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ChamplitteHaute-Saône

A town of 1,585 in Haute-Saône, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté.

Is Champlitte a good place to live?

Champlitte has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents. Its weakest subject is health (D): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 9% above expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Its strongest is cost of living (A+): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 2 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality.

Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.

StrongestA+Cost of livingWeakestDHealth

What makes Champlitte stand out

The 3 things Champlitte does most differently from other towns.

Picked automatically from the data

How Champlitte grades

Each subject compares Champlitte 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 grading works

Cost of livingA+Open →HealthDOpen →Walkability46% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 14% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to workB+Open →Jobs & income0.9 jobs per working resident; 8.9% unemploymentC+Open →
SafetyNot graded: over a quarter of the index would rest on the département’s average, where small counts aren’t published–
SchoolsNot graded: no collège with published results within 5 km–
Hazard riskNot graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas–

How TownRatings grades French towns →

Hôtel de ville (ancien château)
Hôtel de ville (ancien château) · Classé · Photo: BARROT · CC BY-SA 3.0
Champlitte’s story

Champlitte in pictures

The Culture ministry lists 11 historic monuments in Champlitte: 2 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 9 inscrit (the second level).

The oldest protected part dates from the 11th century; the first monument here was protected in 1909.

A protected historic area (site patrimonial remarquable) is on the ministry’s list; its rules are still being drawn up.

38% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.

  • 1909First protected: Hôtel de ville (ancien château)
  • 1989The protected historic area is created
  • 2009Most recently protected: Église Saint-Christophe
Explore the history →

The data

Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Champlitte.

HousingCost of living A+

Homes in Champlitte cost less than in Haute-Saône’s towns or across compared French towns, with a median sale of €697/m²

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

Champlitte sits below both Haute-Saône’s towns (€1,108/m²) and compared French towns (€2,430/m²) on this measure. A home here costs 2 years of the median income in Communauté de communes des Quatre Rivières.

€697/m²median sale price

Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026

Champlitte€697/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Haute-Saône median€1,108/m²
By typeMedian per m²Sales
Houses€714/m²89
€7.82/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€6.11 to €10.01/m² a month)
2
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€7.83/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€24,500
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté de communes des Quatre Rivières

Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte

HealthHealth D

More deaths than Champlitte’s ages would predict, 109 per 100 expected, above Haute-Saône’s towns and compared French towns

Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.

That puts Champlitte above both Haute-Saône’s towns (102) and compared French towns (88). From 2016 to 2025, 303 residents of Champlitte died, against 233 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 30% more. The care-home adjustment is a TownRatings modeling step, not an official statistic.

+9%deaths against expected, after care homesDHealth Grade

Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025

Raw130
Adjusted109
Median town88
Expected100
3
GPs in Champlitte · 2.9 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
12.6 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Gh Haute Saone site Gray
28 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Hopital Prive Dijon Bourgogne
84.7 · 78.6
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Haute-Saône, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3

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

Who lives here

Champlitte skews older, with 33% of residents 65 or over, more than Haute-Saône’s towns or compared French towns

On this, Champlitte is above both Haute-Saône’s towns (24%) and compared French towns (22%). Children under 15 make up 12% of residents.

54.4median age
ChamplitteHaute-Saône medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma25%
CAP or BEP33%
Baccalauréat17%
Higher education19%

Women and men · all residents

52% women, 48% men

About 93 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Haute-Saône 51.4%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.

Ages and diplomas in Champlitte
ChamplitteHaute-Saône medianFrance median
Under 1512%15%17%
15–249.8%11%11%
25–4416%21%23%
45–6429%26%26%
65+33%24%22%
No diploma25%25%19%
CAP or BEP33%27%26%
Baccalauréat17%17%18%
Higher education19%22%30%

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

Work & commuteJobs & income C+

Incomes in Champlitte are lower than in 83% of French communes of 1,000+

13.7% of Champlitte’s working residents walked, cycled or took public transport to work in the 2023 census, against 13% for the median of compared French towns; 80% drove.

14%walk, cycle or take transit

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving80%
On foot10%
Bicycle2%
Public transport1%
Motorbike or scooter1%
550
jobs based in Champlitte, 0.9 per working resident
8.9%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€23,620
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
5%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
B+
Walkability: better than 65% of compared French towns

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

History

More protected monuments for its size in Champlitte than in Haute-Saône or compared French towns: 69 per 10,000 residents

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

In the comparison, Champlitte comes above both Haute-Saône’s towns (10) and compared French towns (2.5). The Culture ministry lists 11 historic monuments in Champlitte: 2 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 9 inscrit (the second level). Among the classé monuments in Champlitte is Couvent des Augustins.

11historic monuments

Monuments by protection · Mérimée

Classé2
Inscrit9

Among them · Classé

11th c.
oldest protected part
1909
first monument protected
1989
protected historic area (site patrimonial remarquable)
38%
of homes built before 1919 · median town 7.4%

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

Nearby attractions

Musée départemental des arts et techniques and 6 more in and around Champlitte

Heritage and museums in and near Champlitte. Best known first.

All attractions →
Places: © OpenStreetMap contributors · Wikidata
Keep exploring

Everything we know about Champlitte

14pages on Champlitte

Landmarks

The Culture ministry lists 11 historic monuments in Champlitte: 2 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 9 inscrit (the second level).

All monuments →
Photo credits

Couvent des Augustins: Photo: Ozipossum · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Église Saint-Christophe de Champlitte-la-Ville: Photo: Espirat · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Église Saint-Christophe: Photo: MOSSOT · CC BY-SA 3.0

Famous people from Champlitte

11 notable people were born in Champlitte.

See all 11 →

Champlitte’s 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 →
GrayGrayChamplitte
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
Champlitte1,585——A+—D
Gray5,36513C−AD−C

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

Questions about Champlitte

Is Champlitte safe?

Champlitte has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 2.4 recorded violent incidents and 10.4 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.

Is Champlitte expensive to live in?

Estimated advertised apartment rents are €7.82/m² a month, charges included. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Champlitte grades A+ for cost of living.

About Champlitte

Commune in Haute-Saône, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté

Champlitte is a commune of 1,585 people in the Communauté de communes des Quatre Rivières. 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
1,585 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes des Quatre Rivières
Département
Haute-Saône (70)
Région
Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Area
50 sq mi (129.5 km²)
INSEE code
70122

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.