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A town of 5,705 in Doubs, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté.
Valdahon grades B+ overall: better than 71% of compared French towns, and #12 of 28 in Doubs. Its weakest subject is schools (C−): brevet results 5 points below the expected rate. At the median price of €2,531/m², a 70 m² home costs 6.1 times the median annual income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size) in the Communauté de communes des Portes du Haut-Doubs.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas. The overall grade uses the other six subjects.
The 3 things Valdahon does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Valdahon 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 no building in Valdahon as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Croix en pierre, in Lavans-Vuillafans, 6.3 mi away.
3.2% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Valdahon.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Its collèges and lycées rank #21 of 33 in Doubs on results. The brevet pass rate near Valdahon is 85.0%, near Doubs’ towns (85.0%) and lower than compared French towns (87.5%).
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Edgar FaureNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 153 | 85%−5 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
The median disposable income was €27,390 a year per consumption unit, near Doubs’ towns (€26,330) and higher than compared French towns (€25,970). At the census, 20.7% of working residents in Valdahon didn’t travel to work at all. Bus, tram or train carried 2.7% of working residents in Valdahon to work at the census.
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.
France’s death rates at each age would predict 393 deaths in Valdahon from 2016 to 2025; there were 342, 13% fewer. The nearest emergency department to Valdahon is Chi Hc site Rives du Doubs Pontarlier, 17.2 mi away. For a family doctor, residents of Valdahon can choose among 7 GPs. Also worth knowing: at birth, a girl in Doubs can expect 85.7 years and a boy 79.4 (2025); across France, 85.9 and 80.3.
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 · The care-home adjustment is a TownRatings modeling step, not an official statistic.
18% of residents have reached 65. Degrees are held by 22% of adults, below Doubs’ towns (26%) and compared French towns (30%) alike. Half of Valdahon is older than 35.2, half younger.
48% women, 52% men
About 110 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Doubs 51.3%, France 51.8%.
| Valdahon | Doubs median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 18% | 17% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 17% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 28% | 22% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 20% | 25% | 26% |
| 65+ | 18% | 23% | 22% |
| No diploma | 19% | 23% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 28% | 27% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 24% | 17% | 18% |
| Higher education | 22% | 26% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Doubs median and France median: the median of compared communes
104 offenses were reported in Valdahon during 2025. Per 1,000 residents a year, there were 10 cases of violence against people and 8 graded property crimes (2023–2025 average). The town has 3,950 jobs for 2,900 working residents, so people come in from nearby communes to work. The commonest graded crime in the town was criminal damage (2025).
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 · Small counts of armed robbery, burglary and theft from vehicles go unpublished (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the département’s average stands in, 3.5% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses. Crimes are counted in the commune where they happen, then divided by its residents, so a town that draws people in from around can look higher.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Houses in Valdahon sell for €2,645/m² and apartments for €2,468/m². 176 sales of houses and apartments in the town, from July 2023 to June 2026, give the median of €2,531/m². From July 2023 to June 2026, 176 homes were sold in the town.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,645/m² | 77 |
| Apartments | €2,468/m² | 99 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Nothing in Valdahon is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
One notable person was born in Valdahon.
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →
It grades B+ for safety, #14 of 28 in Doubs.
They grade C−, better than 17% of compared French towns and #21 of 33 in Doubs. 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 €2,531/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Valdahon grades C+ for cost of living.
Commune in Doubs, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Valdahon is a commune of 5,705 people in the Communauté de communes des Portes du Haut-Doubs. 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.