Arc-et-Senans’s strongest is cost of living (A−): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 4.5 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Health outcomes fall short of most towns (C+): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 7% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. It lags on safety as well — an average of 9.2 recorded violent incidents and 14.9 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Its remaining grades are unremarkable: B for jobs & income and B− for walkability.
Figures: prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · recorded crime, SSMSI (Ministry of the Interior) · employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025. Arc-et-Senans 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 Arc-et-Senans 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.
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Who lives here
Few people in Arc-et-Senans are 15 to 24: 8.6%, fewer than in Doubs’ towns and across compared French towns
28% of residents are 65 or over, higher than both Doubs’ towns (23%) and compared French towns (22%). Graduates make up a quarter of adults. The middle age in Arc-et-Senans is 49.8.
49.8median age
Arc-et-SenansDoubs medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
28%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma20%
CAP or BEP32%
Baccalauréat19%
Higher education25%
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About an even split. Median share of women: Doubs 51.3%, France 51.8%.
INSEE, census 2023 · Doubs median and France median: the median of compared communes
HealthHealth C+
More deaths than expected: Arc-et-Senans is above 63% of compared French towns once ages and care homes are allowed for
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
From 2016 to 2025, 197 residents of Arc-et-Senans died, against 189 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 4% more. Its care home for older people (24 places) counts its residents as Arc-et-Senans’; allowing for it, deaths were 7% below expected. The nearest emergency department to Arc-et-Senans is Ch Louis Pasteur Dole, 14.9 mi away. This Doubs town has 3 family doctors.
−7%deaths against expected, after care homesC+Health Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw104
Adjusted93
Median town88
Expected100
3
GPs in Arc-et-Senans · 4.1 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
14.9 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Ch Louis Pasteur Dole
14.7 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Ch Louis Pasteur Dole
85.7 · 79.4
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Doubs, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Old homes shape Arc-et-Senans: 19% were built before 1919, more than in Doubs’ towns and across compared French towns
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Among the classé monuments in Arc-et-Senans is Ancienne saline royale, actuellement Fondation Claude-Nicolas Ledoux. This Doubs town has 4 historic monuments on the Culture ministry’s list: 1 classé, the highest protection, and 3 inscrit, the second level. Its heritage reaches back to the 18th century.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Work & commuteJobs & income B
Unemployment in Arc-et-Senans, 7.3%, runs below Doubs’ towns and compared French towns
For its 650 residents in work, Arc-et-Senans has 450 jobs: 0.6 each. No commute at all: 4.4% of working residents in the town at the census. After tax and benefits, the median income is €25,550 a year per consumption unit.
11%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving84%
Public transport6%
On foot3%
Bicycle1%
Motorbike or scooter1%
450
jobs based in Arc-et-Senans, 0.6 per working resident
7.3%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€25,550
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
4%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
B−
Walkability: better than 50% of compared French towns
Ancienne saline royale, actuellement Fondation Claude-Nicolas Ledoux: Photo: Stefan Kühn · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Château de Roche: Photo: Arnaud 25 · Public domain · Graduation de la Saline: Photo: L’auteur n’a pas pu être identifié automatiquement. Il est supposé qu'il s'agit de : Cyberugo~commonswiki (étant donné la revendication de droit d’auteur). · Public domain · Château d'Arc: Photo: Sacamol · CC BY-SA 4.0
Famous people from Arc-et-Senans
Wikidata places 1 person here, but the articles don’t both confirm Arc-et-Senans as the birthplace, so nobody is listed.
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Arc-et-Senans
Is Arc-et-Senans expensive to live in?
Homes cost less than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €1,744/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Arc-et-Senans grades A− for cost of living.
About Arc-et-Senans
Commune in Doubs, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Arc-et-Senans is a commune of 1,620 people in the Communauté de communes Loue-Lison. 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
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.
