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This town in Doubs, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté has a population of 2,158.
Roche-lez-Beaupré is a safe place by the numbers (A): an average of 5.6 recorded violent incidents and 8.6 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Its weakest subject is schools — brevet results 7 points below the expected rate. A 70 m² home at the median €2,035/m² costs 5.5 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the Communauté urbaine Grand Besançon Métropole.
Figures: recorded crime, SSMSI (Ministry of the Interior) · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi. Roche-lez-Beaupré 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 Roche-lez-Beaupré does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Roche-lez-Beaupré 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.
Roche-lez-Beaupré has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
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The Culture ministry lists no building in Roche-lez-Beaupré as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Aérodrome de Besançon-Thise, in Thise, 1.3 mi away.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Roche-lez-Beaupré.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
At the collèges within 5 km of Roche-lez-Beaupré, 83.0% passed the brevet, lower than both Doubs’ towns (85.0%) and compared French towns (87.5%). The closest lycée for the general bac is 3.3 mi off. The town’s pupils have a collège 3 mi away.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Les Clairs SoleilsNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 108 | 83%−7 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
For 2025, the figures show 24 offenses in Roche-lez-Beaupré. Of the graded crimes in the town, 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 sexual violence, burglary, vehicle theft and theft from vehicles, 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, 19.5% of the index here. Because that share is over 10%, this Safety Grade is less sure than most. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Per resident in work, Roche-lez-Beaupré counts 0.8 jobs (750 jobs, 950 workers). Bus, tram or train carried 5.8% of working residents in Roche-lez-Beaupré to work at the census. At the census, 3.6% of working residents in Roche-lez-Beaupré didn’t travel to work at all.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Line up the people of Roche-lez-Beaupré by age and the one in the middle is 45.5. Degrees are held by 31% of adults, about level with compared French towns (30%) and above Doubs’ towns (26%). Those 65 and older account for nearly a quarter of residents.
52% women, 48% men
About 91 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Doubs 51.3%, France 51.8%.
| Roche-lez-Beaupré | Doubs median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 17% | 17% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 12% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 20% | 22% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 27% | 25% | 26% |
| 65+ | 24% | 23% | 22% |
| No diploma | 15% | 23% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 30% | 27% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 19% | 17% | 18% |
| Higher education | 31% | 26% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Doubs median and France median: the median of compared communes
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
6 GPs practise in Roche-lez-Beaupré. Adjusted for age and care homes, Roche-lez-Beaupré records 90 deaths per 100 expected, lower than Doubs’ towns (95) and near compared French towns (88). 201 deaths in the town between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 223: 10% below. The nearest emergency department to Roche-lez-Beaupré is Centre hospitalier Universitaire Jean Minjoz Besancon, 7.8 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 · Care-home places are adjusted for by TownRatings, using a model rather than an official statistic. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from C− to B+.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
59 sales of houses and apartments in Roche-lez-Beaupré, from July 2023 to June 2026, give the median of €2,035/m². House rents are put at about €10.67/m² a month. Of the homes sold, 75% were houses.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,067/m² | 44 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Heritage, other places to visit and family days out in and near Roche-lez-Beaupré. Best known first.
Nothing in Roche-lez-Beaupré 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 Roche-lez-Beaupré 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 →
| Town | People | Miles | Overall | Cost | Safety | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Roche-lez-Beaupré | 2,158 | — | — | B− | A | C+ |
| Thise | 2,994 | 1.8 | — | C | — | B− |
| Saône | 3,195 | 3.9 | A | C+ | A | B− |
| Besançon | 118,489 | 5.2 | C | C | C− | B |
| École-Valentin | 2,579 | 5.8 | A− | C− | B+ | A+ |
| Miserey-Salines | 2,661 | 6.4 | — | C− | — | A |
| Les Auxons | 2,533 | 7.3 | — | C | — | A− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
They grade D, better than 9% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Homes cost less than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €2,035/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Estimated advertised apartment rents are €11.42/m² a month, charges included. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Roche-lez-Beaupré grades B− for cost of living.
Commune in Doubs, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Roche-lez-Beaupré is a commune of 2,158 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.