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Renovation in Besançon
In 2025, 26% of the homes authorised were in existing buildings: conversions, extensions and changes of use.
- Homes in existing buildings, 2025
- 26%
Homes authorised in Besançon: new buildings and existing ones
Dwellings authorised each year, by the year the permit was granted: in new buildings, and by works on existing buildings (conversions, extensions, changes of use). SDES Sitadel.
- Existing buildings
- New buildings
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| Year | New buildings | Existing buildings | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 555 | 196 | 751 |
| 2024 | 212 | 49 | 261 |
| 2023 | 233 | 287 | 520 |
| 2022 | 638 | 104 | 742 |
| 2021 | 473 | 163 | 636 |
| 2020 | 582 | 64 | 646 |
| 2019 | 505 | 81 | 586 |
| 2018 | 839 | 57 | 896 |
| 2017 | 695 | 119 | 814 |
| 2016 | 638 | 126 | 764 |
| 2015 | 211 | 125 | 336 |
| 2014 | 472 | 152 | 624 |
| 2013 | 332 | 15 | 347 |
Only permits that create dwellings are listed, so renovation that adds no home (refurbishing, insulating, re-roofing) is not counted. A permit is permission to build, not a finished home. The current year is left out until it is complete.
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At the median sale price, a 90 m² home costs €205,560. With 10% down and a 30-year mortgage, the payment is €800 a month. The HCSF caps it at 35% of a household's income.
- Payment, two incomes
- 21%
- Payment, one income
- 41%
Owning a 90 m² apartment costs less each month than renting it. Owning counts interest, running costs and the return the deposit could earn, at apartments' median sale price; rent is the asking rent. Repaying the loan is saving, so it is left out.
- Rent per month
- €1,159
- Owning per month
- €734
Figures for Doubs: Besançon has no reliable figures of its own.
7.6% fewer homes were licensed for construction in the last 12 months than in an average year of the past decade.
- Licensed, 12 months
- 2,788
In 2022 the population fell by 1,568 while 459 homes were started.
- Homes started, 2022
- 459
- Population change, 2022
- −1,568
9.5% of the 73,009 homes counted in the 2023 census stood empty, whether for sale, to let or for other reasons.
- Empty, 2023 census
- 9.5%
- Empty homes
- 6,931
Public bodies signed €391K of housing works here in 2025, and €391K since 2024.
- Signed in 2025
- €391K
- Per resident, 2025
- €3