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Home to 1,196 people, this town lies in Territoire de Belfort, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté.
Health outcomes beat most towns: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 24% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Add cost of living to its strengths — A year’s estimated rent on a 70 m² apartment is a third of the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. The weak point is schools: bac results 4 points below the expected rate; brevet results 4 points below the expected rate. Walkability is weaker too — 98% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 7% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work.
Figures: 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 · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting, INSEE census 2023. Pérouse 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 Pérouse does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Pérouse 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.
Pérouse has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
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The Culture ministry lists no building in Pérouse as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Château, actuellement musée d'Art et d'Histoire, et enceinte urbaine, in Belfort, 1.1 mi away.
11% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Heritage, museums and family days out in and near Pérouse. Best known first.
ChâteauCitadelle de Belfort2 km west, in Belfort
Art galleryMusées de Belfort2 km west, in Belfort
MuseumTour 462.2 km west, in BelfortCathedralCathedralCathédrale Saint-Christophe de Belfort2.1 km west, in BelfortChâteauChâteauFort de Roppe4.9 km north, in RoppePhotos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Pérouse.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
At the lycées within 5 km of Pérouse, 89.6% passed the bac, about level with Territoire de Belfort’s towns (89.6%) and below compared French towns (92.9%). 84.9% of candidates passed the brevet at the collèges within 5 km of the town, close to Territoire de Belfort’s towns (85.1%) and below compared French towns (87.5%).
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège VaubanNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 141 | 86%−1 pt |
| Lycée général et technologique privé Sainte-Marie PrivateNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 161 | 100%+1 pt |
| 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
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Life expectancy at birth in Territoire de Belfort is 85 years for women and 79.4 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. From 2016 to 2025, 75 residents of Pérouse died, against 98 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 24% fewer. The nearest emergency department to Pérouse is Hnfc site Trevenans, 4.2 mi away.
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+.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
House rents are put at about €10.73/m² a month. Houses made up 85% of the homes sold; apartments the rest. Sales in Pérouse from July 2023 to June 2026: 27 houses and apartments.
Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
The typical income here, after tax and benefits, is €29,160 a year per consumption unit. Pérouse holds 100 jobs; 550 of its residents are in work, so 0.2 jobs each. Also worth knowing: at the census, 6.6% of commuters got to work without a car.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
The 15-to-24 age group: 8.7%, lower than both Territoire de Belfort’s towns (11%) and compared French towns (11%). Graduates make up two in five adults. Typical age in Pérouse: 42.2, the median.
53% women, 47% men
About 89 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Territoire de Belfort 51.3%, France 51.8%.
| Pérouse | Territoire de Belfort median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 20% | 17% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 8.7% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 25% | 23% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 27% | 25% | 26% |
| 65+ | 20% | 23% | 22% |
| No diploma | 16% | 22% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 25% | 27% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 16% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 40% | 28% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Territoire de Belfort median and France median: the median of compared communes
Nothing in Pérouse is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Pérouse yet.
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →
Pérouse has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 3.6 recorded violent incidents and 5 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
They grade D, better than 13% of compared French towns. The lycée stands out: 100% of 161 candidates passed the bac at Lycée général et technologique privé Sainte-Marie in 2025, a point above the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Commune in Territoire de Belfort, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Pérouse is a commune of 1,196 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) · 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.