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3,740 people live in this town in Jura, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté. Over-65s are only 14% of the population.
Good on most counts; one lags. Households here earn well: 0.5 jobs per working resident; 6.0% unemployment. Les Rousses’s overall A− puts it #5 of 11 in Jura. Nationally, it does better than 81% of compared French towns. Buying 70 m² at the median €3,527/m² takes 5.8 years of the median income per consumption unit in the Communauté de communes de la Station des Rousses-Haut Jura. The trade-off is safety (C): an average of 10.2 recorded violent incidents and 16 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Its remaining grades are unremarkable: B− for schools and B for walkability.
Figures: employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · recorded crime, SSMSI (Ministry of the Interior) · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas. The overall grade uses the other six subjects.
The 3 things Les Rousses does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Les Rousses 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.
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The Culture ministry lists no building in Les Rousses as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Cathédrale Saint-Pierre, in Saint-Claude, 11.7 mi away.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Les Rousses.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
171 deaths in Les Rousses between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 228: 25% below. Women in Jura live to 85.1 on average and men to 78.9 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. 4 GPs practise in the town.
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.
38% of adults hold a degree, higher than both Jura’s towns (28%) and compared French towns (30%). One measure of family life: 17% of residents are under 15. Ages in Les Rousses split evenly at 38.8: half are older, half younger.
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Jura 52.0%, France 51.8%.
| Les Rousses | Jura median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 17% | 14% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 10% | 10% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 31% | 21% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 27% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 14% | 27% | 22% |
| No diploma | 12% | 21% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 25% | 25% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 21% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 38% | 28% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Jura median and France median: the median of compared communes
Police and gendarmerie figures for Les Rousses show 108 offenses in 2025. Criminal damage topped the graded crimes in Les Rousses (2025).
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.
Source: SSMSI (Interior Ministry), recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 · Licence Ouverte · When sexual violence and vehicle theft number five or fewer in a recent year, the figure is withheld, and the index uses the département’s average instead (2.9% of the index here). The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Houses sell for €4,044/m² in Les Rousses, apartments for €3,483/m². No town in Jura costs more to buy into than Les Rousses, at €3,527/m², the highest of 11. The median price, €3,527/m², comes from 311 sales of houses and apartments in the town from July 2023 to June 2026.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €4,044/m² | 48 |
| Apartments | €3,483/m² | 263 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Unemployment stood at 6.0%, below both Jura’s towns (10.2%) and compared French towns (10.1%). 3.4% of Les Rousses’ working residents had no journey to work at the census.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Its schools’ results rank #7 of 11 in Jura. At the lycées within 5 km of Les Rousses, 93.5% passed the bac, in line with Jura’s towns (93.5%) and compared French towns (92.9%).
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège le RochatNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 93 | 89%−4 pts |
| Lycée polyvalent Victor BérardNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 110 | 96%−2 pts |
| Collège Pierre-Hyacinthe CazeauxBest against expectations: 3 points above the expected rateCollège | Collège | 62 | 89%+3 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Museums and other places to visit in and near Les Rousses. Best known first.
AttractionFort des Roussesin townMuseumMuseumMusée du skiin townMuseumMuseumEspace des mondes polaires3.8 km southwest, in PrémanonMuseumMuseumMusée Paul-Émile-Victor3.8 km southwest, in PrémanonPhotos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
Nothing in Les Rousses is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
7 notable people were born in Les Rousses.
Camille Mandrillon: Agence Rol, Public domain · Adrien Vandelle: Le Miroir des sports, Public domain · Georges Berthet: Le Miroir des sports, Public domain · Maurice Mandrillon: Le Miroir des sports, Public domain · Raymond Berthet: Pasquinel, CC BY-SA 4.0
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Les Rousses | 3,740 | — | A− | B | C | A |
| Hauts de Bienne | 5,032 | 3.3 | B | A | C | C |
| Divonne-les-Bains Ain | 10,464 | 9.4 | C+ | D− | B− | A+ |
| Gex Ain | 13,627 | 10 | A− | C− | B− | A |
| Cessy Ain | 5,832 | 11 | A+ | C− | A | A+ |
| Saint-Claude | 8,386 | 12 | B | A+ | C | B |
| Ségny Ain | 2,941 | 13 | — | C− | — | A+ |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades C for safety, #7 of 11 in Jura. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 6 burglaries and 52 acts of criminal damage.
They grade B−, better than 46% of compared French towns and #7 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.
Homes cost more than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €3,527/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Les Rousses grades B for cost of living.
Commune in Jura, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Les Rousses is a commune of 3,740 people in the Communauté de communes de la Station des Rousses-Haut 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 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.