Pesmes’s strongest is walkability — 80% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 12% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. At the median price of €1,392/m², a 70 m² home costs 4 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the Communauté de communes Val de Gray. School results trail most towns (D): brevet results 5 points below the expected rate. Its remaining grades are unremarkable: C+ for health and B− for jobs & income.
Figures: amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting and employment, INSEE census 2023 · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025). Pesmes 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.
Each subject compares Pesmes 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.
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Who lives here
Older residents shape Pesmes: 34% are 65 or over, above Haute-Saône’s towns and compared French towns
13% are under 15, below both Haute-Saône’s towns (15%) and compared French towns (17%). People aged 15 to 24 are 8.8% of the population. Degrees are held by 28% of adults.
52.5median age
PesmesHaute-Saône medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
34%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma18%
CAP or BEP26%
Baccalauréat20%
Higher education28%
Women and men · all residents
55% women, 45% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 83 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Haute-Saône 51.4%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
INSEE, census 2023 · Haute-Saône median and France median: the median of compared communes
Work & commuteJobs & income B−
Pesmes has lower unemployment than Haute-Saône’s towns or compared French towns: 8.7%
The median disposable income was €25,000 a year per consumption unit, above Haute-Saône’s towns (€22,560) and close to compared French towns (€25,970). Per resident in work, Pesmes counts 0.8 jobs (350 jobs, 400 workers). No commute at all: 5.5% of working residents here at the census.
12%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving83%
On foot11%
Public transport1%
Bicycle0%
Motorbike or scooter0%
350
jobs based in Pesmes, 0.8 per working resident
8.7%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€25,000
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
6%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
A−
Walkability: better than 80% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
HousingCost of living B
Homes in Pesmes sell for €1,392/m² at the median, against €1,108/m² in Haute-Saône’s towns and €2,430/m² in compared French towns
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Advertised rents are estimated at €10.99/m² a month, between Haute-Saône’s towns (€8.86/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²). The sales split: 98% houses, the rest apartments. A house rents for an estimated €9.12/m² a month.
€1,392/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Pesmes€1,392/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Haute-Saône median€1,108/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€1,359/m²
46
€10.99/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€8.50 to €14.22/m² a month)
4
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€9.12/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€24,170
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté de communes Val de Gray
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
History
Pesmes keeps more of its old housing than Haute-Saône’s towns or compared French towns: 28% built before 1919
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Pesmes has 10 historic monuments on the Culture ministry’s list: 3 classé, the highest protection, and 7 inscrit, the second level. Among the classé monuments here is Église Saint-Hilaire. Scaled to its population, that is 92 protected monuments for every 10,000 people here. Its oldest listed monument dates from the 12th century.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
HealthHealth C+
Allowing for age and care homes, Pesmes sees 91 deaths per 100 expected, against 102 in Haute-Saône’s towns and 88 in compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
4 GPs practise in Pesmes. The nearest emergency department to Pesmes is Gh Haute Saone site Gray, 11.5 mi away. France’s death rates at each age would predict 182 deaths here from 2016 to 2025; there were 203, 11% more. Also worth knowing: at birth, a girl in Haute-Saône can expect 84.7 years and a boy 78.6 (2025); across France, 85.9 and 80.3.
−9%deaths against expected, after care homesC+Health Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw111
Adjusted91
Median town88
Expected100
4
GPs in Pesmes · 3.1 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
11.5 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Gh Haute Saone site Gray
14 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Ch Louis Pasteur Dole
84.7 · 78.6
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Haute-Saône, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Pesmes
Is Pesmes safe?
Pesmes has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 3.5 recorded violent incidents and 3.9 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Are schools in Pesmes good?
They grade D, better than 13% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Pesmes expensive to live in?
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Pesmes grades B for cost of living.
About Pesmes
Commune in Haute-Saône, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Pesmes is a commune of 1,083 people in the Communauté de communes Val de Gray. 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
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.
