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OricourtHaute-Saône

In Haute-Saône, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, this town has 31 residents.

Is Oricourt a good place to live?

Oricourt has no grades yet: French towns are graded from 1,000 residents up. Holiday and other second homes account for 17% of homes. It skews older: 48% of residents are 65 or over.

What makes Oricourt stand out

The 2 things Oricourt does most differently from other towns.

Picked automatically from the data
Château
Château · Classé · Photo: Ginette Mathis · CC BY-SA 3.0
Oricourt’s story

Oricourt in pictures

On the Culture ministry’s list, Oricourt counts 1 historic monument: 1 classé at the top level of protection and 0 inscrit at the second.

The oldest protected part dates from the 13th century; the first monument here was protected in 1984.

59% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.

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The data

Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Oricourt.

Who lives here

Fewer children live in Oricourt than in Haute-Saône’s towns or compared French towns: 6.5% are under 15

26% of adults hold a degree, between Haute-Saône’s towns (22%) and compared French towns (30%). People 65 and over make up 48% of the town. Young adults of 15 to 24 are a tenth of the population.

63.5median age
OricourtHaute-Saône medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma22%
CAP or BEP26%
Baccalauréat19%
Higher education26%

Women and men · all residents

42% women, 58% men

About 72 women for every 100 men. Median share of women: Haute-Saône 51.4%, France 51.8%.

Ages and diplomas in Oricourt
OricourtHaute-Saône medianFrance median
Under 156.5%15%17%
15–249.7%11%11%
25–449.7%21%23%
45–6426%26%26%
65+48%24%22%
No diploma22%25%19%
CAP or BEP26%27%26%
Baccalauréat19%17%18%
Higher education26%22%30%

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

History

Old homes shape Oricourt: 59% were built before 1919, more than in Haute-Saône’s towns and across compared French towns

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

The protected list starts in the 13th century.

1historic monument

Monuments by protection · Mérimée

Classé1
Inscrit0
13th c.
oldest protected part
1984
first monument protected

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

Work & commute

Fewer people in Oricourt are out of work than in Haute-Saône’s towns or across compared French towns: 7.7%

0%walk, cycle or take transit

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving100%
On foot0%
Public transport0%
Bicycle0%
Motorbike or scooter0%
0
jobs based in Oricourt, 0.3 per working resident
7.7%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
0%
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 Oricourt costs less than in Haute-Saône’s towns and across compared French towns, at an estimated advertised €7.51/m² a month

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

€7.51/m²estimated apartment rent a month

Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month

Oricourt€7.51/m²
Median of towns€12.41/m²
Haute-Saône median€8.86/m²
€7.51/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€5.83 to €9.67/m² a month)
€7.60/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included

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

Nearby attractions

Château d'Oricourt and 2 more in and around Oricourt

Heritage and other places to visit in and near Oricourt. Best known first.

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Places: © OpenStreetMap contributors · Wikidata
Keep exploring

Everything we know about Oricourt

12pages on Oricourt

Landmarks

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

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Famous people from Oricourt

Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Oricourt yet.

How we find them →

Oricourt’s neighbors

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

All towns in Haute-Saône →
LureVesoulÉchenoz-la-MélineRonchampL'Isle-sur-le-DoubsChampagneyLureVesoulÉchenoz-la-MélineRonchampL'Isle-sur-le-DoubsChampagneyOricourt
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
Oricourt31—————
Lure7,8777.9B−ADC−
Vesoul15,07811C−A−D−C
Échenoz-la-Méline3,15812B+B+AA−
Ronchamp2,73713C+A+A−D
L'Isle-sur-le-Doubs Doubs2,78014C−ACD
Champagney3,64715BAA+C−

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

About Oricourt

Commune in Haute-Saône, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté

Oricourt is a commune of 31 people in the Communauté de communes du Pays de Villersexel. 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
31 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes du Pays de Villersexel
Département
Haute-Saône (70)
Région
Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Area
1.4 sq mi (3.7 km²)
INSEE code
70396

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.