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Population 1,112: a town in Jura, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté.
Households here earn well (A+): 0.7 jobs per working resident; 5.8% unemployment. At €2,879/m², the median price, 70 m² costs 7.5 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the Communauté de communes Champagnole Nozeroy Jura. Health lags: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 7% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Holiday and other second homes account for 31% of homes.
Figures: employment, INSEE census 2023 · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi. Foncine-le-Haut 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 Foncine-le-Haut does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Foncine-le-Haut 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.
Foncine-le-Haut has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
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Foncine-le-Haut has 1 historic monument on the Culture ministry’s list, none at the highest level (classé).
The oldest protected part dates from the 17th century; the first monument here was protected in 1989.
17% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Foncine-le-Haut.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
86 deaths in Foncine-le-Haut between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 93: 7% below. The nearest emergency department to Foncine-le-Haut is Antenne Smur Morez Siege Ch Jura Sud, 9 mi away. For a family doctor, residents of Foncine-le-Haut have one GP on hand. Life expectancy at birth in Jura is 85.1 years for women and 78.9 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France.
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 · That adjustment for care homes is a model of TownRatings’ own, not official data. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from D to A−.
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Foncine-le-Haut has 1 historic monument on the Culture ministry’s list, none at the highest level (classé).
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
37 sales of houses and apartments in Foncine-le-Haut, from July 2023 to June 2026, give the median of €2,879/m². From July 2023 to June 2026, 37 homes were sold here. The estimated advertised rent is €11.14/m² a month, between Jura’s towns (€10.38/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²).
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,911/m² | 33 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Children under 15 count for 18% of the people here. People aged 15 to 24 make up nearly a tenth of the town, below Jura’s towns (10%) and compared French towns (11%) alike. Line up the people of Foncine-le-Haut by age and the one in the middle is 41.8.
51% women, 49% men
About 96 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Jura 52.0%, France 51.8%.
| Foncine-le-Haut | Jura median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 18% | 14% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 9.4% | 10% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 26% | 21% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 26% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 20% | 27% | 22% |
| No diploma | 16% | 21% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 29% | 25% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 22% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 28% | 28% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Jura median and France median: the median of compared communes
Just over one in ten commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train at the census, below both Jura’s towns (17.6%) and compared French towns (13.4%). The jobless rate is 5.8%. At the census, 5.7% of working residents in Foncine-le-Haut didn’t travel to work at all.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Foncine-le-Haut has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
Oratoire Saint-Joseph: Photo: Ludovic Péron · CC BY-SA 3.0
Wikidata places 1 person here, but the articles don’t both confirm Foncine-le-Haut as the birthplace, so nobody is listed.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Foncine-le-Haut | 1,112 | — | — | C+ | — | C+ |
| Hauts de Bienne | 5,032 | 9.8 | B | A | C | C |
| Champagnole | 8,036 | 9.8 | A | B+ | B− | B |
| Les Rousses | 3,740 | 12 | A− | B | C | A |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Foncine-le-Haut has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 3.4 recorded violent incidents and 4 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Homes cost more than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €2,879/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Foncine-le-Haut grades C+ for cost of living.
Commune in Jura, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Foncine-le-Haut is a commune of 1,112 people in the Communauté de communes Champagnole Nozeroy Jura. 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 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.