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OugeHaute-Saône

In Haute-Saône, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, this town has 106 residents.

Is Ouge a good place to live?

Ouge has no grades yet: French towns are graded from 1,000 residents up. Just over a third of homes here are second homes. People aged 65 and over make up 34% of residents.

What makes Ouge stand out

The 2 things Ouge does most differently from other towns.

Picked automatically from the data
Château
Château · Inscrit · Photo: Espirat · CC BY-SA 4.0
Ouge’s story

Ouge in pictures

Ouge has 3 historic monuments on the Culture ministry’s list: 1 classé, the highest protection, and 2 inscrit, the second level.

The oldest protected part dates from the 15th century; the first monument here was protected in 1959.

70% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.

  • 1959First protected: Croix en pierre
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The data

Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Ouge.

Who lives here

Fewer children live in Ouge than in Haute-Saône’s towns or compared French towns: 12% are under 15

People 65 and over make up 34% of the town, above Haute-Saône’s towns (24%) and compared French towns (22%) alike. Aged 15 to 24: 8.1% of residents. Degrees are held by 14% of adults.

56.5median age
OugeHaute-Saône medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma38%
CAP or BEP25%
Baccalauréat12%
Higher education14%

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 Ouge
OugeHaute-Saône medianFrance median
Under 1512%15%17%
15–248.1%11%11%
25–4414%21%23%
45–6432%26%26%
65+34%24%22%
No diploma38%25%19%
CAP or BEP25%27%26%
Baccalauréat12%17%18%
Higher education14%22%30%

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

History

Ouge keeps more of its old housing than Haute-Saône’s towns or compared French towns: 70% built before 1919

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

The oldest protected building goes back to the 15th century. Among the classé monuments in Ouge is Croix en pierre. This Haute-Saône town has 3 historic monuments on the Culture ministry’s list: 1 classé, the highest protection, and 2 inscrit, the second level.

3historic monuments

Monuments by protection · Mérimée

Classé1
Inscrit2

Among them · Classé

15th c.
oldest protected part
1959
first monument protected

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

Work & commute

Ouge has 0.3 jobs for every resident in work, so most commute out

The typical income here, after tax and benefits, is €21,940 a year per consumption unit. Unemployment stood at 12.8%, below Haute-Saône’s towns (15.0%) but above compared French towns (10.1%). 9.3% of commuters went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport at the census.

9%walk, cycle or take transit

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving70%
On foot7%
Public transport2%
Bicycle0%
Motorbike or scooter0%
0
jobs based in Ouge, 0.3 per working resident
12.8%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€21,940
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
21%
worked without traveling (at or from home)

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

Housing

Estimated advertised rents run lower in Ouge than in Haute-Saône’s towns or across compared French towns: €8.40/m² a month

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

Renting a house costs an estimated €6.79/m² a month. Sales in Ouge from July 2023 to June 2026: 6 houses and apartments.

€8.40/m²estimated apartment rent a month

Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month

Ouge€8.40/m²
Median of towns€12.41/m²
Haute-Saône median€8.86/m²
€8.40/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€6.45 to €10.93/m² a month)
€6.79/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'Ouge and 3 more in and around Ouge

Heritage in and near Ouge. Best known first.

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Places: © OpenStreetMap contributors · Wikidata
Keep exploring

Everything we know about Ouge

12pages on Ouge

Landmarks

The list names few of Ouge’s 3 monuments; beside them, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.

All monuments →
Photo credits

Croix en pierre: Photo: Espirat · CC BY-SA 4.0

Famous people from Ouge

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

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Ouge’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 →
Port-sur-SaôneLangresPort-sur-SaôneLangresOuge
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
Ouge106—————
Port-sur-Saône2,94918A−A+A−C
Langres Haute-Marne7,42118CADC

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

About Ouge

Commune in Haute-Saône, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté

Ouge is a commune of 106 people in the Communauté de communes des Savoir-Faire. 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
106 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes des Savoir-Faire
Département
Haute-Saône (70)
Région
Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Area
5.2 sq mi (13.6 km²)
INSEE code
70400

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 October 30, 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.