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A town in Territoire de Belfort, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, home to 4,678 people.
The picture is mixed. Its weakest subject is health (D−) — after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 21% above expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Overall, Bavilliers earns a C+: better than 41% of compared French towns, and #6 of 10 in Territoire de Belfort. Where it does best is walkability (A): 96% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 14% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Safety is a strength too — an average of 6.7 recorded violent incidents and 10.6 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Buying 70 m² at the median €1,645/m² takes 4.6 years of the median income per consumption unit in the Communauté d'agglomération Grand Belfort. Schools are weaker too: bac results 4 points below the expected rate; brevet results 4 points below the expected rate.
Figures: amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting, INSEE census 2023 · recorded crime, SSMSI (Ministry of the Interior) · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · 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 Bavilliers 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.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
The 3 things Bavilliers does most differently from other towns.
The Culture ministry lists no building in Bavilliers 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 mi away.
Explore the history →Nothing in Bavilliers 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 Bavilliers.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
2 GPs practise in Bavilliers. Life expectancy in Territoire de Belfort: 85 years for women and 79.4 for men (2025); France averages 85.9 and 80.3. 1,296 deaths in the town between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 732: 77% above.
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.
2,050 jobs are based in Bavilliers, for 1,600 working residents (1.3 per worker). 13.3% of the labour force were unemployed, between Territoire de Belfort’s towns (14.1%) and compared French towns (10.1%). At the census, 2.9% of working residents in Bavilliers didn’t travel to work at all.
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.
At the 3 vocational lycées within 5 km, 80% of 335 candidates passed the bac pro. 89.6% of candidates passed the bac at the lycées within 5 km of Bavilliers, about level with Territoire de Belfort’s towns (89.6%) and below compared French towns (92.9%).
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Simone SignoretNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 69 | 83%+12 pts |
| Lycée général et technologique CondorcetNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 285 | 95%−3 pts |
| Lycée général et technologique privé Notre-Dame des Anges PrivateBest against expectations: 5 points above the expected rateGeneral lycée | General lycée | 51 | 98%+5 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
16% are under 15, below both Territoire de Belfort’s towns (17%) and compared French towns (17%). Line up the people of Bavilliers by age and the one in the middle is 48.4. Degrees are held by 31% of adults.
52% women, 48% men
About 91 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Territoire de Belfort 51.3%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
| Bavilliers | Territoire de Belfort median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 16% | 17% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 11% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 20% | 23% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 24% | 25% | 26% |
| 65+ | 29% | 23% | 22% |
| No diploma | 23% | 22% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 26% | 27% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 16% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 31% | 28% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Territoire de Belfort median and France median: the median of compared communes
Over 2025, Bavilliers logged 79 recorded offenses. Among the graded crimes here, 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 · For sexual violence, burglary and vehicle theft, the count isn’t published when it’s small (five or fewer in a year of the last three), so the index uses the département’s average, 3.7% 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.
Among the homes sold, 60% were houses. A house rents for an estimated €10.91/m² a month. Bavilliers recorded 142 home sales from July 2023 to June 2026.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,647/m² | 85 |
| Apartments | €1,638/m² | 57 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Heritage, museums and family days out in and near Bavilliers. Best known first.
ChâteauCitadelle de Belfort2.6 km northeast, in Belfort
MuseumTour 462.4 km northeast, in Belfort
Art galleryMusées de Belfort2.5 km northeast, in BelfortCathedralCathedralCathédrale Saint-Christophe de Belfort2.6 km northeast, in BelfortChâteauChâteauUniversité de technologie de Belfort-Montbéliard4.7 km southeast, in SevenansPhotos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
2 notable people were born in Bavilliers.
Jean-Michel Villaumé: Benjetpascal, CC BY-SA 2.5
Commune in Territoire de Belfort, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Bavilliers is a commune of 4,678 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bavilliers | 4,678 | — | C+ | B | B+ | D− |
| Essert | 3,417 | 1 | B+ | C+ | A | B+ |
| Danjoutin | 3,519 | 1.3 | B | A− | B+ | B |
| Belfort | 45,912 | 1.3 | C | A− | C− | C |
| Offemont | 4,051 | 2.9 | C+ | B− | A | C− |
| Valdoie | 5,175 | 3 | C+ | B− | A− | C+ |
| Châtenois-les-Forges | 2,608 | 4.6 | — | B+ | — | C |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades B+ for safety, #5 of 10 in Territoire de Belfort.
They grade D, better than 13% of compared French towns and #4 of 11 in Territoire de Belfort. 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.
By type: houses €1,647/m² (85 sales), apartments €1,638/m² (57 sales). Estimated advertised apartment rents are €11.10/m² a month, charges included. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Bavilliers 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.