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A town of 74 in Doubs, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté.

Is Samson a good place to live?

Samson is too small to grade: French towns get subject grades from 1,000 residents.

Samson’s outline. No photo of the town is in our collection yet.
Samson’s story

No historic monuments in Samson

The Culture ministry lists no building in Samson as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.

The nearest classé monument is Château de Bartherans, in Bartherans, 2.4 mi away.

Explore the history →

The data

Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Samson.

Who lives here

A younger town: only 17% of people in Samson are 65 or over, fewer than in Doubs’ towns and compared French towns

Samson sits below both Doubs’ towns (23%) and compared French towns (22%) on this measure. Children under 15 make up 16% of residents.

47.5median age
SamsonDoubs medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma11%
CAP or BEP33%
Baccalauréat28%
Higher education20%

Women and men · all residents

51% women, 49% men

About an even split. Median share of women: Doubs 51.3%, France 51.8%.

Ages and diplomas in Samson
SamsonDoubs medianFrance median
Under 1516%17%17%
15–249.6%11%11%
25–4424%22%23%
45–6434%25%26%
65+17%23%22%
No diploma11%23%19%
CAP or BEP33%27%26%
Baccalauréat28%17%18%
Higher education20%26%30%

INSEE, census 2023 · Doubs median and France median: the median of compared communes

Work & commute

Unemployment in Samson, 2.1%, runs below Doubs’ towns and compared French towns

That puts Samson below both Doubs’ towns (11.3%) and compared French towns (10.1%). Samson has 0 jobs for 50 working residents, 0.2 per worker.

2%walk, cycle or take transit

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving96%
On foot2%
Public transport0%
Bicycle0%
Motorbike or scooter0%
0
jobs based in Samson, 0.2 per working resident
2.1%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
2%
worked without traveling (at or from home)

Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte

Housing

Renting in Samson costs less than in Doubs’ towns or compared French towns, at an estimated advertised €9.05/m² a month

Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.

On this, Samson is below both Doubs’ towns (€10.97/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²).

€9.05/m²estimated apartment rent a month

Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month

Samson€9.05/m²
Median of towns€12.41/m²
Doubs median€10.97/m²
€9.05/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€6.53 to €12.53/m² a month)
€8.72/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included

Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte

Nearby attractions

Château de Paroy and 2 more in and around Samson

Heritage in and near Samson. Best known first.

All attractions →
Places: © OpenStreetMap contributors · Wikidata
Keep exploring

Everything we know about Samson

12pages on Samson

Landmarks

Nothing in Samson is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.

Its history page →

Famous people from Samson

Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Samson yet.

How we find them →

Samson’s neighbors

The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →

All towns in Doubs →
Saint-VitArboisOrnansBesançonÉcole-ValentinSaôneSaint-VitArboisOrnansBesançonÉcole-ValentinSaôneSamson
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
Samson74—————
Saint-Vit5,1339.6A−C+B−B+
Arbois Jura3,11411A+A−AC+
Ornans4,41913A+A−A−B+
Besançon118,48914CCC−B
École-Valentin2,57916A−C−B+A+
Saône3,19516AC+AB−

People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.

About Samson

Commune in Doubs, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté

Samson is a commune of 74 people in the Communauté de communes Loue-Lison. 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

Population
74 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes Loue-Lison
Département
Doubs (25)
Région
Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Area
0.8 sq mi (2 km²)
INSEE code
25528

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.