Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
2,189 residents make their home in this town in Doubs, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté.
Orchamps-Vennes’s strongest subject is schools: brevet results 9 points above the expected rate. Buying 70 m² at the median €2,615/m² takes 6.3 years of the median income per consumption unit in the Communauté de communes des Portes du Haut-Doubs. Work and incomes are strong (A+): 0.7 jobs per working resident; 5.0% unemployment. The rest of its grades are middling: B− for health and B for walkability.
Figures: brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025. Orchamps-Vennes 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 Orchamps-Vennes does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Orchamps-Vennes 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.
Orchamps-Vennes has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
The Culture ministry lists no building in Orchamps-Vennes as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Croix de l'ancien cimetière près de l'église, in Loray, 2 mi away.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Orchamps-Vennes.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
General-bac pupils go 6.1 mi to the nearest lycée.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège privé Jean Bosco PrivateNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 58 | 95%+9 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Children under 15 make up 19%, above Doubs’ towns (17%) and compared French towns (17%) alike. 12% of residents are aged 15 to 24. Degrees are held by 30% of adults.
49% women, 51% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Doubs 51.3%, France 51.8%.
| Orchamps-Vennes | Doubs median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 19% | 17% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 12% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 28% | 22% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 25% | 25% | 26% |
| 65+ | 16% | 23% | 22% |
| No diploma | 17% | 23% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 28% | 27% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 20% | 17% | 18% |
| Higher education | 30% | 26% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Doubs median and France median: the median of compared communes
5.0% of the labour force were unemployed, below Doubs’ towns (11.3%) and compared French towns (10.1%) alike. At the census, nearly one in ten commuters got to work without a car.
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.
Orchamps-Vennes recorded 54 home sales from July 2023 to June 2026. Houses accounted for nearly three in five sales, apartments for the rest. Also worth knowing: the estimated advertised rent is €11.61/m² a month, higher than Doubs’ towns (€10.97/m²) yet lower than compared French towns (€12.41/m²).
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,672/m² | 32 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
132 deaths in Orchamps-Vennes between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 152: 13% below. Adjusted for age and care homes, Orchamps-Vennes records 87 deaths per 100 expected, lower than Doubs’ towns (95) and near compared French towns (88). There are 3 general practitioners here. Women in Doubs live to 85.7 on average and men to 79.4 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France.
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 · TownRatings makes the care-home adjustment itself; it is a model, not an official statistic. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from C− to A−.
In 2025, 25 offenses were recorded in Orchamps-Vennes. On average over 2023–2025, every 1,000 residents saw 3.7 violent offenses and 3.6 graded property crimes a year. Of the graded crimes here, criminal damage came up most often (2025).
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 · For other physical violence, sexual violence, burglary and vehicle theft, the count isn’t published when it’s small (five or fewer in a year of the last three), so the index uses the département’s average, 47.2% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Nothing in Orchamps-Vennes is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
2 notable people were born in Orchamps-Vennes.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Orchamps-Vennes | 2,189 | — | — | B | — | B− |
| Les Fins | 3,048 | 6.1 | — | B+ | — | B+ |
| Morteau | 6,953 | 6.3 | A | B+ | B+ | C |
| Villers-le-Lac | 5,292 | 8.5 | A+ | B+ | A+ | B+ |
| Valdahon | 5,705 | 8.7 | B+ | C+ | B+ | B+ |
| Le Russey | 2,599 | 9.9 | — | A | — | C− |
| Charquemont | 2,900 | 15 | A+ | A− | A+ | B+ |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Orchamps-Vennes has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average.
They grade A+, better than 99% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Orchamps-Vennes grades B for cost of living.
Commune in Doubs, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Orchamps-Vennes is a commune of 2,189 people in the Communauté de communes des Portes du Haut-Doubs. 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.