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366 people call this town in Doubs, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté home.
Ruffey-le-Château is too small to grade: French towns get subject grades from 1,000 residents. It skews young: only 15% of residents are 65 or over.
The one thing Ruffey-le-Château does most differently from other towns.
The Culture ministry lists no building in Ruffey-le-Château as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Hôtel Terrier de Santans (ancien), in Marnay, 1.3 mi away.
15% 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 Ruffey-le-Château.
Over-65s are 15% of the population. Young adults of 15 to 24 are one in ten residents, lower than both Doubs’ towns (11%) and compared French towns (11%). Among adults, 36% have a degree.
49% women, 51% men
About 105 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Doubs 51.3%, France 51.8%.
| Ruffey-le-Château | Doubs median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 22% | 17% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 9.7% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 29% | 22% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 24% | 25% | 26% |
| 65+ | 15% | 23% | 22% |
| No diploma | 11% | 23% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 26% | 27% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 21% | 17% | 18% |
| Higher education | 36% | 26% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Doubs median and France median: the median of compared communes
Households’ median disposable income: €28,350 a year per consumption unit. 50 jobs are based in Ruffey-le-Château, for 150 working residents (0.3 per worker). No commute at all: 2.4% of working residents in the town at the census.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
General-bac pupils go 9.6 mi to the nearest lycée. The closest collège is 1.2 mi off.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Albert MathiezNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 126 | 87%−6 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Between July 2023 and June 2026, buyers took 7 homes in Ruffey-le-Château.
Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Heritage in and near Ruffey-le-Château. Best known first.
Nothing in Ruffey-le-Château 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 Ruffey-le-Château 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ruffey-le-Château | 366 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Saint-Vit | 5,133 | 7.1 | A− | C+ | B− | B+ |
| Les Auxons | 2,533 | 7.6 | — | C | — | A− |
| Miserey-Salines | 2,661 | 8.3 | — | C− | — | A |
| École-Valentin | 2,579 | 8.9 | A− | C− | B+ | A+ |
| Besançon | 118,489 | 11 | C | C | C− | B |
| Thise | 2,994 | 13 | — | C | — | B− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Commune in Doubs, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Ruffey-le-Château is a commune of 366 people in the Communauté de communes du Val Marnaysien. 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) · 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.