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This town in Haute-Saône, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté has a population of 2,393.
Homes are affordable: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 3.3 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Crime is low (A): an average of 6.1 recorded violent incidents and 8.1 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Health is a weak point: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 10% above expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Its schools fall short: bac results 1.6 points below the expected rate; brevet results 8.6 points below the expected rate.
Figures: prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · recorded crime, SSMSI (Ministry of the Interior) · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education. Arc-lès-Gray 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 3 things Arc-lès-Gray does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Arc-lès-Gray 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.
Arc-lès-Gray has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
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The Culture ministry’s list holds 2 historic monuments in Arc-lès-Gray; none is classé, France’s top protection.
The oldest protected part dates from the 18th century; the first monument here was protected in 2007.
13% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Arc-lès-Gray.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Homes sold for a median €1,156/m², about level with Haute-Saône’s towns (€1,108/m²) and below compared French towns (€2,430/m²). The sales split: 90% houses, the rest apartments.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,172/m² | 63 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
At birth, a girl in Haute-Saône can expect 84.7 years and a boy 78.6 (2025); across France, 85.9 and 80.3. 324 deaths in Arc-lès-Gray between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 295: 10% above. This Haute-Saône town has 3 family doctors.
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.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Vocational results within 5 km: 86% passed the bac pro, of 155 candidates at 2 lycées. 89.4% of candidates passed the bac at the lycées within 5 km of Arc-lès-Gray, close to Haute-Saône’s towns (90.4%) and below compared French towns (92.9%). The town’s pupils have a collège 0.9 mi away.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Robert et Sonia DelaunayNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 81 | 74%−10 pts |
| Lycée polyvalent Augustin CournotNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 165 | 93%−4 pts |
| Lycée professionnel privé Saint-Pierre Fourier PrivateBest against expectations: 11 points above the expected rateVocational lycée | Vocational lycée | 24 | 83%+11 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
More of the graded crimes in Arc-lès-Gray were sexual violence than anything else (2025). Jobs outnumber working residents in Arc-lès-Gray (2,000 to 850): it draws people in from around. The police record for Arc-lès-Gray lists 35 offenses in 2025.
Not in the gradeTheft without violence, drug use and fraud are shown for information but left out of the Safety Grade, which counts violence plus burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and criminal damage per resident.
Source: SSMSI (Interior Ministry), recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 · Licence Ouverte · For other physical violence, burglary, vehicle theft and theft from vehicles, this figure isn’t published when it’s small (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the index uses the département’s average instead, 11.9% of the index here. With more than 10% of the index estimated that way, this Safety Grade is less sure than most. Crimes are counted in the commune where they happen, then divided by its residents, so a town that draws people in from around can look higher. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Children under 15 make up 14%, below both Haute-Saône’s towns (15%) and compared French towns (17%). Those aged 15 to 24 account for nearly one in ten residents. The age that splits Arc-lès-Gray in two is 52.2.
53% women, 47% men
About 89 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Haute-Saône 51.4%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
| Arc-lès-Gray | Haute-Saône median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 14% | 15% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 9.5% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 17% | 21% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 29% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 30% | 24% | 22% |
| No diploma | 32% | 25% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 31% | 27% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 18% | 17% | 18% |
| Higher education | 14% | 22% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Haute-Saône median and France median: the median of compared communes
Half of residents lived on more than €22,850 a year per consumption unit, close to Haute-Saône’s towns (€22,560) and below compared French towns (€25,970). Of those in the labour force, 12.5% are unemployed. At the census, 4.4% of working residents in Arc-lès-Gray didn’t travel to work at all.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
The Culture ministry’s list holds 2 historic monuments in Arc-lès-Gray; none is classé, France’s top protection. Protection here reaches back to the 18th century.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Museums, gardens and heritage in and near Arc-lès-Gray. Best known first.
MuseumMusée national de l'espéranto2 km south, in GrayMuseumMuseumLa Villa / Frac Collectionin townMuseumMuseumMusée Baron-Martin1.7 km southeast, in GrayChâteauChâteauChâteau de Gray1.7 km southeast, in GrayMuseumMuseumMuséum d'histoire naturelle de Gray1.7 km southeast, in GrayPhotos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
The Culture ministry’s list holds 2 historic monuments in Arc-lès-Gray; none is classé, France’s top protection.
Demeure et entrepôts Anthony: Photo: Prosopee · CC BY-SA 3.0
2 notable people were born in Arc-lès-Gray.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arc-lès-Gray | 2,393 | — | — | A+ | A | D |
| Gray | 5,365 | 1.3 | C− | A | D− | C |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
They grade D, better than 11% of compared French towns. 93% of 165 candidates passed the bac at Lycée polyvalent Augustin Cournot in 2025, 4 points below the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Arc-lès-Gray grades A+ for cost of living.
Commune in Haute-Saône, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Arc-lès-Gray is a commune of 2,393 people in the Communauté de communes Val de Gray. 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) · DGFiP, DVF property sales, July 2023 to June 2026 · 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.
