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1,802 residents make their home in this town in Haute-Marne, Grand Est. 36% of residents are 65 or over.
Buying a home costs less than in most towns: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 4.5 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Residents are healthier than most: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 25% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Schools are its weak spot — bac results 1.1 points below the expected rate; brevet results 2.1 points below the expected rate. Homes change hands at a median €1,475/m².
Figures: prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education. Bettancourt-la-Ferrée 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 Bettancourt-la-Ferrée does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Bettancourt-la-Ferrée 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.
Bettancourt-la-Ferrée 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 Bettancourt-la-Ferrée as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Maison en pans de bois, in Saint-Dizier, 1.6 mi away.
2.4% 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 Bettancourt-la-Ferrée.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Houses made up 86% of the homes sold; apartments the rest. Bettancourt-la-Ferrée recorded 59 home sales from July 2023 to June 2026. A house rents for an estimated €8.36/m² a month.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,500/m² | 51 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
People 65 and over make up 36% of the town, above Haute-Marne’s towns (27%) and compared French towns (22%) alike. Ages in Bettancourt-la-Ferrée split evenly at 52.6: half are older, half younger.
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Haute-Marne 52.0%, France 51.8%.
| Bettancourt-la-Ferrée | Haute-Marne median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 15% | 14% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 7% | 12% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 21% | 21% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 21% | 25% | 26% |
| 65+ | 36% | 27% | 22% |
| No diploma | 24% | 29% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 28% | 28% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 18% | 17% | 18% |
| Higher education | 24% | 18% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Haute-Marne median and France median: the median of compared communes
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
France’s death rates at each age would predict 266 deaths in Bettancourt-la-Ferrée from 2016 to 2025; there were 201, 25% fewer. Average lifespans in Haute-Marne: 84.1 years for women, 77.3 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 nationally. This Haute-Marne town has one family doctor.
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 · Allowing for care homes is a TownRatings estimate, not a published statistic.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Near Bettancourt-la-Ferrée, 82.1% of collège pupils passed the brevet, near Haute-Marne’s towns (82.9%) and lower than compared French towns (87.5%). The bac pro: 78% of 158 candidates passed at the 3 vocational lycées within 5 km. At the three general lycées, 94% of 263 candidates passed the bac, 0.7 points above the expected rate.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Anne FrankNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 63 | 78%+13 pts |
| Lycée polyvalent Blaise PascalNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 64 | 95%+1 pt |
| Lycée général et technologique privé ESTIC PrivateBest against expectations: 3 points above the expected rateGeneral lycée | General lycée | 102 | 100%+3 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Per consumption unit, the median disposable income is €26,810 a year. Jobs located in Bettancourt-la-Ferrée: 600, for 550 residents in work (1.1 each). Nearly one in ten commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train at the census, lower than both Haute-Marne’s towns (22.5%) and compared French towns (13.4%).
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Heritage and museums in and near Bettancourt-la-Ferrée. Best known first.
MuseumMusée municipal de Saint-Dizier2.6 km southwest, in Saint-DizierChâteauChâteauChâteau de Saint-Dizier2.5 km southwest, in Saint-DizierMonastery or conventMonastery or conventMonastère des Dames-de-l'Assomption de Saint-Dizier2.9 km southwest, in Saint-DizierChâteauChâteauSous-Préfecture de Saint-Dizier2.6 km southwest, in Saint-DizierChâteauChâteauAncien monastère des Dames de l'Assomption2.9 km southwest, in Saint-DizierMuseumMuseumMusée2.6 km southwest, in Saint-DizierPhotos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
Nothing in Bettancourt-la-Ferrée 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 Bettancourt-la-Ferrée 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bettancourt-la-Ferrée | 1,802 | — | — | A | — | A− |
| Saint-Dizier | 22,858 | 1.3 | C− | B+ | C− | C− |
| Ancerville Meuse | 2,569 | 2.6 | — | A+ | — | D |
| Wassy | 2,771 | 11 | C+ | A+ | D | C− |
| Bar-le-Duc Meuse | 14,607 | 12 | B+ | A | C− | C |
| Ligny-en-Barrois Meuse | 3,677 | 16 | B− | A+ | C | B |
| Joinville | 2,915 | 17 | B− | A+ | C− | D− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Bettancourt-la-Ferrée has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 2.2 recorded violent incidents and 7.7 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 25% of compared French towns. The lycée stands out: 95% of 64 candidates passed the bac at Lycée polyvalent Blaise Pascal in 2025, a point above the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Bettancourt-la-Ferrée grades A for cost of living.
Commune in Haute-Marne, Grand Est
Bettancourt-la-Ferrée is a commune of 1,802 people in the Communauté d'agglomération Grand Saint-Dizier, Der et Vallées. 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 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.