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1,942 residents make their home in this town in Territoire de Belfort, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté.
Walking, cycling and public transport work well here (A): 100% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 22% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. School results trail most towns: bac results 4 points below the expected rate; brevet results 4 points below the expected rate. Homes sell for a median €1,331/m²: 70 m² comes to 3.7 years of the median income per consumption unit in the Communauté d'agglomération Grand Belfort.
Figures: amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · 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. Cravanche 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 Cravanche does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Cravanche 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.
Cravanche has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
The Culture ministry lists no building in Cravanche 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.
Explore the history →Heritage, museums and other places to visit in and near Cravanche. Best known first.
ChâteauCitadelle de Belfort3.1 km southeast, in Belfort
MuseumTour 462.8 km southeast, in Belfort
Art galleryMusées de Belfort3.1 km southeast, in BelfortFortFortFort du Salbert1.6 km northwest, in BelfortFortFortOuvrage G" de la D.A.T."1.2 km northwest, in BelfortPhotos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Cravanche.
The median disposable income was €27,320 a year per consumption unit, above Territoire de Belfort’s towns (€25,210) and compared French towns (€25,970) alike. Unemployment stands at 11.9%. Cravanche has 700 jobs for 750 working residents, 0.9 per worker.
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. Nine in ten candidates passed the bac at the lycées within 5 km of Cravanche, close to Territoire de Belfort’s towns (89.6%) and below compared French towns (92.9%). A collège lies 1.1 mi away.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège de ChâteaudunNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 87 | 67%−20 pts |
| Lycée général et technologique Gustave CourbetNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 354 | 92%−4 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
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Behind the median of €1,331/m²: 54 houses and apartments sold in Cravanche between July 2023 and June 2026. House rents are put at about €10.73/m² a month. Houses were 52% of what sold.
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Cravanche has one family doctor. Average lifespans in Territoire de Belfort: 85 years for women, 79.4 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 nationally. France’s death rates at each age would predict 181 deaths in the town from 2016 to 2025; there were 145, 20% fewer.
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 care-home adjustment is a TownRatings modeling step, not an official statistic. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from C+ to A.
People aged 15 to 24 are just over a tenth of the population. 18% are under 15, above both Territoire de Belfort’s towns (17%) and compared French towns (17%). What’s more, the 65-and-over age group makes up 24% of residents.
52% women, 48% men
About 94 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Territoire de Belfort 51.3%, France 51.8%.
| Cravanche | Territoire de Belfort median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 18% | 17% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 12% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 19% | 23% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 26% | 25% | 26% |
| 65+ | 24% | 23% | 22% |
| No diploma | 14% | 22% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 27% | 27% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 14% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 41% | 28% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Territoire de Belfort median and France median: the median of compared communes
Among the graded crimes in Cravanche, the most frequent was family violence (2025). Graded property crimes ran at 7.6 per 1,000 residents a year, and violence against people at 7.5 (2023–2025 average). 2025 saw 24 offenses recorded in the town.
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 other physical 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, 25.1% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Nothing in Cravanche is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
One notable person was born in Cravanche.
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →
Cravanche has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average.
They grade D, better than 13% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Homes cost less than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €1,331/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Estimated advertised apartment rents are €10.74/m² a month, charges included. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Cravanche grades A− for cost of living.
Commune in Territoire de Belfort, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Cravanche is a commune of 1,942 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
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.