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The town, home to 1,093 people, lies in Territoire de Belfort, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté.
Where it does best is jobs & income — 2 jobs per working resident; 7.1% unemployment. At the median price of €1,646/m², a 70 m² home costs 4.6 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the Communauté d'agglomération Grand Belfort. Schools lag: bac results 4 points below the expected rate; brevet results 4.1 points below the expected rate. It is hard to get around without a car: nearly a quarter of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 6% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work.
Figures: employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025. Andelnans 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.
Each subject compares Andelnans 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.
Andelnans has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
The 2 things Andelnans does most differently from other towns.
The Culture ministry lists no building in Andelnans as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Gare de Belfort, in Belfort, 1.7 mi away.
4.7% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Nothing in Andelnans is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Andelnans.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
84.8% of candidates passed the brevet at the collèges within 5 km of Andelnans, close to Territoire de Belfort’s towns (85.1%) and below compared French towns (87.5%). At the 3 vocational lycées within 5 km, 80% of 335 candidates passed the bac pro.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège MozartNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 112 | 85%−5 pts |
| Lycée général et technologique CondorcetNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 285 | 95%−3 pts |
| Collège Simone SignoretBest against expectations: 12 points above the expected rateCollège | Collège | 69 | 83%+12 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
The median disposable income was €27,970 a year per consumption unit, above both Territoire de Belfort’s towns (€25,210) and compared French towns (€25,970). Andelnans holds 950 jobs; 500 of its residents are in work, so 2 jobs each. The census found 6.5% of commuters going to work on foot, by bike or by public transport.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
France’s death rates at each age would predict 122 deaths in Andelnans from 2016 to 2025; there were 95, 22% fewer. Women in Territoire de Belfort live to 85 on average and men to 79.4 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. Also worth knowing: 3 GPs practise locally.
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 · The adjustment for care homes is TownRatings’ own modeling, not an official figure. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from C+ to A.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Of the homes sold, 76% were houses. The estimated advertised rent is €10.96/m² a month, about level with Territoire de Belfort’s towns (€10.70/m²) and below compared French towns (€12.41/m²). Between July 2023 and June 2026, buyers took 46 homes in Andelnans.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,726/m² | 35 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
26% of residents are 65 or over, above both Territoire de Belfort’s towns (23%) and compared French towns (22%). Graduates make up 33% of adults. Andelnans has a median age of 48.2.
51% women, 49% men
About 96 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Territoire de Belfort 51.3%, France 51.8%.
| Andelnans | Territoire de Belfort median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 16% | 17% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 9% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 20% | 23% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 28% | 25% | 26% |
| 65+ | 26% | 23% | 22% |
| No diploma | 17% | 22% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 27% | 27% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 18% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 33% | 28% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Territoire de Belfort median and France median: the median of compared communes
The yearly rates for 2023–2025: 8 violent offenses and 11.9 graded property crimes per 1,000 residents. In all, 15 offenses reached the police record in Andelnans in 2025. Among the graded crimes locally, the most frequent was criminal damage (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 · Small counts of family violence, sexual violence, burglary, vehicle theft and theft from vehicles go unpublished (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the département’s average stands in, 37.5% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Heritage, museums and family days out in and near Andelnans. Best known first.
ChâteauCitadelle de Belfort3.1 km north, in Belfort
Art galleryMusées de Belfort3.1 km north, in Belfort
MuseumTour 463.2 km north, in BelfortChâteauChâteauUniversité de technologie de Belfort-Montbéliard2.5 km south, in SevenansFortFortFort des Basses Perches2.1 km north, in DanjoutinPhotos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Andelnans yet.
Commune in Territoire de Belfort, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Andelnans is a commune of 1,093 people in the Communauté d'agglomération Grand Belfort. 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
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Andelnans | 1,093 | — | — | B | — | A− |
| Danjoutin | 3,519 | 0.7 | B | A− | B+ | B |
| Bavilliers | 4,678 | 1.5 | C+ | B | B+ | D− |
| Belfort | 45,912 | 2.3 | C | A− | C− | C |
| Essert | 3,417 | 2.5 | B+ | C+ | A | B+ |
| Châtenois-les-Forges | 2,608 | 3.5 | — | B+ | — | C |
| Offemont | 4,051 | 3.6 | C+ | B− | A | C− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Andelnans has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average.
They grade D, better than 12% of compared French towns. 95% of 285 candidates passed the bac at Lycée général et technologique Condorcet in 2025, 3 points below the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Andelnans grades B for cost of living.
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.