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ButhiersHaute-Saône

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

Is Buthiers a good place to live?

Buthiers isn’t graded: grades begin at 1,000 residents.

Château de Buthiers
Château de Buthiers · Inscrit · Photo: JGS25 · CC BY-SA 4.0
Buthiers’ story

Buthiers in pictures

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

The oldest protected part dates from the 15th century; the first monument here was protected in 1980.

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

  • 1980First protected: Château de Buthiers
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The data

Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Buthiers.

Who lives here

Degrees are more common in Buthiers than in Haute-Saône’s towns or across compared French towns: 36% of adults

The 65-and-over age group makes up nearly a fifth of residents. 13% of residents are 15 to 24, above Haute-Saône’s towns (11%) and compared French towns (11%) alike. Under 15: 16% of residents.

42.7median age
ButhiersHaute-Saône medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma11%
CAP or BEP29%
Baccalauréat18%
Higher education36%

Women and men · all residents

51% women, 49% men

About 95 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Haute-Saône 51.4%, France 51.8%.

Ages and diplomas in Buthiers
ButhiersHaute-Saône medianFrance median
Under 1516%15%17%
15–2413%11%11%
25–4424%21%23%
45–6428%26%26%
65+19%24%22%
No diploma11%25%19%
CAP or BEP29%27%26%
Baccalauréat18%17%18%
Higher education36%22%30%

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

History

Buthiers 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.

The oldest protected building goes back to the 15th century. The Culture ministry lists 1 historic monument in Buthiers, none of them classé, France’s highest protection.

1historic monument

Monuments by protection · Mérimée

Classé0
Inscrit1
15th c.
oldest protected part
1980
first monument protected

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

Work & commute

Unemployment in Buthiers, 6.7%, runs below Haute-Saône’s towns and compared French towns

The typical income here, after tax and benefits, is €28,320 a year per consumption unit. 3.0% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train at the census, lower than both Haute-Saône’s towns (11.3%) and compared French towns (13.4%).

3%walk, cycle or take transit

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving94%
Public transport2%
Motorbike or scooter2%
Bicycle1%
On foot0%
0
jobs based in Buthiers, 0.1 per working resident
6.7%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€28,320
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
1%
worked without traveling (at or from home)

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

Schools

91.0% of candidates passed the brevet at the collège within 5 km, 3 points below the expected rate

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

The nearest collège is 2.7 mi away. For the general bac, the closest lycée is 5.9 mi away.

91.0%passed the brevet

Brevet pass rate · collèges within 5 km

Buthiers91.0%
Median of towns87.5%
SchoolLevelCandidatesPassed, 2025
Collège Claude GirardNearest collègeCollègeCollège14591%−3 pts
91.0%
passed the brevet at the collèges, −3 pts against the expected rate
2.7 mi
to the nearest collège from the town center

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

Housing

The estimated advertised rent in Buthiers is €10.11/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.

Buthiers recorded 7 home sales from July 2023 to June 2026. A house rents for an estimated €10.22/m² a month.

€10.11/m²estimated apartment rent a month

Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month

Buthiers€10.11/m²
Median of towns€12.41/m²
Haute-Saône median€8.86/m²
€10.11/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€7.97 to €12.83/m² a month)
€10.22/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included

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

Nearby attractions

Château de Buthiers and 6 more in and around Buthiers

Heritage in and near Buthiers. Best known first.

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Places: © OpenStreetMap contributors · Wikidata
Keep exploring

Everything we know about Buthiers

13pages on Buthiers

Landmarks

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

All monuments →
Photo credits

Château de Buthiers: Photo: JGS25 · CC BY-SA 4.0

Famous people from Buthiers

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

How we find them →

Buthiers’ 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 →
Les AuxonsThiseMiserey-SalinesÉcole-ValentinBesançonSaôneLes AuxonsThiseMiserey-SalinesÉcole-ValentinBesançonSaôneButhiers
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
Buthiers336—————
Les Auxons Doubs2,5334.9—C—A−
Thise Doubs2,9945.1—C—B−
Miserey-Salines Doubs2,6615.2—C−—A
École-Valentin Doubs2,5795.8A−C−B+A+
Besançon Doubs118,4897.5CCC−B
Saône Doubs3,1959.7AC+AB−

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

About Buthiers

Commune in Haute-Saône, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté

Buthiers is a commune of 336 people in the Communauté de communes du Pays Riolais. 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
336 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes du Pays Riolais
Département
Haute-Saône (70)
Région
Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Area
2.2 sq mi (5.7 km²)
INSEE code
70109

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.