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1,833 residents make their home in this town in Haute-Marne, Grand Est.
Prices are modest for what you get (A+): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 2.9 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Its remaining grades are unremarkable: B− for health and B− for walkability. Homes sell for a median €1,031/m².
Bologne 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 Bologne does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Bologne 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.
Bologne has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
Bologne has 2 historic monuments on the Culture ministry’s list, none at the highest level (classé).
The oldest protected part dates from the 16th century; the first monument here was protected in 1928.
12% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Bologne.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Advertised rents are estimated at €8.42/m² a month, about level with Haute-Marne’s towns (€8.74/m²) and below compared French towns (€12.41/m²). Houses are advertised at an estimated €6.16/m² a month. Sales in Bologne from July 2023 to June 2026: 42 houses and apartments.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,031/m² | 42 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
People 65 and over make up 26% of the town, near Haute-Marne’s towns (27%) and higher than compared French towns (22%). Children under 15 make up 16% of residents. Among adults, 18% have a degree.
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Haute-Marne 52.0%, France 51.8%.
| Bologne | Haute-Marne median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 16% | 14% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 8.2% | 12% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 20% | 21% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 30% | 25% | 26% |
| 65+ | 26% | 27% | 22% |
| No diploma | 26% | 29% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 34% | 28% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 16% | 17% | 18% |
| Higher education | 18% | 18% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Haute-Marne median and France median: the median of compared communes
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Bologne has 2 historic monuments on the Culture ministry’s list, none at the highest level (classé). Its heritage reaches back to the 16th century.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
On foot, by bike or by bus and train: that was how 7.1% of commuters travelled at the census. The median disposable income was €24,750 a year per consumption unit, above Haute-Marne’s towns (€22,675) but below compared French towns (€25,970). At the census, 4.5% of working residents in Bologne didn’t travel to work at all.
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 188 deaths in Bologne from 2016 to 2025; there were 165, 12% fewer. Life expectancy in Haute-Marne: 84.1 years for women and 77.3 for men (2025); France averages 85.9 and 80.3. The town has 5 family doctors.
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 · TownRatings makes the care-home adjustment itself; it is a model, not an official statistic. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from C− to A−.
Heritage and family days out in and near Bologne. Best known first.
The list names few of Bologne’s 2 monuments; beside them, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
One notable person was born in Bologne.
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →
Bologne has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 2 recorded violent incidents and 2.7 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Bologne grades A+ for cost of living.
Commune in Haute-Marne, Grand Est
Bologne is a commune of 1,833 people in the Communauté d'agglomération de Chaumont. 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.