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In Haute-Saône, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, this town has 75 residents.
At under 1,000 residents, Besnans is too small for the grades other French towns get. Holiday and other second homes account for 14% of homes. 15- to 24-year-olds are 17% of the population.
The 2 things Besnans does most differently from other towns.
The Culture ministry lists no building in Besnans as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Fontaine dite Fontaine du Cygne, in Montbozon, 1 mi away.
34% 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 Besnans.
Degrees are held by 29% of adults, about level with compared French towns (30%) and above Haute-Saône’s towns (22%). People 65 and over make up 17% of the town. Children are nearly a fifth of the town.
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Haute-Saône 51.4%, France 51.8%.
| Besnans | Haute-Saône median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 19% | 15% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 17% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 12% | 21% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 35% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 17% | 24% | 22% |
| No diploma | 12% | 25% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 33% | 27% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 21% | 17% | 18% |
| Higher education | 29% | 22% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Haute-Saône median and France median: the median of compared communes
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The market in Besnans: 1 sales of houses and apartments between July 2023 and June 2026.
Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Heritage, museums and other places to visit in and near Besnans. Best known first.
Nothing in Besnans 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 Besnans 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Besnans | 75 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Baume-les-Dames Doubs | 5,155 | 8.3 | B− | A | C− | C− |
| Échenoz-la-Méline | 3,158 | 12 | B+ | B+ | A | A− |
| Vesoul | 15,078 | 13 | C− | A− | D− | C |
| Thise Doubs | 2,994 | 15 | — | C | — | B− |
| L'Isle-sur-le-Doubs Doubs | 2,780 | 15 | C− | A | C | D |
| Saône Doubs | 3,195 | 17 | A | C+ | A | B− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Commune in Haute-Saône, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Besnans is a commune of 75 people in the Communauté de communes du Pays de Montbozon et du Chanois. 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) · 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 4, 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.