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Sauvigney-lès-PesmesHaute-Saône

In Haute-Saône, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, this town has 159 residents.

Is Sauvigney-lès-Pesmes a good place to live?

With fewer than 1,000 residents, Sauvigney-lès-Pesmes falls below the line for grades.

Sauvigney-lès-Pesmes’ outline. No photo of the town is in our collection yet.
Sauvigney-lès-Pesmes’ story

No historic monuments in Sauvigney-lès-Pesmes

The Culture ministry lists no building in Sauvigney-lès-Pesmes as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.

The nearest classé monument is Croix dite Croix Saint-Roch, in Pesmes, 1.2 mi away.

19% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.

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Landmarks

Nothing in Sauvigney-lès-Pesmes is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.

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The data

Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Sauvigney-lès-Pesmes.

Who lives here

Sauvigney-lès-Pesmes has fewer young adults than Haute-Saône’s towns or compared French towns: 5.1% are 15 to 24

46.5median age

22% are under 15, above both Haute-Saône’s towns (15%) and compared French towns (17%). Those 65 and older account for just over a fifth of residents. Among adults, 30% have a degree.

Sauvigney-lès-PesmesHaute-Saône medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma17%
CAP or BEP27%
Baccalauréat22%
Higher education30%

Women and men · all residents

49% women, 51% men

About 105 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Haute-Saône 51.4%, France 51.8%.

Ages and diplomas in Sauvigney-lès-Pesmes
Sauvigney-lès-PesmesHaute-Saône medianFrance median
Under 1522%15%17%
15–245.1%11%11%
25–4422%21%23%
45–6430%26%26%
65+22%24%22%
No diploma17%25%19%
CAP or BEP27%27%26%
Baccalauréat22%17%18%
Higher education30%22%30%

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

Work & commute

Fewer people in Sauvigney-lès-Pesmes are out of work than in Haute-Saône’s towns or across compared French towns: 5.5%

10%walk, cycle or take transit

Median disposable income is €23,300 a year for each consumption unit. Sauvigney-lès-Pesmes has 50 jobs for 50 working residents, 0.6 per worker. One in ten commuters went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport at the census.

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving86%
On foot6%
Bicycle3%
Public transport1%
Motorbike or scooter1%
50
jobs based in Sauvigney-lès-Pesmes, 0.6 per working resident
5.5%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€23,300
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
3%
worked without traveling (at or from home)

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

Schools

82.0% of candidates passed the brevet at the collège within 5 km, 5 points below the expected rate

82.0%passed the brevet

Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.

Collège pupils travel 1.4 mi to the nearest one.

Brevet pass rate · collèges within 5 km

Sauvigney-lès-Pesmes82.0%
Median of towns87.5%
SchoolLevelCandidatesPassed, 2025
Collège Jacques PrevostNearest collègeCollègeCollège8382%−5 pts
82.0%
passed the brevet at the collèges, −5 pts against the expected rate
1.4 mi
to the nearest collège from the town center

Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte

Housing

Renting in Sauvigney-lès-Pesmes costs an estimated advertised €10.04/m² a month, against €8.86/m² in Haute-Saône’s towns and €12.41/m² in compared French towns

€10.04/m²estimated apartment rent a month

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

The market in Sauvigney-lès-Pesmes: 4 sales of houses and apartments between July 2023 and June 2026.

Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month

Sauvigney-lès-Pesmes€10.04/m²
Median of towns€12.41/m²
Haute-Saône median€8.86/m²
€10.04/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€7.90 to €12.76/m² a month)
€8.32/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included

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

Keep exploring

Everything we know about Sauvigney-lès-Pesmes

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Nearby attractions

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Famous people from Sauvigney-lès-Pesmes

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About Sauvigney-lès-Pesmes

Commune in Haute-Saône, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté

Sauvigney-lès-Pesmes is a commune of 159 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

Population
159 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes Val de Gray
Département
Haute-Saône (70)
Région
Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Area
2.4 sq mi (6.3 km²)
INSEE code
70480

Sauvigney-lès-Pesmes’ 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 →
GrayAuxonneSaint-VitDoleGenlisDamparisGrayAuxonneSaint-VitDoleGenlisDamparisSauvigney-lès-Pesmes
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
Sauvigney-lès-Pesmes159—————
Gray5,3659.8C−AD−C
Auxonne Côte-d'Or7,58111C+A−C+C
Saint-Vit Doubs5,13314A−C+B−B+
Dole Jura23,84015B−B+CB−
Genlis Côte-d'Or5,09317A−BB+C−
Damparis Jura2,58717BA−AC−

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

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 9, 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.