Health outcomes beat most towns: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 31% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Homes sell for a median €2,474/m²: 70 m² comes to 5.3 years of the median income per consumption unit in the Communauté de communes entre Doubs et Loue. It is hard to get around without a car (D): a quarter of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 5% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Few residents are of retirement age: 14% are 65 or over.
Figures: deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting, INSEE census 2023 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi. Pays-de-Montbenoît 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.
Each subject compares Pays-de-Montbenoît 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.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Pays-de-Montbenoît.
HealthHealth A
Deaths in Pays-de-Montbenoît run below what its ages would predict: 69 per 100 expected, fewer than in both Doubs’ towns and compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
France’s death rates at each age would predict 110 deaths in Pays-de-Montbenoît from 2016 to 2025; there were 76, 31% fewer. The nearest emergency department to Pays-de-Montbenoît is Chi Hc site Rives du Doubs Pontarlier, 8.6 mi away. In Doubs, life expectancy at birth reaches 85.7 years for women and 79.4 for men (2025), next to 85.9 and 80.3 for France.
−31%deaths against expected, after care homesAHealth Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw69
Adjusted69
Median town88
Expected100
0
GPs in Pays-de-Montbenoît · 1.3 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
8.6 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Chi Hc site Rives du Doubs Pontarlier
8.6 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Chi Hc site Rives du Doubs Pontarlier
85.7 · 79.4
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Doubs, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Pays-de-Montbenoît is better off than Doubs’ towns or compared French towns: the median disposable income is €34,120 a year per consumption unit
The jobless rate is 3.9%. Pays-de-Montbenoît has 250 jobs for 1,000 working residents, 0.3 per worker. No commute at all: 5.8% of working residents in the town at the census.
5%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving89%
On foot3%
Public transport1%
Motorbike or scooter1%
Bicycle0%
250
jobs based in Pays-de-Montbenoît, 0.3 per working resident
3.9%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€34,120
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
6%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
D
Walkability: better than 8% of compared French towns
INSEE, census 2023 · Doubs median and France median: the median of compared communes
HousingCost of living B
Estimated advertised rents run higher in Pays-de-Montbenoît than in Doubs’ towns or across compared French towns: €13.39/m² a month
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
35 sales of houses and apartments in Pays-de-Montbenoît, from July 2023 to June 2026, give the median of €2,474/m². Houses made up 77% of the homes sold; apartments the rest.
€2,474/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Pays-de-Montbenoît€2,474/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Doubs median€1,556/m²
€13.39/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€10.11 to €17.72/m² a month)
5.3
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€14.22/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€32,610
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté de communes entre Doubs et Loue
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Pays-de-Montbenoît
Is Pays-de-Montbenoît safe?
Pays-de-Montbenoît has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 2.4 recorded violent incidents and 2.5 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Is Pays-de-Montbenoît expensive to live in?
Prices are close to the median of compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €2,474/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Pays-de-Montbenoît grades B for cost of living.
About Pays-de-Montbenoît
Commune in Doubs, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Pays-de-Montbenoît is a commune of 1,923 people in the Communauté de communes entre Doubs et Loue. 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
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.
