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A town in Haute-Saône, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, home to 58 people.
There are no grades for Boursières: French towns need 1,000 residents for them. Few residents are of retirement age: 8% are 65 or over.
The one thing Boursières does most differently from other towns.
The Culture ministry lists no building in Boursières as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Anciennes forges-fonderies de Baignes, in Baignes, 1.6 mi away.
38% 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 Boursières.
Those 65 and older account for 8.1% of residents. Degrees are held by 41% of adults, above Haute-Saône’s towns (22%) and compared French towns (30%) alike. The age that splits Boursières in two is 47.3.
52% women, 48% men
About 94 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Haute-Saône 51.4%, France 51.8%.
| Boursières | Haute-Saône median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 11% | 15% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 11% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 26% | 21% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 44% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 8.1% | 24% | 22% |
| No diploma | 8.2% | 25% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 39% | 27% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 4.1% | 17% | 18% |
| Higher education | 41% | 22% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Haute-Saône median and France median: the median of compared communes
Walking, cycling and public transport carried 3.3% of commuters at the census.
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 Boursières: 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 and gardens in and near Boursières. Best known first.
Nothing in Boursières 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 Boursières 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boursières | 58 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Échenoz-la-Méline | 3,158 | 4.5 | B+ | B+ | A | A− |
| Port-sur-Saône | 2,949 | 5.4 | A− | A+ | A− | C |
| Vesoul | 15,078 | 5.5 | C− | A− | D− | C |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Commune in Haute-Saône, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Boursières is a commune of 58 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
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.