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3,519 people call this town in Territoire de Belfort, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté home.
Easy on the wallet, harder on other counts. It is easy to get around without a car (A): 95% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 13% 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 4.1 points below the expected rate. At €1,444/m², the median price, 70 m² costs 4 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the Communauté d'agglomération Grand Belfort. Overall, that makes a B, good for #3 of 10 in Territoire de Belfort. On that grade it does better than nearly two thirds of compared French towns.
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.
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 Danjoutin 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 2 things Danjoutin does most differently from other towns.
The Culture ministry lists no building in Danjoutin as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Gare de Belfort, in Belfort, 1.1 mi away.
Explore the history →Nothing in Danjoutin 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 Danjoutin.
Unemployment runs at 14.9%. Danjoutin has 1,150 jobs for 1,450 working residents, 0.8 per worker. Half of residents lived on more than €25,030 a year per consumption unit, near both Territoire de Belfort’s towns (€25,210) and compared French towns (€25,970).
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 lycées within 5 km of Danjoutin, 89.6% passed the bac, near Territoire de Belfort’s towns (89.6%) and lower than compared French towns (92.9%). On results, collèges and lycées here come #9 of 11 in Territoire de Belfort. Vocational results within 5 km: 80% passed the bac pro, of 335 candidates at 3 lycées.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège MozartNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 112 | 85%−5 pts |
| Lycée général et technologique privé Notre-Dame des Anges PrivateNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 51 | 98%+5 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.
The estimated advertised rent is €10.39/m² a month, about level with Territoire de Belfort’s towns (€10.70/m²) and below compared French towns (€12.41/m²). 111 sales of houses and apartments in Danjoutin, from July 2023 to June 2026, give the median of €1,444/m². In Danjoutin, houses go for €1,675/m² and apartments for €1,389/m².
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,675/m² | 50 |
| Apartments | €1,389/m² | 61 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
More of the graded crimes in Danjoutin were criminal damage than anything else (2025). On average over 2023–2025, every 1,000 residents saw 7.2 violent offenses and 10.7 graded property crimes a year.
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, vehicle theft and theft from vehicles, 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, 7.5% of the index here.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Average lifespans in Territoire de Belfort: 85 years for women, 79.4 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 nationally. 272 deaths in Danjoutin between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 305: 11% below. This Territoire de Belfort town has 2 family doctors.
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 · Allowing for care homes is a TownRatings estimate, not a published statistic. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from C+ to A−.
Young adults of 15 to 24 are just over one in ten residents, close to Territoire de Belfort’s towns (11%) and above compared French towns (11%). At 42, the median resident of Danjoutin sits in the middle of the age range. 29% of adults who have left education hold a higher-education diploma (Territoire de Belfort 28%, France 30%).
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Territoire de Belfort 51.3%, France 51.8%.
| Danjoutin | Territoire de Belfort median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 17% | 17% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 12% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 25% | 23% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 26% | 25% | 26% |
| 65+ | 20% | 23% | 22% |
| No diploma | 21% | 22% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 26% | 27% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 18% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 29% | 28% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Territoire de Belfort median and France median: the median of compared communes
Heritage, museums and other places to visit in and near Danjoutin. Best known first.
ChâteauCitadelle de Belfort2.1 km north, in Belfort
Art galleryMusées de Belfort2.1 km north, in Belfort
MuseumTour 462.2 km north, in BelfortFortFortRéduit du Bosmontin townCathedralCathedralCathédrale Saint-Christophe de Belfort2.3 km north, in BelfortPhotos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
Wikidata places 1 person here, but the articles don’t both confirm Danjoutin as the birthplace, so nobody is listed.
Commune in Territoire de Belfort, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Danjoutin is a commune of 3,519 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Danjoutin | 3,519 | — | B | A− | B+ | B |
| Bavilliers | 4,678 | 1.3 | C+ | B | B+ | D− |
| Belfort | 45,912 | 1.7 | C | A− | C− | C |
| Essert | 3,417 | 2.2 | B+ | C+ | A | B+ |
| Offemont | 4,051 | 2.9 | C+ | B− | A | C− |
| Valdoie | 5,175 | 3.6 | C+ | B− | A− | C+ |
| Châtenois-les-Forges | 2,608 | 4.2 | — | B+ | — | C |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades B+ for safety, #6 of 10 in Territoire de Belfort. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 13 burglaries and 40 acts of criminal damage.
They grade D, better than 12% of compared French towns and #9 of 11 in Territoire de Belfort. The lycée stands out: 98% of 51 candidates passed the bac at Lycée général et technologique privé Notre-Dame des Anges in 2025, 5 points above the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. 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 €1,444/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Danjoutin grades A− 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.