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A town of 1,144 in Doubs, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté. Over-65s are 32% of the population.
Taillecourt’s strongest is health (A) — after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 27% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Homes sell for a median €1,758/m²: 70 m² comes to 5 years of the median income per consumption unit in the Communauté d'agglomération Pays de Montbéliard Agglomération. Schools lag (D−): bac results 4.5 points below the expected rate; brevet results 5 points below the expected rate. The rest of its grades are middling: C+ for jobs & income and B for walkability.
Figures: prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi. Taillecourt 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 2 things Taillecourt does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Taillecourt 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.
Taillecourt has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
The Culture ministry lists no building in Taillecourt as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Église de l'Immaculée Conception, in Audincourt, 0.9 mi away.
2.1% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Museums, heritage and other places to visit in and near Taillecourt. Best known first.
MuseumMusée de l'Aventure Peugeot2.7 km northwest, in Sochaux
Art galleryChâteau de Montbéliard3.8 km northwest, in Montbéliard
Art galleryMusée d'archéologie et d'histoire naturelle de Montbéliard3.8 km northwest, in Montbéliard
MuseumMusée du Château des ducs de Wurtemberg3.8 km northwest, in MontbéliardFortFortFort Lachaux3.2 km northwest, in Grand-CharmontChâteauChâteauChâteau Sattler1 km northwest, in ExincourtPhotos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Taillecourt.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
The bac pass rate near Taillecourt is 87.5%, near Doubs’ towns (87.5%) and lower than compared French towns (92.9%). The town’s pupils have a collège 0.7 mi away.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Paul LangevinNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 128 | 83%−3 pts |
| Lycée polyvalent Germaine TillionNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 487 | 88%−6 pts |
| Collège les BruyèresBest against expectations: 3 points above the expected rateCollège | Collège | 99 | 86%+3 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
98 deaths in Taillecourt between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 134: 27% below. At birth, a girl in Doubs can expect 85.7 years and a boy 79.4 (2025); across France, 85.9 and 80.3. Also worth knowing: the nearest emergency department to Taillecourt is Hnfc site Trevenans, 5.8 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.
The share aged 15 to 24 is 8.3%. Children under 15 make up 13%, below Doubs’ towns (17%) and compared French towns (17%) alike. Residents of Taillecourt have a median age of 53.6.
52% women, 48% men
About 91 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Doubs 51.3%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
| Taillecourt | Doubs median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 13% | 17% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 8.3% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 18% | 22% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 29% | 25% | 26% |
| 65+ | 32% | 23% | 22% |
| No diploma | 23% | 23% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 23% | 27% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 21% | 17% | 18% |
| Higher education | 28% | 26% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Doubs median and France median: the median of compared communes
200 jobs are based in Taillecourt, for 450 working residents (0.5 per worker). The unemployment rate comes to 11.6%. No commute at all: 3.3% of working residents here at the census.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The median price, €1,758/m², comes from 33 sales of houses and apartments in Taillecourt from July 2023 to June 2026. For a house, the estimated advertised rent is €9.71/m² a month. Advertised rents are estimated at €11.44/m² a month, close to Doubs’ towns (€10.97/m²) and below compared French towns (€12.41/m²).
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
The commonest graded crime in Taillecourt was criminal damage (2025). Police and gendarmerie recorded 8 offenses here in 2025. Per 1,000 residents a year, there were 4.1 cases of violence against people and 8.2 graded property crimes (2023–2025 average).
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 family violence, other physical violence, sexual violence, burglary and theft from vehicles, 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, 57.4% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Nothing in Taillecourt 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 Taillecourt 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Taillecourt | 1,144 | — | — | B− | — | A |
| Exincourt | 3,277 | 0.8 | B | B | B | B+ |
| Audincourt | 14,071 | 1 | C− | A− | C | D |
| Étupes | 3,689 | 1.1 | C+ | B | B− | C+ |
| Sochaux | 3,721 | 1.6 | C− | A− | C | D |
| Vieux-Charmont | 2,786 | 2.1 | — | B | — | B− |
| Valentigney | 10,501 | 2.2 | C+ | A− | B− | C |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Taillecourt has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average.
They grade D−, better than 4% 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 €1,758/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Taillecourt grades B− for cost of living.
Commune in Doubs, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Taillecourt is a commune of 1,144 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 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.