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1,174 people call this town in Doubs, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté home.
Buying a home costs less than in most towns: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 2.7 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. It also does well on walkability (B+) — 46% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 17% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Jobs & income is its weak spot: 2.2 jobs per working resident; 12.3% unemployment. Homes sell for a median €962/m².
Figures: prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting and employment, INSEE census 2023. Pays-de-Clerval 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 2 things Pays-de-Clerval does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Pays-de-Clerval 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.
Pays-de-Clerval has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
On the Culture ministry’s list, Pays-de-Clerval counts 1 historic monument: 1 classé at the top level of protection and 0 inscrit at the second.
The oldest protected part dates from prehistory; the first monument here was protected in 1974.
17% 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 Pays-de-Clerval.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Houses made up 94% of the homes sold; apartments the rest. Pays-de-Clerval recorded 36 home sales from July 2023 to June 2026.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €962/m² | 34 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Unemployment stands at 12.3%. At the census, 16.6% went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport, above Doubs’ towns (11.6%) and compared French towns (13.4%) alike.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Its oldest listed monument dates from prehistory.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Women in Doubs live to 85.7 on average and men to 79.4 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. 3 GPs practise in Pays-de-Clerval. France’s death rates at each age would predict 129 deaths here from 2016 to 2025; there were 109, 15% fewer.
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−.
Young adults of 15 to 24 account for 9.2% of the town. 20% are under 15, higher than both Doubs’ towns (17%) and compared French towns (17%). Typical age in Pays-de-Clerval: 45, the median.
49% women, 51% men
About 106 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Doubs 51.3%, France 51.8%.
| Pays-de-Clerval | Doubs median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 20% | 17% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 9.2% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 21% | 22% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 28% | 25% | 26% |
| 65+ | 22% | 23% | 22% |
| No diploma | 25% | 23% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 35% | 27% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 18% | 17% | 18% |
| Higher education | 14% | 26% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Doubs median and France median: the median of compared communes
Pays-de-Clerval has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
One notable person was born in Pays-de-Clerval.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pays-de-Clerval | 1,174 | — | — | A+ | — | B |
| L'Isle-sur-le-Doubs | 2,780 | 5.4 | C− | A | C | D |
| Baume-les-Dames | 5,155 | 7.4 | B− | A | C− | C− |
| Bavans | 3,582 | 13 | B− | B+ | A | C− |
| Pont-de-Roide-Vermondans | 3,912 | 13 | A− | A | B | D |
| Voujeaucourt | 3,174 | 14 | B+ | B+ | A− | B− |
| Mandeure | 4,612 | 15 | C− | B | C+ | D |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Pays-de-Clerval has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 5.9 recorded violent incidents and 12.3 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Pays-de-Clerval grades A+ for cost of living.
Commune in Doubs, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Pays-de-Clerval is a commune of 1,174 people in the Communauté de communes des Deux Vallées Vertes. 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.