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BaignesHaute-Saône

Some 99 people live in this town, in Haute-Saône, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté.

Is Baignes a good place to live?

At under 1,000 residents, Baignes is too small for the grades other French towns get.

Anciennes forges-fonderies de Baignes
Anciennes forges-fonderies de Baignes · Classé · Photo: Ginette Mathis · CC BY-SA 3.0
Baignes’ story

Baignes in pictures

Baignes has 1 historic monument on the Culture ministry’s list: 1 classé, the highest protection, and 0 inscrit, the second level.

The oldest protected part dates from the 18th century; the first monument here was protected in 2007.

34% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.

  • 2007First protected: Anciennes forges-fonderies de Baignes
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The data

Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Baignes.

Who lives here

A town of families: 21% of people in Baignes are under 15, more than in both Haute-Saône’s towns and compared French towns

Degrees are held by 33% of adults, higher than both Haute-Saône’s towns (22%) and compared French towns (30%). People 65 and over make up 17% of the town. Young adults of 15 to 24 account for a tenth of the town.

38.4median age
BaignesHaute-Saône medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma18%
CAP or BEP25%
Baccalauréat13%
Higher education33%

Women and men · all residents

48% women, 52% men

About 110 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Haute-Saône 51.4%, France 51.8%.

Ages and diplomas in Baignes
BaignesHaute-Saône medianFrance median
Under 1521%15%17%
15–2410%11%11%
25–4426%21%23%
45–6427%26%26%
65+17%24%22%
No diploma18%25%19%
CAP or BEP25%27%26%
Baccalauréat13%17%18%
Higher education33%22%30%

INSEE, census 2023 · Haute-Saône median and France median: the median of compared communes

History

Baignes keeps more of its old housing than Haute-Saône’s towns or compared French towns: 34% built before 1919

France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.

Among the classé monuments in Baignes is Anciennes forges-fonderies de Baignes. Protection here reaches back to the 18th century.

1historic monument

Monuments by protection · Mérimée

Classé1
Inscrit0

Among them · Classé

18th c.
oldest protected part
2007
first monument protected

Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period

Work & commute

Fewer people in Baignes are out of work than in Haute-Saône’s towns or across compared French towns: 3.4%

The median disposable income was €25,950 a year per consumption unit, above Haute-Saône’s towns (€22,560) and close to compared French towns (€25,970). At the census, nearly a tenth of working residents in Baignes didn’t travel to work at all.

0%walk, cycle or take transit

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving89%
Motorbike or scooter2%
On foot0%
Public transport0%
Bicycle0%
0
jobs based in Baignes, 0.4 per working resident
3.4%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€25,950
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
9%
worked without traveling (at or from home)

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

Housing

Renting in Baignes costs an estimated advertised €9.68/m² a month, against €8.86/m² in Haute-Saône’s towns and €12.41/m² in compared French towns

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

Baignes recorded 2 home sales from July 2023 to June 2026.

€9.68/m²estimated apartment rent a month

Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month

Baignes€9.68/m²
Median of towns€12.41/m²
Haute-Saône median€8.86/m²
€9.68/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€7.57 to €12.37/m² a month)
€9.66/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included

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

Nearby attractions

Maison forte de Chariez and 2 more in and around Baignes

Heritage in and near Baignes. Best known first.

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Places: © OpenStreetMap contributors · Wikidata
Keep exploring

Everything we know about Baignes

12pages on Baignes

Landmarks

Baignes has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.

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Photo credits

Anciennes forges-fonderies de Baignes: Photo: Ginette Mathis · CC BY-SA 3.0

Famous people from Baignes

Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Baignes yet.

How we find them →

Baignes’ neighbors

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

All towns in Haute-Saône →
Échenoz-la-MélineVesoulPort-sur-SaôneÉchenoz-la-MélineVesoulPort-sur-SaôneBaignes
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
Baignes99—————
Échenoz-la-Méline3,1584.3B+B+AA−
Vesoul15,0785.8C−A−D−C
Port-sur-Saône2,9497A−A+A−C

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

About Baignes

Commune in Haute-Saône, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté

Baignes is a commune of 99 people in the Communauté de communes des Combes. 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
99 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes des Combes
Département
Haute-Saône (70)
Région
Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Area
1.1 sq mi (2.9 km²)
INSEE code
70047

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 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.