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BreuchesHaute-Saône

657 people call this town in Haute-Saône, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté home.

Is Breuches a good place to live?

There are no grades for Breuches: French towns need 1,000 residents for them.

Demeure d'industriel dite Château
Demeure d'industriel dite Château · Inscrit · Photo: 303mep · CC BY-SA 4.0
Breuches’ story

Breuches in pictures

The Culture ministry lists 1 historic monument in Breuches, none of them classé, France’s highest protection.

The oldest protected part dates from the 19th century; the first monument here was protected in 1994.

23% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.

  • 1994First protected: Demeure d'industriel dite Château
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Nearby attractions

Château de Breuches and 16 more in and around Breuches

Heritage, museums and other places to visit in and near Breuches. Best known first.

All attractions →
Places: © OpenStreetMap contributors · Wikidata

Photos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).

Photo credits (2)

The data

Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Breuches.

Who lives here

Degrees are less common in Breuches than in Haute-Saône’s towns or across compared French towns: 18% of adults

Children under 15 count for 15% of the people here. People 65 and over make up 27% of the town, above Haute-Saône’s towns (24%) and compared French towns (22%) alike. The share aged 15 to 24 is 9.3%.

50median age
BreuchesHaute-Saône medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma22%
CAP or BEP33%
Baccalauréat19%
Higher education18%

Women and men · all residents

49% women, 51% men

About 106 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Haute-Saône 51.4%, France 51.8%.

Ages and diplomas in Breuches
BreuchesHaute-Saône medianFrance median
Under 1515%15%17%
15–249.3%11%11%
25–4423%21%23%
45–6427%26%26%
65+27%24%22%
No diploma22%25%19%
CAP or BEP33%27%26%
Baccalauréat19%17%18%
Higher education18%22%30%

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

History

Breuches keeps more of its old housing than Haute-Saône’s towns or compared French towns: 23% built before 1919

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

Its heritage reaches back to the 19th century. The Culture ministry lists 1 historic monument in Breuches, none of them classé, France’s highest protection.

1historic monument

Monuments by protection · Mérimée

Classé0
Inscrit1
19th c.
oldest protected part
1994
first monument protected

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

Work & commute

Breuches has 1.4 jobs for every resident in work

The median disposable income is €23,470 a year per consumption unit. 12.8% of the labour force were unemployed, below Haute-Saône’s towns (15.0%) but above compared French towns (10.1%). Walking, cycling and public transport carried 14.2% of commuters at the census.

14%walk, cycle or take transit

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving81%
On foot12%
Bicycle2%
Motorbike or scooter1%
Public transport0%
350
jobs based in Breuches, 1.4 per working resident
12.8%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€23,470
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
3%
worked without traveling (at or from home)

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

Schools

82.7% of candidates passed the brevet at the two collèges within 5 km, 2.3 points below the expected rate

Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.

The bac pass rate near Breuches is 86.8%, lower than both Haute-Saône’s towns (90.4%) and compared French towns (92.9%). For collège, the closest is 2.2 mi away.

93%passed the bac (general and technological)

Brevet pass rate · collèges within 5 km

Breuches82.7%
Median of towns87.5%

Bac pass rate · lycées within 5 km

Breuches86.8%
Median of towns92.9%
SchoolLevelCandidatesPassed, 2025
Collège des ThermesNearest collègeCollègeCollège8876%−7 pts
Lycée polyvalent LumièreNearest lycéeGeneral lycéeGeneral lycée18893%−3 pts
Collège privé Saint-Colomban PrivateBest against expectations: 5 points above the expected rateCollègeCollège5793%+5 pts
93%
passed the general and technological bac, −3 pts against the expected rate
74%
passed the vocational bac, −8 pts against the expected rate
82.7%
passed the brevet at the collèges, −2.3 pts against the expected rate
2.2 mi
to the nearest collège from the town center

Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte

Housing

Renting in Breuches costs less than in Haute-Saône’s towns or compared French towns, at an estimated advertised €7.54/m² a month

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

A house rents for an estimated €7.80/m² a month. Breuches recorded 28 home sales from July 2023 to June 2026.

€7.54/m²estimated apartment rent a month

Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month

Breuches€7.54/m²
Median of towns€12.41/m²
Haute-Saône median€8.86/m²
€7.54/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€5.87 to €9.69/m² a month)
€7.80/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included

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

Keep exploring

Everything we know about Breuches

13pages on Breuches

Landmarks

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

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Photo credits

Demeure d'industriel dite Château: Photo: 303mep · CC BY-SA 4.0

Famous people from Breuches

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

How we find them →

Breuches’ 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 →
Luxeuil-les-BainsSaint-Loup-sur-SemouseFougerolles-Saint-ValbertLureLe Val-d'AjolVesoulLuxeuil-les-BainsSaint-Loup-sur-SemouseFougerolles-Saint-ValbertLureLe Val-d'AjolVesoulBreuches
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
Breuches657—————
Luxeuil-les-Bains6,6632.4C−ADC−
Saint-Loup-sur-Semouse2,8146.5B−A+AD−
Fougerolles-Saint-Valbert3,7647A−AA+C−
Lure7,87711B−ADC−
Le Val-d'Ajol Vosges3,88512A−A+AD
Vesoul15,07814C−A−D−C

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

About Breuches

Commune in Haute-Saône, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté

Breuches is a commune of 657 people in the Communauté de communes du Pays de Luxeuil. 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
657 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes du Pays de Luxeuil
Département
Haute-Saône (70)
Région
Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Area
3.6 sq mi (9.2 km²)
INSEE code
70093

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.