Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
A town of 2,994 in Doubs, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté.
Thise has no overall grade because safety isn’t graded here. Its weakest subject is schools (C−): bac results 0.9 points below the expected rate; brevet results 8.7 points below the expected rate. At the median price of €2,291/m², a 70 m² home costs 6.2 times the median annual income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size) in the Communauté urbaine Grand Besançon Métropole. Its strongest is jobs & income (A+): 1 job per working resident; 5.9% unemployment.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
The 2 things Thise does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Thise 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.
Thise has no overall grade because safety isn’t graded here.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
The Culture ministry lists 1 historic monument in Thise: 1 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 0 inscrit (the second level).
The oldest protected part dates from the 20th century; the first monument here was protected in 2007.
2.9% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Heritage, other places to visit and family days out in and near Thise. Best known first.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Thise.
For Thise, that is above both Doubs’ towns (23%) and compared French towns (22%). People aged 15 to 24 make up 8% of the town.
53% women, 47% men
About 89 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.
| Thise | Doubs median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 14% | 17% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 8% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 19% | 22% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 25% | 25% | 26% |
| 65+ | 34% | 23% | 22% |
| No diploma | 15% | 23% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 25% | 27% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 17% | 17% | 18% |
| Higher education | 38% | 26% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Doubs median and France median: the median of compared communes
Thise sits below both Doubs’ towns (11.3%) and compared French towns (10.1%) on this measure. Thise has 1,100 jobs for 1,100 working residents, 1 per worker. The median disposable income is €29,030 a year per consumption unit.
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.
That puts Thise above both Doubs’ towns (87.5%) and compared French towns (92.9%).
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège ProudhonNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 128 | 66%−18 pts |
| Lycée général et technologique Louis PergaudNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 504 | 96%−1 pt |
| Collège Saint-Joseph PrivateBest against expectations: 2 points above the expected rateCollège | Collège | 94 | 96%+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.
The median price, €2,291/m², comes from 103 sales of houses and apartments in Thise from July 2023 to June 2026. The estimated advertised rent is €12.55/m² a month, above Doubs’ towns (€10.97/m²) and close to compared French towns (€12.41/m²).
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,328/m² | 86 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
The Culture ministry lists 1 historic monument in Thise: 1 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 0 inscrit (the second level). 2.9% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
From 2016 to 2025, 526 residents of Thise died, against 491 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 7% more. Its three care homes for older people (110 places) count their residents as Thise’s; allowing for them, deaths were 12% below expected. 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
Thise has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Thise 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thise | 2,994 | — | — | C | — | B− |
| Besançon | 118,489 | 3.9 | C | C | C− | B |
| École-Valentin | 2,579 | 4.1 | A− | C− | B+ | A+ |
| Saône | 3,195 | 4.6 | A | C+ | A | B− |
| Miserey-Salines | 2,661 | 4.6 | — | C− | — | A |
| Les Auxons | 2,533 | 5.6 | — | C | — | A− |
| Ornans | 4,419 | 13 | A+ | A− | A− | B+ |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Thise has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 2.7 recorded violent incidents and 6 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
They grade C−, better than 24% of compared French towns and #19 of 33 in Doubs. 96% of 504 candidates passed the bac at Lycée général et technologique Louis Pergaud in 2025, a point below the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Prices are close to the median of compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €2,291/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Thise grades C for cost of living.
Commune in Doubs, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Thise is a commune of 2,994 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.