Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
The town has 1,029 residents and lies in Territoire de Belfort, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté.
Vézelois’s best grade is for health: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 22% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Prices are modest for what you get: A year’s estimated rent on a 70 m² apartment is 33% of the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. School results trail most towns (C): brevet results 3 points below the expected rate. Few people walk, cycle or take the bus to work: nearly four in five residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 5% 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. Vézelois 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 Vézelois 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.
Vézelois has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
The one thing Vézelois does most differently from other towns.
The Culture ministry lists no building in Vézelois 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, 3 mi away.
Explore the history →Nothing in Vézelois 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 Vézelois.
At the census, 4.9% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train. Jobs based in Vézelois number 50, against 500 residents in work (0.1 per worker). The median disposable income was €29,170 a year per consumption unit, above 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
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
For a family doctor, residents of Vézelois have one GP on hand. Average lifespans in Territoire de Belfort: 85 years for women, 79.4 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 nationally. Also worth knowing: 66 deaths locally between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 85: 22% below.
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 · This figure includes a care-home adjustment that TownRatings models; no official statistic exists. 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.
Houses made up 87% of the homes sold; apartments the rest. A house rents for an estimated €10.91/m² a month. Vézelois recorded 23 home sales from July 2023 to June 2026.
Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
The nearest general lycée is 3.3 mi away. A collège lies 1.4 mi away.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège la Providence PrivateNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 44 | 82%−4 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
36% of adults hold a degree, higher than both Territoire de Belfort’s towns (28%) and compared French towns (30%). The under-15s are 18% of the population here. The middle age in Vézelois is 45.
52% women, 48% men
About 94 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Territoire de Belfort 51.3%, France 51.8%.
| Vézelois | Territoire de Belfort median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 18% | 17% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 8.3% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 24% | 23% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 29% | 25% | 26% |
| 65+ | 21% | 23% | 22% |
| No diploma | 13% | 22% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 29% | 27% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 18% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 36% | 28% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Territoire de Belfort median and France median: the median of compared communes
Heritage and museums in and near Vézelois. Best known first.
ChâteauCitadelle de Belfort5 km northwest, in BelfortFortFortFort de Vézelois1.1 km southwest, in Meroux-MovalFortFortFort des Hautes Perches3.8 km northwest, in PérouseFortFortFort des Basses Perches4.1 km northwest, in DanjoutinFortFortOuvrage de Meroux2.4 km southwest, in Meroux-MovalPhotos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Vézelois yet.
Commune in Territoire de Belfort, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Vézelois is a commune of 1,029 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vézelois | 1,029 | — | — | A− | — | A− |
| Danjoutin | 3,519 | 2.6 | B | A− | B+ | B |
| Belfort | 45,912 | 3.8 | C | A− | C− | C |
| Bavilliers | 4,678 | 3.9 | C+ | B | B+ | D− |
| Offemont | 4,051 | 4.1 | C+ | B− | A | C− |
| Châtenois-les-Forges | 2,608 | 4.7 | — | B+ | — | C |
| Essert | 3,417 | 4.8 | B+ | C+ | A | B+ |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Vézelois has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 5.4 recorded violent incidents and 5.5 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
They grade C, better than 26% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
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 8, 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.