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It is a town of 225 residents in Doubs, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté.

Is Villers-Saint-Martin a good place to live?

Villers-Saint-Martin has no grades yet: French towns are graded from 1,000 residents up.

Villers-Saint-Martin’s outline. No photo of the town is in our collection yet.
Villers-Saint-Martin’s story

No historic monuments in Villers-Saint-Martin

The Culture ministry lists no building in Villers-Saint-Martin as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.

The nearest classé monument is Abbaye de bénédictines, in Baume-les-Dames, 2.1 mi away.

13% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.

Explore the history →

The data

Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Villers-Saint-Martin.

Who lives here

Children make up 20% of Villers-Saint-Martin, above Doubs’ towns and compared French towns

Young adults of 15 to 24 are one in ten residents, below Doubs’ towns (11%) and compared French towns (11%) alike. Over-65s are 19% of the population.

42median age
Villers-Saint-MartinDoubs medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma19%
CAP or BEP33%
Baccalauréat22%
Higher education19%

Women and men · all residents

49% women, 51% men

About an even split. Median share of women: Doubs 51.3%, France 51.8%.

Ages and diplomas in Villers-Saint-Martin
Villers-Saint-MartinDoubs medianFrance median
Under 1520%17%17%
15–249.7%11%11%
25–4424%22%23%
45–6427%25%26%
65+19%23%22%
No diploma19%23%19%
CAP or BEP33%27%26%
Baccalauréat22%17%18%
Higher education19%26%30%

INSEE, census 2023 · Doubs median and France median: the median of compared communes

Work & commute

Unemployment in Villers-Saint-Martin, 3.5%, runs below Doubs’ towns and compared French towns

For its 100 residents in work, Villers-Saint-Martin has 50 jobs: 0.6 each. Half of residents lived on more than €28,100 a year per consumption unit, above Doubs’ towns (€26,330) and compared French towns (€25,970) alike. At the census, 3.6% of working residents in Villers-Saint-Martin went to work by public transport.

15%walk, cycle or take transit

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving69%
On foot9%
Public transport4%
Bicycle3%
Motorbike or scooter1%
50
jobs based in Villers-Saint-Martin, 0.6 per working resident
3.5%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€28,100
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
15%
worked without traveling (at or from home)

Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte

Schools

87.0% of candidates passed the brevet at the collège within 5 km, 2 points below the expected rate

Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.

General-bac pupils go 17.9 mi to the nearest lycée. The nearest collège is 2.5 mi away.

87.0%passed the brevet

Brevet pass rate · collèges within 5 km

Villers-Saint-Martin87.0%
Median of towns87.5%

Bac pass rate · lycées within 5 km

Villers-Saint-Martin84.0%
Median of towns92.9%
SchoolLevelCandidatesPassed, 2025
Collège René CassinNearest collègeCollègeCollège10187%−2 pts
Lycée professionnel Jouffroy d'AbbansNearest lycéeVocational lycéeVocational lycée4384%+3 pts
84%
passed the vocational bac, +3 pts against the expected rate
87.0%
passed the brevet at the collèges, −2 pts against the expected rate
2.5 mi
to the nearest collège from the town center

Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte

Housing

Renting in Villers-Saint-Martin costs less than in Doubs’ towns or compared French towns, at an estimated advertised €8.94/m² a month

Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.

A house rents for an estimated €7.73/m² a month. 3 houses and apartments changed hands in Villers-Saint-Martin from July 2023 to June 2026.

€8.94/m²estimated apartment rent a month

Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month

Villers-Saint-Martin€8.94/m²
Median of towns€12.41/m²
Doubs median€10.97/m²
€8.94/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€7.15 to €11.17/m² a month)
€7.73/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included

Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte

Nearby attractions

Abbaye Sainte-Odile and 3 more in and around Villers-Saint-Martin

Museums in and near Villers-Saint-Martin. Best known first.

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Places: © OpenStreetMap contributors · Wikidata
Keep exploring

Everything we know about Villers-Saint-Martin

13pages on Villers-Saint-Martin

Landmarks

Nothing in Villers-Saint-Martin is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.

Its history page →

Famous people from Villers-Saint-Martin

Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Villers-Saint-Martin yet.

How we find them →

Villers-Saint-Martin’s neighbors

The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →

All towns in Doubs →
Baume-les-DamesL'Isle-sur-le-DoubsValdahonSaôneThisePont-de-Roide-VermondansBaume-les-DamesL'Isle-sur-le-DoubsValdahonSaôneThisePont-de-Roide-VermondansVillers-Saint-Martin
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
Villers-Saint-Martin225—————
Baume-les-Dames5,1552.4B−AC−C−
L'Isle-sur-le-Doubs2,78011C−ACD
Valdahon5,70514B+C+B+B+
Saône3,19516AC+AB−
Thise2,99416—C—B−
Pont-de-Roide-Vermondans3,91217A−ABD

People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.

About Villers-Saint-Martin

Commune in Doubs, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté

Villers-Saint-Martin is a commune of 225 people in the Communauté de communes du Doubs Baumois. 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

Population
225 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes du Doubs Baumois
Département
Doubs (25)
Région
Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Area
3.4 sq mi (8.9 km²)
INSEE code
25626

Sources: INSEE, census 2023 (population, employment, commuting) · INSEE, Filosofi 2023 (income per consumption unit, poverty) · 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 9, 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.