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This town in Doubs, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté has a population of 2,180.
It is hard to get around without a car: 38% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 6% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Homes sell for a median €2,250/m²: 70 m² comes to 6.1 years of the median income per consumption unit in the Communauté urbaine Grand Besançon Métropole. Health is weaker too — after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 7% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns.
Figures: employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi. Montferrand-le-Château 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 one thing Montferrand-le-Château does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Montferrand-le-Château 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.
Montferrand-le-Château has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
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The Culture ministry’s list holds 1 historic monument in Montferrand-le-Château; none is classé, France’s top protection.
The oldest protected part dates from the 11th century; the first monument here was protected in 1926.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Montferrand-le-Château.
Children under 15 make up 14%, lower than both Doubs’ towns (17%) and compared French towns (17%). People aged 15 to 24 make up 8.1% of the town. Just over a third of adults hold a degree.
54% women, 46% men
About 86 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Doubs 51.3%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
| Montferrand-le-Château | Doubs median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 14% | 17% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 8.1% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 19% | 22% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 29% | 25% | 26% |
| 65+ | 30% | 23% | 22% |
| No diploma | 21% | 23% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 25% | 27% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 16% | 17% | 18% |
| Higher education | 35% | 26% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Doubs median and France median: the median of compared communes
Half of residents lived on more than €27,850 a year per consumption unit, above both Doubs’ towns (€26,330) and compared French towns (€25,970). 6.1% of commuters went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport at the census.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
There are 3 general practitioners in Montferrand-le-Château. Its two care homes for older people (164 places) count their residents as Montferrand-le-Château’s; allowing for them, deaths were 7% below expected. From 2016 to 2025, 535 residents of Montferrand-le-Château died, against 388 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 38% more. At birth, a girl in Doubs can expect 85.7 years and a boy 79.4 (2025); across France, 85.9 and 80.3.
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 · This figure includes a care-home adjustment that TownRatings models; no official statistic exists.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
65 sales of houses and apartments in Montferrand-le-Château, from July 2023 to June 2026, give the median of €2,250/m². Among the homes sold, 69% were houses. House rents are put at about €9.94/m² a month.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,373/m² | 45 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Its oldest listed monument dates from the 11th century. 7.9% of its homes were built before 1919, near Doubs’ towns (8%) and higher than compared French towns (7.4%).
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Heritage and other places to visit in and near Montferrand-le-Château. Best known first.
Montferrand-le-Château has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
Château (restes): Photo: MJohnP68 · CC BY-SA 3.0
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Montferrand-le-Château 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Montferrand-le-Château | 2,180 | — | — | C+ | — | C+ |
| Saint-Vit | 5,133 | 4.7 | A− | C+ | B− | B+ |
| Besançon | 118,489 | 6.3 | C | C | C− | B |
| École-Valentin | 2,579 | 7.1 | A− | C− | B+ | A+ |
| Miserey-Salines | 2,661 | 7.7 | — | C− | — | A |
| Les Auxons | 2,533 | 8.4 | — | C | — | A− |
| Saône | 3,195 | 9.9 | A | C+ | A | B− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Montferrand-le-Château has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 2.2 recorded violent incidents and 5.1 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Prices are close to the median of compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €2,250/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Estimated advertised apartment rents are €12.23/m² a month, charges included. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Montferrand-le-Château grades C+ for cost of living.
Commune in Doubs, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Montferrand-le-Château is a commune of 2,180 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
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.