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A town of 1,303 in Doubs, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté.
Morre has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents. Its weakest subject is schools (C): bac results 1.6 points below the expected rate; brevet results 4.9 points below the expected rate. At the median price of €2,337/m², a 70 m² home costs 6.3 times the median annual income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size) in the Communauté urbaine Grand Besançon Métropole. Its strongest is health (A+): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 39% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
The one thing Morre does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Morre 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.
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The Culture ministry lists no building in Morre as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Lunette de Trois-Châtels, in Besançon, 1.3 mi away.
Explore the history →Heritage, museums and other places to visit in and near Morre. Best known first.
ChâteauCitadelle de Besançon2.5 km west, in Besançon
MuseumMusée des Beaux-Arts et d'Archéologie de Besançon3.7 km northwest, in Besançon
MuseumMaison natale de Victor Hugo3 km west, in BesançonFortFortPorte taillée2.2 km west, in BesançonChâteauChâteauChâteau de la Juive2.5 km north, in ChalezeulePhotos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Morre.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Morre sits below both Doubs’ towns (95) and compared French towns (88) on this measure. From 2016 to 2025, 73 residents of Morre died, against 120 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 39% fewer. The care-home adjustment is a TownRatings modeling step, not an official statistic.
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
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Les Clairs SoleilsNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 108 | 83%−7 pts |
| Lycée général et technologique privé Saint-Paul PrivateNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 132 | 99%±0 pts |
| Lycée professionnel CondéBest against expectations: 4 points above the expected rateVocational lycée | Vocational lycée | 97 | 94%+4 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
That puts Morre above both Doubs’ towns (€26,330) and compared French towns (€25,970). Morre has 150 jobs for 600 working residents, 0.3 per worker.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The median price, €2,337/m², comes from 35 sales of houses and apartments in Morre from July 2023 to June 2026.
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
On this, Morre is above both Doubs’ towns (26%) and compared French towns (30%).
52% women, 48% men
About 93 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Doubs 51.3%, France 51.8%.
| Morre | Doubs median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 17% | 17% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 10% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 23% | 22% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 28% | 25% | 26% |
| 65+ | 21% | 23% | 22% |
| No diploma | 11% | 23% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 23% | 27% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 19% | 17% | 18% |
| Higher education | 44% | 26% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Doubs median and France median: the median of compared communes
Nothing in Morre 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 Morre 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Morre | 1,303 | — | — | C+ | — | A+ |
| Saône | 3,195 | 2.3 | A | C+ | A | B− |
| Besançon | 118,489 | 2.8 | C | C | C− | B |
| Thise | 2,994 | 3.8 | — | C | — | B− |
| École-Valentin | 2,579 | 4.9 | A− | C− | B+ | A+ |
| Miserey-Salines | 2,661 | 6 | — | C− | — | A |
| Les Auxons | 2,533 | 7.2 | — | C | — | A− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Morre has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 3.6 recorded violent incidents and 4 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
They grade C, better than 27% 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.
Estimated advertised apartment rents are €11.37/m² a month, charges included. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Morre grades C+ for cost of living.
Commune in Doubs, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Morre is a commune of 1,303 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 October 30, 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.