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A town in Haute-Saône, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, home to 1,432 people.
Pusey’s strongest is jobs & income (A): 1.3 jobs per working resident; 7.0% unemployment. Buying 70 m² at the median €1,671/m² takes 4.7 years of the median income per consumption unit in the Communauté d'agglomération de Vesoul. The weak point is schools — bac results 3.1 points below the expected rate; brevet results 6.7 points below the expected rate.
Figures: prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi. Pusey 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 Pusey does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Pusey 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.
Pusey has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
The Culture ministry lists no building in Pusey as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Croix datée de 1732, à 500 mètres au Nord-Est du village, in Vaivre-et-Montoille, 1.9 mi away.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Pusey.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Vocational results within 5 km: 85% passed the bac pro, of 193 candidates at 2 lycées. At the collèges within 5 km of Pusey, 82.3% passed the brevet, close to Haute-Saône’s towns (82.8%) and below compared French towns (87.5%). The town’s pupils have a collège 2.4 mi away.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Jacques BrelNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 104 | 81%−3 pts |
| Lycée général et technologique Les HabergesNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 245 | 94%−3 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
After tax and benefits, the median income is €27,520 a year per consumption unit. No commute at all: 3.4% of working residents in Pusey at the census.
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.
The estimated advertised rent is €9.57/m² a month, between Haute-Saône’s towns (€8.86/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²). Houses are advertised at an estimated €8.59/m² a month. The market in Pusey: 34 sales of houses and apartments between July 2023 and June 2026.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,678/m² | 33 |
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.
94 deaths in Pusey between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 104: 10% below. 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. There are 2 general practitioners locally.
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 · Care-home places are adjusted for by TownRatings, using a model rather than an official statistic. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from D to A−.
Degrees are held by 32% of adults, higher than both Haute-Saône’s towns (22%) and compared French towns (30%). Over-65s are 22% of the population. At 46.3, the median resident of Pusey sits in the middle of the age range.
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Haute-Saône 51.4%, France 51.8%.
| Pusey | Haute-Saône median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 16% | 15% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 13% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 19% | 21% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 30% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 22% | 24% | 22% |
| No diploma | 16% | 25% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 28% | 27% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 18% | 17% | 18% |
| Higher education | 32% | 22% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Haute-Saône median and France median: the median of compared communes
Heritage, gardens and museums in and near Pusey. Best known first.
MuseumMusée Jean-Léon-Gérôme3.9 km southeast, in Vesoul
ChurchÉglise Saint-Georges de Vesoul4 km southeast, in VesoulChâteauChâteauChâteau de Pusy2.5 km northeast, in Pusy-et-ÉpenouxMonastery or conventMonastery or conventCouvent des Ursulines de Vesoul3.9 km southeast, in VesoulMonastery or conventMonastery or conventCouvent des Annonciades de Vesoul3.9 km southeast, in VesoulGardenGardenJardin anglais4.3 km southeast, in VesoulPhotos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
Nothing in Pusey is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
One notable person was born in Pusey.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pusey | 1,432 | — | — | A− | — | C+ |
| Vesoul | 15,078 | 2.4 | C− | A− | D− | C |
| Échenoz-la-Méline | 3,158 | 3.5 | B+ | B+ | A | A− |
| Port-sur-Saône | 2,949 | 4.6 | A− | A+ | A− | C |
| Luxeuil-les-Bains | 6,663 | 16 | C− | A | D | C− |
| Lure | 7,877 | 17 | B− | A | D | C− |
| Saint-Loup-sur-Semouse | 2,814 | 17 | B− | A+ | A | D− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Pusey has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 2.6 recorded violent incidents and 11 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. With 900 jobs for 650 working residents, Pusey draws people from neighboring communes, and crimes are counted in the commune where they happen, then divided by its number of residents.
They grade D, better than 9% of compared French towns. 94% of 245 candidates passed the bac at Lycée général et technologique Les Haberges in 2025, 3 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 Pusey grades A− for cost of living.
Commune in Haute-Saône, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Pusey is a commune of 1,432 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 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.