Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
434 people live in this town in Haute-Saône, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté.
Colombier has no grades yet: French towns are graded from 1,000 residents up.
The Culture ministry lists no building in Colombier as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Maison ou demeure dite « Le Château », in Saulx, 3.7 mi away.
24% 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 Colombier.
Over-65s are 21% of the population. People aged 15 to 24 make up 8.9% of the town, below both Haute-Saône’s towns (11%) and compared French towns (11%). Graduates make up 29% of adults.
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Haute-Saône 51.4%, France 51.8%.
| Colombier | Haute-Saône median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 18% | 15% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 8.9% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 24% | 21% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 28% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 21% | 24% | 22% |
| No diploma | 19% | 25% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 31% | 27% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 16% | 17% | 18% |
| Higher education | 29% | 22% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Haute-Saône median and France median: the median of compared communes
Unemployment runs at 12.1%. For its 200 residents in work, Colombier has 50 jobs: 0.4 each. The median disposable income is €24,860 a year per consumption unit.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
At the lycées within 5 km of Colombier, 90.1% passed the bac, close to Haute-Saône’s towns (90.4%) and below compared French towns (92.9%).
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Jacques BrelNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 104 | 81%−3 pts |
| Lycée polyvalent Édouard BelinNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 272 | 92%−4 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Renting a house costs an estimated €8.34/m² a month. Colombier recorded 8 home sales from July 2023 to June 2026.
Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Nothing in Colombier 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 Colombier 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Colombier | 434 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Vesoul | 15,078 | 3.6 | C− | A− | D− | C |
| Échenoz-la-Méline | 3,158 | 5.4 | B+ | B+ | A | A− |
| Port-sur-Saône | 2,949 | 8 | A− | A+ | A− | C |
| Luxeuil-les-Bains | 6,663 | 13 | C− | A | D | C− |
| Lure | 7,877 | 13 | B− | A | D | C− |
| Saint-Loup-sur-Semouse | 2,814 | 16 | B− | A+ | A | D− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Commune in Haute-Saône, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Colombier is a commune of 434 people in the Communauté d'agglomération de Vesoul. 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 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.