What it saves you on housing, it gives back elsewhere. Its weakest is safety: an average of 15.9 recorded violent incidents and 17.8 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Luxeuil-les-Bains’s overall grade is C−, better than 21% of compared French towns. Schools lag: bac results 4.6 points below the expected rate; brevet results 2.3 points below the expected rate. Buying a home costs less than in most towns (A): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 3 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Fewer journeys need a car: 94% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 18% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work.
Figures: prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting, INSEE census 2023 · recorded crime, SSMSI (Ministry of the Interior) · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education.
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 Luxeuil-les-Bains 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.
The Culture ministry lists 17 historic monuments in Luxeuil-les-Bains: 8 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 9 inscrit (the second level).
That’s 26 for every 10,000 residents, more per resident than 97% of compared French towns; the median compared French town has 2.5.
The oldest protected part dates from Antiquity; the first monument here was protected in 1846.
Wikidata records 7 people born in Luxeuil-les-Bains before 1900, the earliest Jean Jouffroy, in 1412.
The Culture ministry lists 17 historic monuments in Luxeuil-les-Bains: 8 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 9 inscrit (the second level).
Ancienne église Saint-Martin: Photo: Tangopaso · Public domain · Atelier de potiers du Chatigny: Photo: Arnaud 25 · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Ancienne abbaye Saint-Colomban: Photo: A.BourgeoisP · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Hôtel Thiadot dit Maison du bailli, actuellement bibliothèque municipale et musée Beaumont: Photo: A.BourgeoisP · CC BY-SA 4.0
The data
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Luxeuil-les-Bains.
History
Luxeuil-les-Bains is rich in protected monuments: 26 per 10,000 residents, more than Haute-Saône’s towns or compared French towns
17historic monuments
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
The Culture ministry lists 17 historic monuments in Luxeuil-les-Bains: 8 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 9 inscrit (the second level). Among the classé monuments here is Ancienne église Saint-Martin. Houses and mansions, 12 of the 17, make up the bulk. Protection here reaches back to Antiquity.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Work & commuteJobs & income C−
Luxeuil-les-Bains has higher unemployment than Haute-Saône’s towns or compared French towns: 19.2%
18%walk, cycle or take transit
17.8% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train at the census, above Haute-Saône’s towns (11.3%) and compared French towns (13.4%) alike. For its 2,300 residents in work, Luxeuil-les-Bains has 3,900 jobs: 1.7 each. The median disposable income is €21,420 a year per consumption unit.
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving77%
On foot12%
Public transport3%
Bicycle3%
Motorbike or scooter1%
3,900
jobs based in Luxeuil-les-Bains, 1.7 per working resident
19.2%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€21,420
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
4%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
A
Walkability: better than 92% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Safety
Luxeuil-les-Bains sees more crime per resident than 89% of compared French towns
15.9recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a yearDSafety Grade
Luxeuil-les-Bains comes 9th of the 11 compared towns in Haute-Saône on the Safety Grade. Police and gendarmerie recorded 246 offenses here in 2025. In 2025, criminal damage led the graded crimes here.
Recorded by type · 2025
Criminal damage96
Family violence51
Other physical violence42
Sexual violence29
Vehicle theft11
Burglary10
Theft from vehicles7
Theft without violence64
Drug use49
Fraud41
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.
15.9
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
17.8
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
246
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
0.4%
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 · Small counts of armed robbery go unpublished (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the département’s average stands in, 0.4% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
HousingCost of living A
Homes in Luxeuil-les-Bains cost less than in Haute-Saône’s towns or across compared French towns, with a median sale of €973/m²
€973/m²median sale price
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
A home here costs 3 years of the median income in Communauté de communes du Pays de Luxeuil. The split in Luxeuil-les-Bains: €1,277/m² for houses, €835/m² for apartments. The estimated advertised rent is €9.07/m² a month, close to Haute-Saône’s towns (€8.86/m²) and below compared French towns (€12.41/m²).
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Luxeuil-les-Bains€973/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Haute-Saône median€1,108/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€1,277/m²
126
Apartments
€835/m²
203
€9.07/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€6.85 to €12.00/m² a month)
3
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€9.37/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€23,040
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté de communes du Pays de Luxeuil
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Schools
Fewer pass the bac at the lycées near Luxeuil-les-Bains than in Haute-Saône’s towns or compared French towns: 86.8%
93%passed the bac (general and technological)DSchool Grade
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Vocational results within 5 km: 74% passed the bac pro, of 91 candidates. At the collèges within 5 km of Luxeuil-les-Bains, 82.7% passed the brevet, close to Haute-Saône’s towns (82.8%) and below compared French towns (87.5%). Its schools’ results rank #4 of 10 in Haute-Saône.
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
HealthHealth C−
More deaths than expected: Luxeuil-les-Bains is above 81% of compared French towns once ages and care homes are allowed for
+1%deaths against expected, after care homesC−Health Grade
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Adjusted mortality here: 101 deaths for every 100 expected. Luxeuil-les-Bains has 10 family doctors. France’s death rates at each age would predict 813 deaths here from 2016 to 2025; there were 1,016, 25% more. Average lifespans in Haute-Saône: 84.7 years for women, 78.6 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 nationally.
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw125
Adjusted101
Median town88
Expected100
10
GPs in Luxeuil-les-Bains · 4.5 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
0.4 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Gh Haute Saone site Luxeuil
16.6 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Gh Haute Saone site Vesoul
84.7 · 78.6
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Haute-Saône, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Luxeuil-les-Bains skews young, with 12% of residents aged 15 to 24, more than Haute-Saône’s towns or compared French towns
47.5median age
People 65 and over make up just over a quarter of the town, above both Haute-Saône’s towns (24%) and compared French towns (22%). A quarter of adults hold a degree. Half the people of Luxeuil-les-Bains are older than 47.5.
Luxeuil-les-BainsHaute-Saône medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
26%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma25%
CAP or BEP27%
Baccalauréat16%
Higher education25%
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 88 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Haute-Saône 51.4%, France 51.8%.
Jérémy Mathieu: Lucio fr – Luc-Éric Manneville, CC BY 3.0 · Dominique Arnould: Eric HOUDAS, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Jean Jouffroy: Didier Descouens, Public domain · Laurence Parisot: Nicolas Vanbremeersch, Versac - http://vanb.typepad.com/versac/, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Henri Duvillard: Xxyba, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Roger Duchesne: Harcourt Studio, Public domain
About Luxeuil-les-Bains
Commune in Haute-Saône, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Luxeuil-les-Bains is a commune of 6,663 people in the Communauté de communes du Pays de Luxeuil. 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
6,663 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes du Pays de Luxeuil
Département
Haute-Saône (70)
Région
Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Area
8.5 sq mi (22 km²)
INSEE code
70311
Luxeuil-les-Bains’ neighbors
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Luxeuil-les-Bains
Is Luxeuil-les-Bains safe?
It grades D for safety, #9 of 11 in Haute-Saône. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 10 burglaries and 96 acts of criminal damage.
Are schools in Luxeuil-les-Bains good?
They grade D, better than 14% of compared French towns and #4 of 10 in Haute-Saône. 93% of 188 candidates passed the bac at Lycée polyvalent Lumière in 2025, 3 points below the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Luxeuil-les-Bains expensive to live in?
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Luxeuil-les-Bains grades A for cost of living.
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.
