

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 November 4, 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.