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A town of 1,334 in Doubs, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté.
Novillars has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents. Its weakest subject is health (D−): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 46% above expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Its strongest is cost of living (B+): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 5.2 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
The 2 things Novillars does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Novillars 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 Novillars 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, 0.9 mi away.
3.9% 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 Novillars.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
At birth, a girl in Doubs can expect 85.7 years and a boy 79.4 (2025); across France, 85.9 and 80.3. 141 deaths in Novillars between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 97: 46% above. The nearest emergency department to Novillars is Centre hospitalier Universitaire Jean Minjoz Besancon, 8.9 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 care-home figures behind this are our own model (TownRatings), not official statistics.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Advertised rents are estimated at €10.51/m² a month, about level with Doubs’ towns (€10.97/m²) and below compared French towns (€12.41/m²). Of the homes sold, 91% were houses. Houses are advertised at an estimated €7.73/m² a month.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,951/m² | 30 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
12.5% of people in the labour force have no job. Novillars holds 950 jobs; 450 of its residents are in work, so 2.1 jobs each. At the census, 14.1% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
A fifth of residents are 65 or over. Children under 15 make up 18%, close to both Doubs’ towns (17%) and compared French towns (17%). At 45, the median resident of Novillars sits in the middle of the age range.
48% women, 52% men
About 107 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Doubs 51.3%, France 51.8%.
| Novillars | Doubs median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 18% | 17% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 10% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 22% | 22% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 29% | 25% | 26% |
| 65+ | 20% | 23% | 22% |
| No diploma | 36% | 23% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 21% | 27% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 16% | 17% | 18% |
| Higher education | 23% | 26% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Doubs median and France median: the median of compared communes
Police and gendarmerie figures for Novillars show 10 offenses in 2025. Violence against people ran at 5.3 per 1,000 residents a year and the graded property crimes at 7.4 (2023–2025 average). Also worth knowing: in 2025, family violence led the graded crimes in the town.
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 · Small counts of other physical violence, sexual violence, burglary, vehicle theft and theft from vehicles go unpublished (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the département’s average stands in, 40.7% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Nothing in Novillars 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 Novillars 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Novillars | 1,334 | — | — | B+ | — | D− |
| Thise | 2,994 | 2.7 | — | C | — | B− |
| Saône | 3,195 | 4.6 | A | C+ | A | B− |
| Besançon | 118,489 | 6.3 | C | C | C− | B |
| École-Valentin | 2,579 | 6.8 | A− | C− | B+ | A+ |
| Miserey-Salines | 2,661 | 7.3 | — | C− | — | A |
| Les Auxons | 2,533 | 8.2 | — | C | — | A− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Novillars has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average.
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Novillars grades B+ for cost of living.
Commune in Doubs, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Novillars is a commune of 1,334 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.