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5,854 residents make their home in this town in Doubs, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté.
Good value, with catches elsewhere. Where it does best is safety (A−) — an average of 6.4 recorded violent incidents and 8.1 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Taken together, its subjects give Seloncourt a B+ overall, better than 65% of compared French towns. Its place in the ranking is #14 of 28 in Doubs. It is strong on walkability as well — nearly three quarters of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 11% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. At the median price of €1,508/m², a 70 m² home costs 4.3 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the Communauté d'agglomération Pays de Montbéliard Agglomération. The drawback is schools — bac results 3.2 points below the expected rate; brevet results a point above the expected rate.
Figures: recorded crime, SSMSI (Ministry of the Interior) · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting, INSEE census 2023 · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi.
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 Seloncourt does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Seloncourt 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.
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The Culture ministry lists no building in Seloncourt as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Église du Sacré-Coeur, in Audincourt, 1.3 mi away.
Explore the history →Heritage, other places to visit and museums in and near Seloncourt. Best known first.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Seloncourt.
Among the graded crimes in Seloncourt, the most frequent was criminal damage (2025). For 2025, the figures show 68 offenses in the town.
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 burglary and vehicle theft, the count isn’t published when it’s small (five or fewer in a year of the last three), so the index uses the département’s average, 2.9% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Per resident in work, Seloncourt counts 0.5 jobs (1,250 jobs, 2,350 workers). Half of residents lived on more than €27,040 a year per consumption unit, close to both Doubs’ towns (€26,330) and compared French towns (€25,970). At the census, 5.7% of working residents in Seloncourt went to work by public transport.
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.
Near Seloncourt, 87.8% of lycée candidates passed the bac, about level with Doubs’ towns (87.5%) and below compared French towns (92.9%). Its collèges and lycées rank #18 of 33 in Doubs on results. The nearest collège is 0.7 mi away.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège les Hautes VignesNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 71 | 75%+2 pts |
| Lycée général et technologique Armand PeugeotNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 277 | 93%−2 pts |
| Collège Jean Paul GuyotBest against expectations: 8 points above the expected rateCollège | Collège | 89 | 98%+8 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.
Behind the median of €1,508/m²: 199 houses and apartments sold in Seloncourt between July 2023 and June 2026. The split in the town: €1,757/m² for houses, €854/m² for apartments. Among the homes sold, 61% were houses.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,757/m² | 121 |
| Apartments | €854/m² | 78 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Adjusted for age and care homes, Seloncourt records 93 deaths per 100 expected, close to Doubs’ towns (95) and above compared French towns (88). 616 deaths in the town between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 641: 4% below. The nearest emergency department to Seloncourt is Hnfc site Trevenans, 8 mi away. This Doubs town has 3 family doctors.
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 · That adjustment for care homes is a model of TownRatings’ own, not official data.
The 65-and-over age group makes up just over a quarter of residents. Line up the people of Seloncourt by age and the one in the middle is 48.5.
52% women, 48% men
About 93 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Doubs 51.3%, France 51.8%.
| Seloncourt | Doubs median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 14% | 17% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 11% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 22% | 22% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 28% | 25% | 26% |
| 65+ | 26% | 23% | 22% |
| No diploma | 22% | 23% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 30% | 27% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 16% | 17% | 18% |
| Higher education | 26% | 26% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Doubs median and France median: the median of compared communes
Nothing in Seloncourt is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
3 notable people were born in Seloncourt.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Seloncourt | 5,854 | — | B+ | B+ | A− | C+ |
| Valentigney | 10,501 | 1.4 | C+ | A− | B− | C |
| Audincourt | 14,071 | 1.6 | C− | A− | C | D |
| Hérimoncourt | 3,508 | 2 | B | A | B+ | D |
| Mandeure | 4,612 | 2.2 | C− | B | C+ | D |
| Exincourt | 3,277 | 2.9 | B | B | B | B+ |
| Étupes | 3,689 | 3.1 | C+ | B | B− | C+ |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades A− for safety, #7 of 28 in Doubs.
They grade C−, better than 24% of compared French towns and #18 of 33 in Doubs. 93% of 277 candidates passed the bac at Lycée général et technologique Armand Peugeot in 2025, 2 points below the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. 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 €1,508/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Seloncourt grades B+ for cost of living.
Commune in Doubs, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Seloncourt is a commune of 5,854 people in the Communauté d'agglomération Pays de Montbéliard Agglomération. 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 November 4, 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.