Montfaucon has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents. Its weakest subject is cost of living (C): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 8 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Its strongest is jobs & income (A−): 0.2 jobs per working resident; 4.5% unemployment.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
Each subject compares Montfaucon 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.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Montfaucon.
HealthHealth A−
Fewer deaths than Montfaucon’s ages would predict, 79 per 100 expected, under Doubs’ towns and compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
On this, Montfaucon is below both Doubs’ towns (95) and compared French towns (88). The care-home adjustment is a TownRatings modeling step, not an official statistic. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from C+ to A.
−21%deaths against expected, after care homesA−Health Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw79
Adjusted79
Median town88
Expected100
1
GPs in Montfaucon · 5.8 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
5.5 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier Universitaire Jean Minjoz Besancon
4.9 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Polyclinique de Franche Comte
85.7 · 79.4
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Doubs, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
History
3 historic monuments, the oldest from Antiquity
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
The Culture ministry lists 3 historic monuments in Montfaucon, none of them classé, France’s highest protection. Part of the town has been a protected historic area, a site patrimonial remarquable, since 1989.
3historic monuments
Monuments by protection · Mérimée
Classé0
Inscrit3
Antiquity
oldest protected part
1976
first monument protected
1989
protected historic area (site patrimonial remarquable)
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Montfaucon
Is Montfaucon safe?
Montfaucon has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 2.3 recorded violent incidents and 3.2 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Are schools in Montfaucon good?
They grade C, better than 35% of compared French towns. 99% of 132 candidates passed the bac at Lycée général et technologique privé Saint-Paul in 2025, at the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Montfaucon expensive to live in?
Estimated advertised apartment rents are €11.37/m² a month, charges included. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Montfaucon grades C for cost of living.
About Montfaucon
Commune in Doubs, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Montfaucon is a commune of 1,622 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
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.
