Buying a home costs less than in most towns: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 2.8 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Add walkability to its strengths — 72% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 16% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Its remaining grades are unremarkable: B− for health and B− for jobs & income. 14% of its homes are second homes.
Figures: prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting and employment, INSEE census 2023 · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025). Craponne-sur-Arzon 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 Craponne-sur-Arzon 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.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Craponne-sur-Arzon.
HousingCost of living A+
Buying in Craponne-sur-Arzon costs less than in both Haute-Loire’s towns and compared French towns: the median sale is €990/m²
€990/m²median sale price
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The estimated advertised rent is €8.17/m² a month, below both Haute-Loire’s towns (€8.91/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²). Estimated advertised rent for houses: €7.42/m² a month. The sales split: 94% houses, the rest apartments.
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Craponne-sur-Arzon€990/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Haute-Loire median€1,646/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€886/m²
80
€8.17/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€6.15 to €10.86/m² a month)
2.8
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€7.42/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€25,070
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté d'agglomération du Puy-en-Velay
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Who lives here
Older residents shape Craponne-sur-Arzon: 39% are 65 or over, above Haute-Loire’s towns and compared French towns
58.4median age
11% are under 15, below Haute-Loire’s towns (16%) and compared French towns (17%) alike. People aged 15 to 24 are 7.9% of the population. Craponne-sur-Arzon has a median age of 58.4.
Craponne-sur-ArzonHaute-Loire medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
39%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma28%
CAP or BEP29%
Baccalauréat18%
Higher education17%
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 88 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Haute-Loire 51.9%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
INSEE, census 2023 · Haute-Loire median and France median: the median of compared communes
Work & commuteJobs & income B−
Money is tighter in Craponne-sur-Arzon than in Haute-Loire’s towns or compared French towns: the median disposable income is €23,490 a year per consumption unit
16%walk, cycle or take transit
At the census, 16.2% went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport, above Haute-Loire’s towns (9.7%) and compared French towns (13.4%) alike. 1,200 jobs are based in Craponne-sur-Arzon, for 700 working residents (1.8 per worker).
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving75%
On foot15%
Public transport1%
Motorbike or scooter1%
Bicycle0%
1,200
jobs based in Craponne-sur-Arzon, 1.8 per working resident
9.7%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€23,490
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
8%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
A−
Walkability: better than 80% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
History
Craponne-sur-Arzon is rich in protected monuments: 30 per 10,000 residents, more than in both Haute-Loire’s towns and compared French towns
6historic monuments
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
18% of its homes were built before 1919, above Haute-Loire’s towns (11%) and compared French towns (7.4%) alike. Its oldest listed monument dates from the 12th century. The Culture ministry’s list holds 6 historic monuments in Craponne-sur-Arzon; none is classé, France’s top protection.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
HealthHealth B−
Craponne-sur-Arzon is 16.2 mi from the nearest emergency department
−11%deaths against expected, after care homesB−Health Grade
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Its two care homes for older people (193 places) count their residents as Craponne-sur-Arzon’s; allowing for them, deaths were 11% below expected. There are 4 general practitioners locally. In Haute-Loire, women can expect to live 85.7 years and men 80 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. France’s death rates at each age would predict 439 deaths in the town from 2016 to 2025; there were 585, 33% more.
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw133
Adjusted89
Median town88
Expected100
4
GPs in Craponne-sur-Arzon · 3.1 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
16.2 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier D Ambert
19.4 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Centre hospitalier du Puy En Velay
85.7 · 80
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Haute-Loire, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Craponne-sur-Arzon is a commune of 1,998 people in the Communauté d'agglomération du Puy-en-Velay. 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
Population
1,998 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté d'agglomération du Puy-en-Velay
Département
Haute-Loire (43)
Région
Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Area
12.9 sq mi (33.4 km²)
INSEE code
43080
Craponne-sur-Arzon’s neighbors
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Craponne-sur-Arzon
Is Craponne-sur-Arzon safe?
Craponne-sur-Arzon has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 2.5 recorded violent incidents and 7.6 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Is Craponne-sur-Arzon expensive to live in?
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Craponne-sur-Arzon grades A+ for cost of living.
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