Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
A town of 10,501 in Doubs, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté.
Valentigney grades C+ overall: better than 36% of compared French towns, and #20 of 28 in Doubs. Its weakest subject is jobs & income (D−): 0.6 jobs per working resident; 20.6% unemployment. Its strongest is cost of living (A−): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 3.3 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas. The overall grade uses the other six subjects.
The 2 things Valentigney does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Valentigney 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 Valentigney 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, 0.9 mi away.
Part of the town has been a protected historic area, a site patrimonial remarquable, since 1989.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Valentigney.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
That puts Valentigney below both Doubs’ towns (85.0%) and compared French towns (87.5%).
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège les BruyèresNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 99 | 86%+3 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.
On this, Valentigney is below both Doubs’ towns (€1,556/m²) and compared French towns (€2,430/m²). Houses in Valentigney sell for €1,340/m² and apartments for €845/m².
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,340/m² | 224 |
| Apartments | €845/m² | 149 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
In the comparison, Valentigney comes above both Doubs’ towns (11.3%) and compared French towns (10.1%). The median disposable income is €21,950 a year per consumption unit.
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.
From 2016 to 2025, 976 residents of Valentigney died, against 1,018 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 4% fewer. The adjustment lowers most towns’ figures, so the comparison is what counts: the median of compared French towns is 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
Police and gendarmerie recorded 234 offenses in the graded categories in Valentigney in 2025. For armed robbery, this figure isn’t published when it’s small (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the index uses the département’s average instead, 0.5% of the index here.
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 Valentigney, that is below both Doubs’ towns (26%) and compared French towns (30%). Children are 19% of the town.
51% women, 49% men
About 96 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Doubs 51.3%, France 51.8%.
| Valentigney | Doubs median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 19% | 17% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 12% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 22% | 22% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 25% | 25% | 26% |
| 65+ | 23% | 23% | 22% |
| No diploma | 29% | 23% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 30% | 27% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 16% | 17% | 18% |
| Higher education | 21% | 26% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Doubs median and France median: the median of compared communes
Heritage, other places to visit and museums in and near Valentigney. Best known first.
Nothing in Valentigney is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
8 notable people were born in Valentigney.
Jules Goux: Agence de presse Meurisse, Public domain · Georges Boillot: Agence Rol, Public domain · André Boillot: Agence Rol, Public domain · Michel Antony: Patricia ROGGY, CC BY-SA 4.0
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Valentigney | 10,501 | — | C+ | A− | B− | C |
| Audincourt | 14,071 | 1.2 | C− | A− | C | D |
| Mandeure | 4,612 | 1.4 | C− | B | C+ | D |
| Seloncourt | 5,854 | 1.4 | B+ | B+ | A− | C+ |
| Exincourt | 3,277 | 2.2 | B | B | B | B+ |
| Voujeaucourt | 3,174 | 2.9 | B+ | B+ | A− | B− |
| Hérimoncourt | 3,508 | 3.2 | B | A | B+ | D |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades B− for safety, #17 of 28 in Doubs. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 12 burglaries and 91 acts of criminal damage.
They grade D, better than 14% of compared French towns and #22 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.
Estimated advertised apartment rents are €10.04/m² a month, charges included. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Valentigney grades A− for cost of living.
Commune in Doubs, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Valentigney is a commune of 10,501 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.