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Some 1,378 people live in this town, in Haute-Saône, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté.
Prices are modest for what you get: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 4.8 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Its weakest is health: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 1% above expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Getting around depends on the car: 58% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 3% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. The median sale price is €1,707/m².
Figures: prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting, INSEE census 2023. Frahier-et-Chatebier 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 2 things Frahier-et-Chatebier does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Frahier-et-Chatebier 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.
Frahier-et-Chatebier has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
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The Culture ministry lists no building in Frahier-et-Chatebier as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Gare de Belfort, in Belfort, 5.2 mi away.
17% 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 Frahier-et-Chatebier.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Advertised rents are estimated at €8.67/m² a month, close to Haute-Saône’s towns (€8.86/m²) and below compared French towns (€12.41/m²). Houses accounted for 93% of sales, apartments for the rest. The market in Frahier-et-Chatebier: 45 sales of houses and apartments between July 2023 and June 2026.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,764/m² | 42 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Frahier-et-Chatebier holds 150 jobs; 600 of its residents are in work, so 0.2 jobs each. Median disposable income comes to €29,150 a year per consumption unit. At the census, 2.5% of working residents in Frahier-et-Chatebier didn’t travel to work at all.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
After the care-home adjustment, Frahier-et-Chatebier’s deaths ran at 101 per 100 expected, near Haute-Saône’s towns (102) and higher than compared French towns (88). 100 deaths locally between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 99: 1% above. The nearest emergency department to Frahier-et-Chatebier is Hnfc site Trevenans, 8.1 mi away. There are 2 general practitioners in the town.
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 · TownRatings makes the care-home adjustment itself; it is a model, not an official statistic. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from D− to B.
Degrees are held by 35% of adults, above Haute-Saône’s towns (22%) and compared French towns (30%) alike. 18% of residents are children under 15. Residents of Frahier-et-Chatebier have a median age of 45.
49% women, 51% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Haute-Saône 51.4%, France 51.8%.
| Frahier-et-Chatebier | Haute-Saône median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 18% | 15% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 8.1% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 24% | 21% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 28% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 22% | 24% | 22% |
| No diploma | 16% | 25% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 30% | 27% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 16% | 17% | 18% |
| Higher education | 35% | 22% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Haute-Saône median and France median: the median of compared communes
Nothing in Frahier-et-Chatebier 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 Frahier-et-Chatebier 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frahier-et-Chatebier | 1,378 | — | — | A− | — | C− |
| Essert Territoire de Belfort | 3,417 | 3.8 | B+ | C+ | A | B+ |
| Champagney | 3,647 | 4.3 | B | A | A+ | C− |
| Valdoie Territoire de Belfort | 5,175 | 4.5 | C+ | B− | A− | C+ |
| Bavilliers Territoire de Belfort | 4,678 | 4.7 | C+ | B | B+ | D− |
| Belfort Territoire de Belfort | 45,912 | 4.9 | C | A− | C− | C |
| Offemont Territoire de Belfort | 4,051 | 5.7 | C+ | B− | A | C− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Frahier-et-Chatebier 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 7.8 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Frahier-et-Chatebier grades A− for cost of living.
Commune in Haute-Saône, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Frahier-et-Chatebier is a commune of 1,378 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 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.