Arinthod’s strongest is schools — brevet results 8 points above the expected rate. It is strong on cost of living as well: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 3.2 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Health is a weak point: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 8% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. The median price paid is €1,163/m².
Arinthod 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 Arinthod 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
Work & commuteJobs & income B−
A walkable place: Arinthod beats 91% of compared French towns on foot
Jobs located in Arinthod: 650, for 400 residents in work (1.5 each). At the census, 21.9% went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport, higher than both Jura’s towns (17.6%) and compared French towns (13.4%). Households’ median disposable income: €22,940 a year per consumption unit.
22%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving71%
On foot20%
Bicycle1%
Public transport0%
Motorbike or scooter0%
650
jobs based in Arinthod, 1.5 per working resident
9.1%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€22,940
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
6%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
A
Walkability: better than 91% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Who lives here
Degrees are less common in Arinthod than in Jura’s towns or across compared French towns: 20% of adults
Children under 15 count for 14% of the people here. 31% of residents are 65 or over, above Jura’s towns (27%) and compared French towns (22%) alike. Young adults of 15 to 24 are nearly a tenth of the population.
51.4median age
ArinthodJura medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
31%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma24%
CAP or BEP31%
Baccalauréat18%
Higher education20%
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 91 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Jura 52.0%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
INSEE, census 2023 · Jura median and France median: the median of compared communes
HealthHealth C+
Fewer deaths than expected in Arinthod, 92 per 100, but more than in Jura’s towns or compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
The nearest emergency department to Arinthod is Centre hospitalier du Haut Bugey Geovreisset, 9.7 mi away. From 2016 to 2025, 274 residents of Arinthod died, against 213 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 29% more. In Jura, women can expect to live 85.1 years and men 78.9 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. This Jura town has one family doctor.
−8%deaths against expected, after care homesC+Health Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw129
Adjusted92
Median town88
Expected100
1
GPs in Arinthod · 2.2 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
9.7 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier du Haut Bugey Geovreisset
9.7 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Centre hospitalier du Haut Bugey Geovreisset
85.1 · 78.9
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Jura, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Old homes shape Arinthod: 21% were built before 1919, more than in Jura’s towns or compared French towns
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Part of the town has been protected as a historic area since 2005. The protected list starts in the 16th century. Arinthod has 3 historic monuments on the Culture ministry’s list: 1 classé, the highest protection, and 2 inscrit, the second level.
3historic monuments
Monuments by protection · Mérimée
Classé1
Inscrit2
16th c.
oldest protected part
1971
first monument protected
2005
protected historic area (site patrimonial remarquable)
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Arinthod
Is Arinthod safe?
Arinthod has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 3.3 recorded violent incidents and 5.1 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Are schools in Arinthod good?
They grade A+, better than 100% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Arinthod expensive to live in?
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Arinthod grades A+ for cost of living.
About Arinthod
Commune in Jura, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Arinthod is a commune of 1,149 people in the Communauté de communes Terre d'Émeraude Communauté. 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
1,149 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes Terre d'Émeraude Communauté
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.
