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A town of 5,133 in Doubs, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté.
Saint-Vit grades A− overall: better than 79% of compared French towns, and #9 of 28 in Doubs. Its strongest is jobs & income (A): 1.1 jobs per working resident; 6.6% unemployment.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas. The overall grade uses the other six subjects.
The one thing Saint-Vit does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Saint-Vit 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.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
The Culture ministry lists 2 historic monuments in Saint-Vit, none of them classé, France’s highest protection.
The oldest protected part dates from the 16th century; the first monument here was protected in 1977.
Wikidata records 2 people born in Saint-Vit before 1900, the earliest Charles Tramu, in 1838.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Saint-Vit.
On this, Saint-Vit is below both Doubs’ towns (11.3%) and compared French towns (10.1%).
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
In the comparison, Saint-Vit comes below both Doubs’ towns (95) and compared French towns (88). From 2016 to 2025, 385 residents of Saint-Vit died, against 441 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 13% fewer. The care-home adjustment is a TownRatings modeling step, not an official statistic.
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
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
The Culture ministry lists 2 historic monuments in Saint-Vit, none of them classé, France’s highest protection.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
For Saint-Vit, that is above both Doubs’ towns (85.0%) and compared French towns (87.5%).
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Jean JaurèsNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 166 | 91%−2 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.
That is the middle of 144 sales of houses and apartments in Saint-Vit from July 2023 to June 2026, against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns and €1,556/m² for the median of compared towns in Doubs.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,216/m² | 82 |
| Apartments | €1,797/m² | 62 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Saint-Vit sits above both Doubs’ towns (11%) and compared French towns (11%) on this measure.
53% women, 47% men
About 90 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Doubs 51.3%, France 51.8%.
| Saint-Vit | Doubs median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 18% | 17% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 12% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 22% | 22% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 26% | 25% | 26% |
| 65+ | 22% | 23% | 22% |
| No diploma | 19% | 23% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 27% | 27% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 18% | 17% | 18% |
| Higher education | 31% | 26% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Doubs median and France median: the median of compared communes
Police and gendarmerie recorded 92 offenses in the graded categories in Saint-Vit in 2025. For armed robbery and vehicle theft, 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, 0.7% of the index here.
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
Heritage in and near Saint-Vit. Best known first.
The list names few of Saint-Vit’s 2 monuments; beside them, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
Maison de maître de poste: Photo: Sacamol · CC BY-SA 4.0
2 notable people were born in Saint-Vit.
Camille Guy: Mme C. Moutet-Cholé, Public domain
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Vit | 5,133 | — | A− | C+ | B− | B+ |
| École-Valentin | 2,579 | 10 | A− | C− | B+ | A+ |
| Besançon | 118,489 | 10 | C | C | C− | B |
| Miserey-Salines | 2,661 | 10 | — | C− | — | A |
| Les Auxons | 2,533 | 11 | — | C | — | A− |
| Thise | 2,994 | 14 | — | C | — | B− |
| Saône | 3,195 | 14 | A | C+ | A | B− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades B− for safety, #18 of 28 in Doubs. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 6 burglaries and 27 acts of criminal damage.
They grade B, better than 58% of compared French towns and #12 of 33 in Doubs. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
By type: houses €2,216/m² (82 sales), apartments €1,797/m² (62 sales). Estimated advertised apartment rents are €12.41/m² a month, charges included. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Saint-Vit grades C+ for cost of living.
Commune in Doubs, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Saint-Vit is a commune of 5,133 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.
