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Population 1,579: a town in Haute-Saône, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté.
Cost of living is where it shines: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 4 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Health is a strength too: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 22% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Its weakest subject is schools (D): bac results 3.1 points below the expected rate; brevet results 6.7 points below the expected rate. Homes go for a median €1,421/m².
Figures: prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education. Navenne 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 one thing Navenne does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Navenne 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.
Navenne has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
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Navenne has 1 historic monument on the Culture ministry’s list, none at the highest level (classé).
The oldest protected part dates from the 18th century; the first monument here was protected in 1971.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Navenne.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
The bac pro: 85% of 193 candidates passed at the 2 vocational lycées within 5 km. The brevet pass rate near Navenne is 82.3%, close to Haute-Saône’s towns (82.8%) and below compared French towns (87.5%). Collège pupils travel 0.6 mi to the nearest one.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Jean MacéNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 124 | 75%−12 pts |
| Lycée polyvalent Édouard BelinNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 272 | 92%−4 pts |
| Collège privé le Marteroy PrivateBest against expectations: a point above the expected rateCollège | Collège | 103 | 95%+1 pt |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Navenne has 400 jobs for 650 working residents, 0.6 per worker. The median disposable income was €27,670 a year per consumption unit, above Haute-Saône’s towns (€22,560) and compared French towns (€25,970) alike. At the census, 2.7% of working residents in Navenne 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.
Sales in Navenne from July 2023 to June 2026: 59 houses and apartments. Houses were 69% of what sold.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,609/m² | 41 |
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.
Navenne has 7 family doctors. Life expectancy in Haute-Saône: 84.7 years for women and 78.6 for men (2025); France averages 85.9 and 80.3. 130 deaths in the town between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 166: 22% below.
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 · The care-home step is TownRatings’ own calculation, not an official number. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from B− to A.
Those 65 and older account for 27% of residents. Nearly a third of adults hold a degree, above Haute-Saône’s towns (22%) and compared French towns (30%) alike. The age that splits Navenne in two is 50.6.
52% women, 48% men
About 92 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Haute-Saône 51.4%, France 51.8%.
| Navenne | Haute-Saône median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 15% | 15% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 7% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 20% | 21% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 31% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 27% | 24% | 22% |
| No diploma | 16% | 25% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 26% | 27% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 19% | 17% | 18% |
| Higher education | 32% | 22% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Haute-Saône median and France median: the median of compared communes
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Its heritage reaches back to the 18th century. Before 1919: that is when 8.6% of homes were built.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Heritage, museums and gardens in and near Navenne. Best known first.
MuseumMusée Jean-Léon-Gérôme1.6 km north, in Vesoul
ChurchÉglise Saint-Georges de Vesoul1.5 km north, in VesoulMonastery or conventMonastery or conventCouvent des Ursulines de Vesoul1.6 km north, in VesoulGardenGardenJardin anglais1.5 km north, in VesoulMonastery or conventMonastery or conventCouvent des Annonciades de Vesoul1.6 km north, in VesoulChâteauChâteauChâteau de Colombe-lès-Vesoul3.7 km east, in Colombe-lès-VesoulPhotos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
Navenne has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
Château de Lampinet (ancien): Photo: Château de Lampinet · CC BY-SA 4.0
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Navenne 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Navenne | 1,579 | — | — | A− | — | A− |
| Échenoz-la-Méline | 3,158 | 1.1 | B+ | B+ | A | A− |
| Vesoul | 15,078 | 1.1 | C− | A− | D− | C |
| Port-sur-Saône | 2,949 | 7.6 | A− | A+ | A− | C |
| Lure | 7,877 | 17 | B− | A | D | C− |
| Luxeuil-les-Bains | 6,663 | 17 | C− | A | D | C− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Navenne has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 2.4 recorded violent incidents and 5.5 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
They grade D, better than 9% of compared French towns. 92% of 272 candidates passed the bac at Lycée polyvalent Édouard Belin in 2025, 4 points below 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 Navenne grades A− for cost of living.
Commune in Haute-Saône, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Navenne is a commune of 1,579 people in the Communauté d'agglomération de Vesoul. 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.