Hauts de Bienne’s strongest subject is cost of living (A): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 3.1 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. The town grades B overall, better than 63% of compared French towns. In the ranking it comes #7 of 11 in Jura. Fewer journeys need a car (A−): 83% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 11% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. The trade-off is health (C) — after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 3% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Safety is weaker too (C) — an average of 13.5 recorded violent incidents and 13.5 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. The rest of its grades are middling: B for schools and B− for jobs & income.
Figures: prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting and employment, INSEE census 2023 · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · recorded crime, SSMSI (Ministry of the Interior) · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas. The overall grade uses the other six subjects.
Each subject compares Hauts de Bienne 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.
Monument aux morts: Photo: FrancoisFC · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Groupe scolaire - Hôtel de ville - Justice de paix: Photo: FrancoisFC · CC BY-SA 3.0
The data
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Hauts de Bienne.
HousingCost of living A
Homes in Hauts de Bienne cost less than in both Jura’s towns and compared French towns, with a median sale of €1,403/m²
€1,403/m²median sale price
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Hauts de Bienne is the second cheapest of the 11 towns in Jura, at €1,403/m². Houses sell for €1,900/m² here, apartments for €1,339/m². Also worth knowing: the estimated advertised rent is €12.41/m² a month, about level with compared French towns (€12.41/m²) and above Jura’s towns (€10.38/m²).
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Hauts de Bienne€1,403/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Jura median€1,658/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€1,900/m²
36
Apartments
€1,339/m²
194
€12.41/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€9.24 to €16.67/m² a month)
3.1
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€9.27/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€31,380
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté de communes Haut-Jura Arcade Communauté
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Work & commuteJobs & income B−
Incomes in Hauts de Bienne run higher than in both Jura’s towns and compared French towns: a median €28,130 a year per consumption unit
11%walk, cycle or take transit
Unemployment stood at 12.8%, higher than both Jura’s towns (10.2%) and compared French towns (10.1%). On foot, by bike or by bus and train: that was how just over one in ten commuters travelled at the census. Per resident in work, Hauts de Bienne counts 0.7 jobs (1,500 jobs, 2,150 workers).
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving86%
On foot9%
Public transport2%
Bicycle0%
Motorbike or scooter0%
1,500
jobs based in Hauts de Bienne, 0.7 per working resident
12.8%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€28,130
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
3%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
A−
Walkability: better than 78% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
HealthHealth C
Allowing for age and care homes, deaths in Hauts de Bienne run higher than in 74% of compared French towns
−3%deaths against expected, after care homesCHealth Grade
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Its care home for older people (64 places) counts its residents as Hauts de Bienne’s; allowing for it, deaths were 3% below expected. From 2016 to 2025, 507 residents of Hauts de Bienne died, against 437 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 16% more. At birth, a girl in Jura can expect 85.1 years and a boy 78.9 (2025); across France, 85.9 and 80.3. There are 4 general practitioners here.
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw116
Adjusted97
Median town88
Expected100
4
GPs in Hauts de Bienne · 3.5 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
0.8 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Antenne Smur Morez Siege Ch Jura Sud
24.5 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Hopitaux du Leman
85.1 · 78.9
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Jura, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
A young town: 14% of people in Hauts de Bienne are 15 to 24, more than in both Jura’s towns and compared French towns
39.5median age
19% of adults hold a degree, below Jura’s towns (28%) and compared French towns (30%) alike. The 65-and-over age group makes up 17% of residents. Children under 15 count for 16% of the people here.
Hauts de BienneJura medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
14%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma30%
CAP or BEP27%
Baccalauréat18%
Higher education19%
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About an even split. Median share of women: Jura 52.0%, France 51.8%.
INSEE, census 2023 · Jura median and France median: the median of compared communes
Safety
Hauts de Bienne ranks above 72% of compared French towns for crime per resident
13.5recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a yearCSafety Grade
Police and gendarmerie recorded 137 offenses in Hauts de Bienne in 2025. More of the graded crimes here were criminal damage than anything else (2025).
Recorded by type · 2025
Criminal damage61
Family violence27
Other physical violence26
Sexual violence13
Theft from vehicles10
Armed robbery0
Theft without violence34
Fraud34
Drug use28
Not in the gradeTheft without violence, drug use and fraud are shown for information but left out of the Safety Grade, which counts violence plus burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and criminal damage per resident.
13.5
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
13.5
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
137
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
1.5%
of the index rests on the département’s average, used where small counts aren’t published
Source: SSMSI (Interior Ministry), recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 · Licence Ouverte · Small counts of burglary and vehicle theft go unpublished (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the département’s average stands in, 1.5% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
History
Old homes shape Hauts de Bienne: 16% were built before 1919, more than in both Jura’s towns and compared French towns
4historic monuments
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
The oldest protected building goes back to the 19th century. Hauts de Bienne has 4 historic monuments 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
Schools
89.0% of candidates passed the brevet at the collège within 5 km, 3 points above the expected rate
96%passed the bac (general and technological)BSchool Grade
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
By results, schools here place #4 of 11 in Jura. At the lycées within 5 km of Hauts de Bienne, 93.5% passed the bac, near both Jura’s towns (93.5%) and compared French towns (92.9%).
Victor Bérard: Jean Bastian, Public domain · Patrice Bailly-Salins: Wayne77, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Alphonse Jobez: Arnaud 25, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Jean-Emmanuel Jobez: Arnaud 25, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Jean Ricardon: JEAN-EMMANUEL RICARDON, CC BY-SA 4.0
About Hauts de Bienne
Commune in Jura, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Hauts de Bienne is a commune of 5,032 people in the Communauté de communes Haut-Jura Arcade Communauté. 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
5,032 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes Haut-Jura Arcade Communauté
Département
Jura (39)
Région
Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Area
9.1 sq mi (23.5 km²)
INSEE code
39368
Hauts de Bienne’s neighbors
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Hauts de Bienne
Is Hauts de Bienne safe?
It grades C for safety, #8 of 11 in Jura.
Are schools in Hauts de Bienne good?
They grade B, better than 59% of compared French towns and #4 of 11 in Jura. 96% of 110 candidates passed the bac at Lycée polyvalent Victor Bérard in 2025, 2 points below the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Hauts de Bienne expensive to live in?
Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Hauts de Bienne grades A for cost of living.
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.
