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This town in Haute-Savoie, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes has a population of 1,068.
Clarafond-Arcine’s strongest is health — after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 28% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. The weak point is cost of living — at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 8.1 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Walkability is weaker too — 4% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 5% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Homes sell for a median €3,894/m².
Figures: deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting, INSEE census 2023. Clarafond-Arcine 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 Clarafond-Arcine 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.
Clarafond-Arcine has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
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The 3 things Clarafond-Arcine does most differently from other towns.
The Culture ministry lists no building in Clarafond-Arcine as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is église Saint-Étienne, in Clermont, 6.5 mi away.
13% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Nothing in Clarafond-Arcine 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 Clarafond-Arcine.
Walking, cycling and public transport carried 5.4% of commuters at the census. Clarafond-Arcine has 100 jobs for 500 working residents, 0.2 per worker. Unemployment stood at 8.8%, higher than Haute-Savoie’s towns (8.1%) yet lower than compared French towns (10.1%).
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.
The nearest emergency department to Clarafond-Arcine is Ch Annecy Genevois site St Julien En Genevois, 10.3 mi away. From 2016 to 2025, 48 residents of Clarafond-Arcine died, against 66 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 28% fewer. Life expectancy in Haute-Savoie: 86.6 years for women and 81.8 for men (2025); France averages 85.9 and 80.3.
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 · Care-home places are adjusted for by TownRatings, using a model rather than an official statistic. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from C+ to A+.
9.5% of residents are 15 to 24, near Haute-Savoie’s towns (9.8%) and lower than compared French towns (11%). Those 65 and older account for 14% of residents. At 42.3, the median resident of Clarafond-Arcine sits in the middle of the age range.
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Haute-Savoie 51.0%, France 51.8%.
| Clarafond-Arcine | Haute-Savoie median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 21% | 19% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 9.5% | 9.8% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 25% | 28% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 31% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 14% | 17% | 22% |
| No diploma | 12% | 14% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 30% | 25% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 21% | 19% | 18% |
| Higher education | 33% | 37% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Haute-Savoie median and France median: the median of compared communes
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Houses made up 97% of the homes sold; apartments the rest. 32 houses and apartments changed hands in Clarafond-Arcine from July 2023 to June 2026.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €3,750/m² | 31 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Clarafond-Arcine yet.
Commune in Haute-Savoie, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Clarafond-Arcine is a commune of 1,068 people in the Communauté de communes Usses et Rhône. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clarafond-Arcine | 1,068 | — | — | C− | — | A |
| Valleiry | 5,264 | 4.6 | B− | C+ | B+ | B+ |
| Valserhône Ain | 16,712 | 5.2 | D | C− | C− | C |
| Viry | 5,809 | 7.5 | B | C | B− | A |
| Péron Ain | 2,916 | 8.6 | A | C− | A | A |
| La Balme-de-Sillingy | 5,336 | 9.6 | B− | C− | A+ | B |
| Saint-Julien-en-Genevois | 16,222 | 10 | B− | C | C | A |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Clarafond-Arcine has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 6.4 recorded violent incidents and 11.6 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Clarafond-Arcine grades C− for cost of living.
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 9, 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.