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A town of 1,308 in Doubs, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté.
Nancray has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents. At the median price of €2,088/m², a 70 m² home costs 5.6 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 29% 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 Nancray does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Nancray 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 Nancray as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Château de Vaire-le-Grand, in Vaire, 3.1 mi away.
13% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Nancray.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
That puts Nancray 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 B to A+.
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
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The median price, €2,088/m², comes from 36 sales of houses and apartments in Nancray from July 2023 to June 2026. Advertised rents are estimated at €10.51/m² a month, close to Doubs’ towns (€10.97/m²) and below compared French towns (€12.41/m²).
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
On this, Nancray is below both Doubs’ towns (11.3%) and compared French towns (10.1%). Nancray has 150 jobs for 600 working residents, 0.3 per worker. The median disposable income is €29,740 a year per consumption unit.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
In the comparison, Nancray comes above both Doubs’ towns (26%) and compared French towns (30%). Under-15s account for 20% of the population.
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Doubs 51.3%, France 51.8%.
| Nancray | Doubs median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 20% | 17% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 9.6% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 22% | 22% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 27% | 25% | 26% |
| 65+ | 21% | 23% | 22% |
| No diploma | 11% | 23% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 23% | 27% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 19% | 17% | 18% |
| Higher education | 42% | 26% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Doubs median and France median: the median of compared communes
Police and gendarmerie recorded 0 offenses in the graded categories in Nancray in 2025. For family violence, sexual violence, burglary, theft from vehicles and criminal damage, this figure isn’t published when it’s small (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the index uses the département’s average instead, 100.0% of the index here.
Not in the gradeTheft without violence, drug use and fraud are shown for information but left out of the Safety Grade, which counts violence plus burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and criminal damage per resident.
Source: SSMSI (Interior Ministry), recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 · Licence Ouverte
Nothing in Nancray is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
Wikidata places 1 person here, but the articles don’t both confirm Nancray as the birthplace, so nobody is listed.
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →
Nancray has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 3.2 recorded violent incidents and 3.1 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Homes cost less than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €2,088/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Nancray grades B for cost of living.
Commune in Doubs, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Nancray is a commune of 1,308 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.