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With 143 residents, it is a town in Haute-Saône, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté.
Vy-lès-Filain is too small to grade: French towns get subject grades from 1,000 residents.
Vy-lès-Filain has 1 historic monument on the Culture ministry’s list, none at the highest level (classé).
The oldest protected part dates from the 19th century; the first monument here was protected in 1992.
29% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Other places to visit, heritage and family days out in and near Vy-lès-Filain. Best known first.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Vy-lès-Filain.
The 15-to-24 age group: 3.5%, below both Haute-Saône’s towns (11%) and compared French towns (11%). Nearly a fifth of residents are 65 or over. Vy-lès-Filain has a median age of 37.1.
48% women, 52% men
About 110 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Haute-Saône 51.4%, France 51.8%.
| Vy-lès-Filain | Haute-Saône median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 33% | 15% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 3.5% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 31% | 21% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 14% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 19% | 24% | 22% |
| No diploma | 19% | 25% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 23% | 27% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 19% | 17% | 18% |
| Higher education | 33% | 22% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Haute-Saône median and France median: the median of compared communes
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Vy-lès-Filain has 1 historic monument on the Culture ministry’s list, none at the highest level (classé). Protection here reaches back to the 19th century.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Per consumption unit, the median disposable income is €24,860 a year. At the census, 12.3% of working residents in Vy-lès-Filain didn’t travel to work at all.
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.
Renting a house costs an estimated €8.56/m² a month. Sales in Vy-lès-Filain from July 2023 to June 2026: 5 houses and apartments.
Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Vy-lès-Filain has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
Ferme de Laine: Photo: JGS25 · CC BY-SA 4.0
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Vy-lès-Filain yet.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vy-lès-Filain | 143 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Échenoz-la-Méline | 3,158 | 6.8 | B+ | B+ | A | A− |
| Vesoul | 15,078 | 8.1 | C− | A− | D− | C |
| Baume-les-Dames Doubs | 5,155 | 13 | B− | A | C− | C− |
| Port-sur-Saône | 2,949 | 14 | A− | A+ | A− | C |
| Thise Doubs | 2,994 | 17 | — | C | — | B− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Commune in Haute-Saône, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Vy-lès-Filain is a commune of 143 people in the Communauté de communes du Pays de Montbozon et du Chanois. 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) · 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.