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The town has 1,362 residents and lies in Doubs, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté.
Its weakest subject is health: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 3% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Buying 70 m² at the median €1,882/m² takes 5.4 years of the median income per consumption unit in the Communauté d'agglomération Pays de Montbéliard Agglomération.
Figures: employment, INSEE census 2023 · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi. Montenois has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
The 2 things Montenois does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Montenois 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.
Montenois has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
The Culture ministry lists no building in Montenois as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Église catholique Saint-Maimboeuf, in Montbéliard, 6 mi away.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Montenois.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
For a family doctor, residents of Montenois can choose among 6 GPs. Adjusted for age and care homes, Montenois records 97 deaths per 100 expected, near Doubs’ towns (95) and higher than compared French towns (88). From 2016 to 2025, 89 residents of Montenois died, against 92 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 3% fewer. The nearest emergency department to Montenois is Hnfc site Trevenans, 11.3 mi away.
Source: INSEE, deaths by commune of residence 2016–2025 and censuses; Eurostat, death rates by age (© European Union); INSEE, BPE 2025; DREES, APL 2024; INSEE, life expectancy by département 2025 · Licence Ouverte · The adjustment for care homes is TownRatings’ own modeling, not an official figure. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from D to B+.
The share of residents under 15 is 16%. 21% of residents are 65 or over, below both Doubs’ towns (23%) and compared French towns (22%). The age that splits Montenois in two is 47.9.
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Doubs 51.3%, France 51.8%.
| Montenois | Doubs median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 16% | 17% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 10% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 20% | 22% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 33% | 25% | 26% |
| 65+ | 21% | 23% | 22% |
| No diploma | 16% | 23% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 28% | 27% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 19% | 17% | 18% |
| Higher education | 33% | 26% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Doubs median and France median: the median of compared communes
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The market in Montenois: 37 sales of houses and apartments between July 2023 and June 2026. Renting a house costs an estimated €9.82/m² a month. Advertised rents are estimated at €11.41/m² a month, near Doubs’ towns (€10.97/m²) and lower than compared French towns (€12.41/m²).
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,882/m² | 37 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
The median disposable income was €28,320 a year per consumption unit, above both Doubs’ towns (€26,330) and compared French towns (€25,970). 4.1% of commuters left the car at home at the census, walking, cycling or taking public transport.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Other places to visit in and near Montenois. Best known first.
Nothing in Montenois is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Montenois yet.
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →
| Town | People | Miles | Overall | Cost | Safety | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Montenois | 1,362 | — | — | B− | — | C |
| Bavans | 3,582 | 3.2 | B− | B+ | A | C− |
| L'Isle-sur-le-Doubs | 2,780 | 4.9 | C− | A | C | D |
| Voujeaucourt | 3,174 | 4.9 | B+ | B+ | A− | B− |
| Montbéliard | 24,672 | 6.2 | D | A− | D | C− |
| Bethoncourt | 5,308 | 6.8 | C | A | C+ | C+ |
| Héricourt Haute-Saône | 10,621 | 7.1 | C+ | A | C | C− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Montenois has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 3.5 recorded violent incidents and 3.8 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Montenois grades B− for cost of living.
Commune in Doubs, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Montenois is a commune of 1,362 people in the Communauté d'agglomération Pays de Montbéliard Agglomération. 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) · DGFiP, DVF property sales, July 2023 to June 2026 · 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.