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MontagneyHaute-Saône

The town has 488 residents and lies in Haute-Saône, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté.

Is Montagney a good place to live?

With fewer than 1,000 residents, Montagney falls below the line for grades. People aged 65 and over make up a third of residents.

What makes Montagney stand out

The one thing Montagney does most differently from other towns.

Picked automatically from the data
Fontaine-lavoir
Fontaine-lavoir · Inscrit · Photo: JGS25 · CC BY 4.0
Montagney’s story

Montagney in pictures

The Culture ministry’s list holds 1 historic monument in Montagney; none is classé, France’s top protection.

The oldest protected part dates from the 19th century; the first monument here was protected in 1986.

32% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.

Clarisse Gauthier-Coignet, born in 1824, is the one person born in Montagney before 1900 that Wikidata records.

  • 1986First protected: Fontaine-lavoir
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The data

Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Montagney.

Who lives here

An older town: 33% of people in Montagney are 65 or over, more than in both Haute-Saône’s towns and compared French towns

31% of adults hold a degree. Children under 15 make up 13%, below both Haute-Saône’s towns (15%) and compared French towns (17%). The share aged 15 to 24 is 8.7%.

54.8median age
MontagneyHaute-Saône medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma17%
CAP or BEP22%
Baccalauréat27%
Higher education31%

Women and men · all residents

51% women, 49% men

About 95 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Haute-Saône 51.4%, France 51.8%.

Ages and diplomas in Montagney
MontagneyHaute-Saône medianFrance median
Under 1513%15%17%
15–248.7%11%11%
25–4419%21%23%
45–6427%26%26%
65+33%24%22%
No diploma17%25%19%
CAP or BEP22%27%26%
Baccalauréat27%17%18%
Higher education31%22%30%

INSEE, census 2023 · Haute-Saône median and France median: the median of compared communes

History

Montagney keeps more of its old housing than Haute-Saône’s towns or compared French towns: 32% built before 1919

France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.

The Culture ministry’s list holds 1 historic monument in Montagney; none is classé, France’s top protection. Protection here reaches back to the 19th century.

1historic monument

Monuments by protection · Mérimée

Classé0
Inscrit1
19th c.
oldest protected part
1986
first monument protected

Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period

Work & commute

Fewer people in Montagney are out of work than in Haute-Saône’s towns or across compared French towns: 6.0%

The median disposable income is €27,190 a year per consumption unit. Montagney has 150 jobs for 200 working residents, 0.7 per worker. At the census, 7.7% went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport, below both Haute-Saône’s towns (11.3%) and compared French towns (13.4%).

8%walk, cycle or take transit

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving86%
Public transport3%
On foot3%
Bicycle2%
Motorbike or scooter1%
150
jobs based in Montagney, 0.7 per working resident
6.0%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€27,190
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
6%
worked without traveling (at or from home)

Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte

Housing

Renting in Montagney costs an estimated advertised €10.99/m² a month, against €8.86/m² in Haute-Saône’s towns and €12.41/m² in compared French towns

Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.

House rents are put at about €9.12/m² a month. Houses were 84% of what sold. Sales in Montagney from July 2023 to June 2026: 19 houses and apartments.

€10.99/m²estimated apartment rent a month

Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month

Montagney€10.99/m²
Median of towns€12.41/m²
Haute-Saône median€8.86/m²
€10.99/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€8.50 to €14.22/m² a month)
€9.12/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included

Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte

Keep exploring

Everything we know about Montagney

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Landmarks

Montagney has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.

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Photo credits

Fontaine-lavoir: Photo: JGS25 · CC BY 4.0

Famous people from Montagney

One notable person was born in Montagney.

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Montagney’s neighbors

The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →

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Saint-VitGrayAuxonneLes AuxonsMiserey-SalinesÉcole-ValentinSaint-VitGrayAuxonneLes AuxonsMiserey-SalinesÉcole-ValentinMontagney
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
Montagney488—————
Saint-Vit Doubs5,13310A−C+B−B+
Gray5,36511C−AD−C
Auxonne Côte-d'Or7,58114C+A−C+C
Les Auxons Doubs2,53314—C—A−
Miserey-Salines Doubs2,66115—C−—A
École-Valentin Doubs2,57915A−C−B+A+

People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.

About Montagney

Commune in Haute-Saône, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté

Montagney is a commune of 488 people in the Communauté de communes du Val Marnaysien. 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
488 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes du Val Marnaysien
Département
Haute-Saône (70)
Région
Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Area
3.6 sq mi (9.3 km²)
INSEE code
70353

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 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.