Buying a home costs less than in most towns: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 1.7 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Walkability is a strength too — 72% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 23% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Its weakest is jobs & income (C): 2 jobs per working resident; 13.8% unemployment. Holiday and other second homes account for 31% of homes.
Figures: prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting and employment, INSEE census 2023. Bourbonne-les-Bains 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.
Each subject compares Bourbonne-les-Bains 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.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Bourbonne-les-Bains.
Who lives here
Few people in Bourbonne-les-Bains are 15 to 24: 6.1%, fewer than in Haute-Marne’s towns and across compared French towns
43% of residents have reached 65. Children under 15 make up 11%, below Haute-Marne’s towns (14%) and compared French towns (17%) alike. Graduates make up 18% of adults.
60.8median age
Bourbonne-les-BainsHaute-Marne medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
43%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma32%
CAP or BEP27%
Baccalauréat16%
Higher education18%
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 93 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Haute-Marne 52.0%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
INSEE, census 2023 · Haute-Marne median and France median: the median of compared communes
HousingCost of living A+
Homes in Bourbonne-les-Bains cost less than in Haute-Marne’s towns and across compared French towns, with a median sale of €562/m²
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The estimated advertised rent is €7.99/m² a month, below Haute-Marne’s towns (€8.74/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²) alike. 95 houses and apartments changed hands in Bourbonne-les-Bains from July 2023 to June 2026. Houses accounted for nearly nine in ten sales, apartments for the rest.
€562/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Bourbonne-les-Bains€562/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Haute-Marne median€1,048/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€547/m²
85
€7.99/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€6.13 to €10.43/m² a month)
1.7
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€6.48/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€23,680
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté de communes des Savoir-Faire
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Work & commuteJobs & income C
Bourbonne-les-Bains is easier to get around on foot than 90% of compared French towns
Half of residents lived on more than €22,810 a year per consumption unit, close to Haute-Marne’s towns (€22,675) and below compared French towns (€25,970). Bourbonne-les-Bains has 1,150 jobs for 550 working residents, 2 per worker. Unemployment is 13.8%.
23%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving68%
On foot20%
Bicycle2%
Public transport1%
Motorbike or scooter0%
1,150
jobs based in Bourbonne-les-Bains, 2 per working resident
13.8%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€22,810
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
9%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
A
Walkability: better than 90% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
HealthHealth A−
Deaths in Bourbonne-les-Bains run below what its ages would predict: 77 per 100 expected, fewer than in Haute-Marne’s towns and across compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
In Haute-Marne, life expectancy at birth reaches 84.1 years for women and 77.3 for men (2025), next to 85.9 and 80.3 for France. 466 deaths in Bourbonne-les-Bains between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 454: 3% above. The nearest emergency department to Bourbonne-les-Bains is Centre hospitalier de Langres, 19.9 mi away. 5 GPs practise in the town.
−23%deaths against expected, after care homesA−Health Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw103
Adjusted77
Median town88
Expected100
5
GPs in Bourbonne-les-Bains · 3 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
19.9 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier de Langres
28.4 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Gh Haute Saone site Vesoul
84.1 · 77.3
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Haute-Marne, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Old homes shape Bourbonne-les-Bains: 24% were built before 1919, more than in Haute-Marne’s towns and across compared French towns
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
The earliest of these monuments dates from Antiquity. Among the classé monuments in Bourbonne-les-Bains is Église de Villars-Saint-Marcellin. This Haute-Marne town has 3 historic monuments on the Culture ministry’s list: 2 classé, the highest protection, and 1 inscrit, the second level.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Safety
Bourbonne-les-Bains ranks below 54% of compared French towns for crime per resident
2025 saw 40 offenses recorded in Bourbonne-les-Bains. Violence against people averaged 10.3 per 1,000 residents a year over 2023–2025; graded property crimes averaged 10.2. Of the graded crimes in the town, criminal damage came up most often (2025).
10.3recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a yearB−Safety Grade
Recorded by type · 2025
Criminal damage20
Family violence12
Other physical violence8
Fraud13
Theft without violence9
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.
10.3
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
10.2
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
40
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
12.8%
of the index rests on the département’s average, used where small counts aren’t published
Source: SSMSI (Interior Ministry), recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 · Licence Ouverte · When sexual violence, armed robbery, burglary, vehicle theft and theft from vehicles number five or fewer in a recent year, the figure is withheld, and the index uses the département’s average instead (12.8% of the index here). Because that share is over 10%, this Safety Grade is less sure than most. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Nearby attractions
Parc Animalier de la Bannie and 7 more in and around Bourbonne-les-Bains
Other places to visit and family days out in and near Bourbonne-les-Bains. Best known first.
Ruines gallo-romaines situées dans le parc de l'établissement thermal: Photo: BUFO88 · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Église de Villars-Saint-Marcellin: Photo: Lionel Allorge · CC BY-SA 3.0
Famous people from Bourbonne-les-Bains
4 notable people were born in Bourbonne-les-Bains.
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Bourbonne-les-Bains
Is Bourbonne-les-Bains expensive to live in?
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Bourbonne-les-Bains grades A+ for cost of living.
About Bourbonne-les-Bains
Commune in Haute-Marne, Grand Est
Bourbonne-les-Bains is a commune of 1,958 people in the Communauté de communes des Savoir-Faire. 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
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.
