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A town of 3,647 in Haute-Saône, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté.
Good value, with catches elsewhere. Champagney ranks #4 of 11 in Haute-Saône, with a B overall. It comes out better than nearly three fifths of compared French towns. Where it does best is safety: an average of 2.7 recorded violent incidents and 6 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. At the median price of €1,411/m², a 70 m² home costs 4 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the Communauté de communes Rahin et Chérimont. The drawback is schools: brevet results 6 points below the expected rate.
Figures: recorded crime, SSMSI (Ministry of the Interior) · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas. The overall grade uses the other six subjects.
The one thing Champagney does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Champagney 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.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
The Culture ministry lists no building in Champagney as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Ecole en bois, in Ronchamp, 1.9 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 Champagney.
Champagney’s tally for 2025: 32 recorded offenses. No compared town in Haute-Saône has less graded crime per resident than Champagney: it ranks first of 11. Among the graded crimes locally, the most frequent was criminal damage (2025).
Not in the gradeTheft without violence, drug use and fraud are shown for information but left out of the Safety Grade, which counts violence plus burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and criminal damage per resident.
Source: SSMSI (Interior Ministry), recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 · Licence Ouverte · When other physical violence, sexual violence, vehicle theft and theft from vehicles number five or fewer in a recent year, the figure is withheld, and the index uses the département’s average instead (13.3% of the index here). With more than 10% of the index estimated that way, this Safety Grade is less sure than most. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The median price, €1,411/m², comes from 106 sales of houses and apartments in Champagney from July 2023 to June 2026. Only one of the 11 towns in Haute-Saône costs more to buy into than Champagney, whose median sale is €1,411/m². Among the homes sold, 94% were houses.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,411/m² | 100 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Near Champagney, 83.0% of collège pupils passed the brevet, about level with Haute-Saône’s towns (82.8%) and below compared French towns (87.5%). On results, collèges and lycées here come #5 of 10 in Haute-Saône. For the general bac, the closest lycée is 8.5 mi away.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Victor SchoelcherNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 112 | 83%−6 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.
Adjusted for age and care homes, Champagney records 102 deaths per 100 expected, near Haute-Saône’s towns (102) and higher than compared French towns (88). From 2016 to 2025, 334 residents of Champagney died, against 329 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 2% more. The nearest emergency department to Champagney is Gh Haute Saone site Lure, 8.4 mi away. In Haute-Saône, life expectancy at birth reaches 84.7 years for women and 78.6 for men (2025), next to 85.9 and 80.3 for France.
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 figures behind this are our own model (TownRatings), not official statistics.
For its 1,600 residents in work, Champagney has 700 jobs: 0.5 each. 7.3% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train at the census, below Haute-Saône’s towns (11.3%) and compared French towns (13.4%) alike. Households’ median disposable income: €24,570 a year per consumption unit.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Nearly a quarter of adults hold a degree, between Haute-Saône’s towns (22%) and compared French towns (30%). Under-15s account for 16% of the population. Champagney has a median age of 46 years.
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Haute-Saône 51.4%, France 51.8%.
| Champagney | Haute-Saône median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 16% | 15% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 10% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 22% | 21% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 28% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 23% | 24% | 22% |
| No diploma | 20% | 25% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 30% | 27% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 19% | 17% | 18% |
| Higher education | 24% | 22% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Haute-Saône median and France median: the median of compared communes
Museums and heritage in and near Champagney. Best known first.
MuseumMaison de la Négritudein town
MuseumMusée de la mine Marcel-Maulini3.5 km west, in RonchampChâteauChâteauChâteau de la Houillèrein townArt galleryArt gallerySalle d'exposition3 km west, in RonchampPhotos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
Nothing in Champagney is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
3 notable people were born in Champagney.
Maurice Ehlinger: Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain · Auguste Lalance: Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Champagney | 3,647 | — | B | A | A+ | C− |
| Ronchamp | 2,737 | 2.1 | C+ | A+ | A− | D |
| Giromagny Territoire de Belfort | 2,907 | 7.4 | C+ | A | B− | C |
| Valdoie Territoire de Belfort | 5,175 | 8 | C+ | B− | A− | C+ |
| Essert Territoire de Belfort | 3,417 | 8 | B+ | C+ | A | B+ |
| Lure | 7,877 | 8.4 | B− | A | D | C− |
| Bavilliers Territoire de Belfort | 4,678 | 8.9 | C+ | B | B+ | D− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades A+ for safety, #1 of 11 in Haute-Saône. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 7 burglaries and 16 acts of criminal damage.
They grade D, better than 11% of compared French towns and #5 of 10 in Haute-Saône. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Homes cost less than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €1,411/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Champagney grades A for cost of living.
Commune in Haute-Saône, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Champagney is a commune of 3,647 people in the Communauté de communes Rahin et Chérimont. 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) · DGFiP, DVF property sales, July 2023 to June 2026 · 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.