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1,264 residents make their home in this town in Haute-Saône, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté.
Homes are affordable: A year’s estimated rent on a 70 m² apartment is 28% of the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. School results trail most towns (D): bac results 6.3 points below the expected rate; brevet results at the expected rate. It lags on walkability as well: 85% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 5% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work.
Figures: prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting, INSEE census 2023. Châlonvillars has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
The one thing Châlonvillars does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Châlonvillars with other French towns of 2,500 or more, ordered by how far its rank is from the middle. American and UK towns are graded separately.
Châlonvillars has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
The Culture ministry lists no building in Châlonvillars as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Gare de Belfort, in Belfort, 3.3 mi away.
18% 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 Châlonvillars.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The market in Châlonvillars: 27 sales of houses and apartments between July 2023 and June 2026. Houses were 85% of what sold.
Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
A collège lies 2.7 mi away. At the general lycée, 86% of 339 candidates passed the bac, 8 points below the expected rate.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Simone SignoretNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 69 | 83%+12 pts |
| Lycée général et technologique Raoul FollereauNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 339 | 86%−8 pts |
| Lycée professionnel Denis DiderotBest against expectations: 3 points above the expected rateVocational lycée | Vocational lycée | 91 | 84%+3 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
From 2016 to 2025, 85 residents of Châlonvillars died, against 114 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 25% fewer. Life expectancy at birth in Haute-Saône is 84.7 years for women and 78.6 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. Also worth knowing: the nearest emergency department to Châlonvillars is Hnfc site Trevenans, 6.1 mi away.
Source: INSEE, deaths by commune of residence 2016–2025 and censuses; Eurostat, death rates by age (© European Union); INSEE, BPE 2025; DREES, APL 2024; INSEE, life expectancy by département 2025 · Licence Ouverte · The care-home step is TownRatings’ own calculation, not an official number. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from B− to A+.
6.4% of the labour force were unemployed, below both Haute-Saône’s towns (15.0%) and compared French towns (10.1%). Walking, cycling and public transport carried 5.4% of commuters at the census. Châlonvillars holds 100 jobs; 550 of its residents are in work, so 0.2 jobs each.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
18% of residents are children under 15. Young adults of 15 to 24 are 8.2% of residents, below Haute-Saône’s towns (11%) and compared French towns (11%) alike. The median resident of Châlonvillars is 46.4 years old.
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Haute-Saône 51.4%, France 51.8%.
| Châlonvillars | Haute-Saône median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 18% | 15% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 8.2% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 22% | 21% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 30% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 22% | 24% | 22% |
| No diploma | 13% | 25% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 28% | 27% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 17% | 17% | 18% |
| Higher education | 38% | 22% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Haute-Saône median and France median: the median of compared communes
Heritage, other places to visit and museums in and near Châlonvillars. Best known first.
Nothing in Châlonvillars 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 Châlonvillars 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Châlonvillars | 1,264 | — | — | A+ | — | A− |
| Essert Territoire de Belfort | 3,417 | 1.8 | B+ | C+ | A | B+ |
| Bavilliers Territoire de Belfort | 4,678 | 2.7 | C+ | B | B+ | D− |
| Belfort Territoire de Belfort | 45,912 | 3.1 | C | A− | C− | C |
| Valdoie Territoire de Belfort | 5,175 | 3.3 | C+ | B− | A− | C+ |
| Danjoutin Territoire de Belfort | 3,519 | 4 | B | A− | B+ | B |
| Offemont Territoire de Belfort | 4,051 | 4.2 | C+ | B− | A | C− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Châlonvillars has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 2.7 recorded violent incidents and 3.4 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
They grade D, better than 11% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Commune in Haute-Saône, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Châlonvillars is a commune of 1,264 people in the Communauté de communes du Pays d'Héricourt. 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.