Is Fougerolles-Saint-Valbert a good place to live?
Cheap to live in, with trade-offs. Recorded crime is low: an average of 3.4 recorded violent incidents and 7.3 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Fougerolles-Saint-Valbert grades A− overall and ranks #2 of 11 in Haute-Saône. Nationally, it does better than 77% of compared French towns. Health outcomes fall short of most towns: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 2% above expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Walkability is weaker too: just over a third of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 6% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. At €1,108/m², the median price, 70 m² costs 3.4 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the Communauté de communes de la Haute Comté.
Figures: recorded crime, SSMSI (Ministry of the Interior) · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting, INSEE census 2023 · 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.
Each subject compares Fougerolles-Saint-Valbert 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.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Fougerolles-Saint-Valbert.
Safety
Fougerolles-Saint-Valbert sees less crime per resident than 97% of compared French towns
In 2025, criminal damage led the graded crimes in Fougerolles-Saint-Valbert. Police and gendarmerie recorded 38 offenses locally in 2025. This Haute-Saône town comes 2nd of the 11 compared towns in Haute-Saône on the Safety Grade.
3.4recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a yearA+Safety Grade
Recorded by type · 2025
Criminal damage24
Other physical violence8
Family violence6
Armed robbery0
Fraud16
Theft without violence11
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.
3.4
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
7.3
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
38
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
10.9%
of the index rests on the département’s average, used where small counts aren’t published
Source: SSMSI (Interior Ministry), recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 · Licence Ouverte · When sexual violence, burglary, 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 (10.9% 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.
HousingCost of living A
Estimated advertised rents run lower in Fougerolles-Saint-Valbert than in Haute-Saône’s towns or across compared French towns: €8.25/m² a month
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The median price, €1,108/m², comes from 97 sales of houses and apartments in Fougerolles-Saint-Valbert from July 2023 to June 2026. From July 2023 to June 2026, 97 homes were sold locally. House rents are put at about €7.60/m² a month.
€1,108/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Fougerolles-Saint-Valbert€1,108/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Haute-Saône median€1,108/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€1,108/m²
97
€8.25/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€6.40 to €10.63/m² a month)
3.4
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€7.60/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€23,130
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté de communes de la Haute Comté
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
HealthHealth C−
Fougerolles-Saint-Valbert has a higher adjusted death rate than four in five compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Its care home for older people (40 places) counts its residents as Fougerolles-Saint-Valbert’s; allowing for it, deaths were 2% above expected. From 2016 to 2025, 468 residents of Fougerolles-Saint-Valbert died, against 418 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 12% more. Women in Haute-Saône live to 84.7 on average and men to 78.6 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. The town has 4 family doctors.
+2%deaths against expected, after care homesC−Health Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw112
Adjusted102
Median town88
Expected100
4
GPs in Fougerolles-Saint-Valbert · 5.5 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
4.7 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Gh Haute Saone site Luxeuil
12.3 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Centre hospitalier de Remiremont
84.7 · 78.6
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Haute-Saône, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Unemployment in Fougerolles-Saint-Valbert, 9.1%, runs below Haute-Saône’s towns and compared French towns
Fougerolles-Saint-Valbert has 1,300 jobs for 1,550 working residents, 0.8 per worker. The median disposable income is €24,430 a year per consumption unit. No commute at all: 6.2% of working residents locally at the census.
6%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving86%
On foot3%
Bicycle2%
Motorbike or scooter1%
Public transport1%
1,300
jobs based in Fougerolles-Saint-Valbert, 0.8 per working resident
9.1%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€24,430
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
6%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
C−
Walkability: better than 20% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Who lives here
An older town: 26% of people in Fougerolles-Saint-Valbert are 65 or over, more than in Haute-Saône’s towns and across compared French towns
Children under 15 make up 15%, about level with Haute-Saône’s towns (15%) and below compared French towns (17%). The 15-to-24 age group makes up 9.9% of residents. Half of Fougerolles-Saint-Valbert is older than 48.9, half younger.
48.9median age
Fougerolles-Saint-ValbertHaute-Saône medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
26%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma24%
CAP or BEP30%
Baccalauréat18%
Higher education22%
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About an even split. Median share of women: Haute-Saône 51.4%, France 51.8%.
INSEE, census 2023 · Haute-Saône median and France median: the median of compared communes
History
Fougerolles-Saint-Valbert 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.
Among the classé monuments in Fougerolles-Saint-Valbert is Croix de calvaire au hameau de Blanzey-Haut. Most of the list is churches, chapels and other religious buildings: 3 of 4. Its heritage reaches back to the 16th century.
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Fougerolles-Saint-Valbert
Is Fougerolles-Saint-Valbert safe?
It grades A+ for safety, #2 of 11 in Haute-Saône.
Are schools in Fougerolles-Saint-Valbert good?
They grade B−, better than 48% of compared French towns and #2 of 10 in Haute-Saône. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Fougerolles-Saint-Valbert expensive to live in?
Homes cost less than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €1,108/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Fougerolles-Saint-Valbert grades A for cost of living.
About Fougerolles-Saint-Valbert
Commune in Haute-Saône, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Fougerolles-Saint-Valbert is a commune of 3,764 people in the Communauté de communes de la Haute Comté. 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
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.
