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This town in Haute-Saône, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté has a population of 1,372.
Where it does best is cost of living: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 4.7 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Getting around depends on the car: 69% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 5% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Health is weaker too — after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 2% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Homes go for a median €1,647/m².
Figures: prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting, INSEE census 2023 · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025). Magny-Vernois 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 Magny-Vernois does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Magny-Vernois 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.
Magny-Vernois 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 Magny-Vernois as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Croix Saint-Nicolas, in Vouhenans, 1.2 mi away.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Magny-Vernois.
Half of residents lived on more than €27,180 a year per consumption unit, above Haute-Saône’s towns (€22,560) and compared French towns (€25,970) alike. Per resident in work, Magny-Vernois counts 1.7 jobs (950 jobs, 550 workers). At the census, 2.3% of working residents in Magny-Vernois went to work by public transport.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The estimated advertised rent is €8.55/m² a month, about level with Haute-Saône’s towns (€8.86/m²) and below compared French towns (€12.41/m²). 50 houses and apartments changed hands in Magny-Vernois from July 2023 to June 2026. Of the homes sold, 98% were houses.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,659/m² | 49 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
From 2016 to 2025, 117 residents of Magny-Vernois died, against 119 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 2% fewer. Ages and care homes taken into account, deaths in Magny-Vernois come to 98 per 100 predicted. Women in Haute-Saône live to 84.7 on average and men to 78.6 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France.
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 · Note: TownRatings models the care-home adjustment; it is not an official figure. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from D to B.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
The town’s pupils have a collège 1.6 mi away.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège privé Sainte-Anne Saint-Joseph PrivateNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 40 | 92%−3 pts |
| Lycée polyvalent Georges ColombNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 232 | 97%±0 pts |
| Collège Albert JacquardBest against expectations: 2 points above the expected rateCollège | Collège | 155 | 92%+2 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
A quarter of residents are 65 or over, about level with Haute-Saône’s towns (24%) and above compared French towns (22%). Ages in Magny-Vernois split evenly at 49.3: half are older, half younger.
52% women, 48% men
About 91 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Haute-Saône 51.4%, France 51.8%.
| Magny-Vernois | Haute-Saône median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 15% | 15% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 8% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 21% | 21% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 31% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 25% | 24% | 22% |
| No diploma | 22% | 25% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 30% | 27% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 17% | 17% | 18% |
| Higher education | 24% | 22% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Haute-Saône median and France median: the median of compared communes
Nothing in Magny-Vernois 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 Magny-Vernois 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Magny-Vernois | 1,372 | — | — | A− | — | C− |
| Lure | 7,877 | 1.5 | B− | A | D | C− |
| Ronchamp | 2,737 | 7.6 | C+ | A+ | A− | D |
| Champagney | 3,647 | 9.6 | B | A | A+ | C− |
| Luxeuil-les-Bains | 6,663 | 11 | C− | A | D | C− |
| Héricourt | 10,621 | 15 | C+ | A | C | C− |
| Vesoul | 15,078 | 15 | C− | A− | D− | C |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Magny-Vernois 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 2.7 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
They grade B, better than 64% of compared French towns. 97% of 232 candidates passed the bac at Lycée polyvalent Georges Colomb in 2025, at the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Magny-Vernois grades A− for cost of living.
Commune in Haute-Saône, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Magny-Vernois is a commune of 1,372 people in the Communauté de communes du Pays de Lure. 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 9, 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.