Clairvaux-les-Lacs has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents. At the median price of €1,998/m², a 70 m² home costs 5.4 times the median annual income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size) in the Communauté de communes Terre d'Émeraude Communauté. Its strongest is schools (A): brevet results 2 points above the expected rate.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
Each subject compares Clairvaux-les-Lacs 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.
The Culture ministry lists 2 historic monuments in Clairvaux-les-Lacs: 1 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 1 inscrit (the second level).
The oldest protected part dates from prehistory; the first monument here was protected in 1932.
Part of the town has been a protected historic area, a site patrimonial remarquable, since 2000.
19% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Work & commuteJobs & income C+
On foot, Clairvaux-les-Lacs works better than 85% of compared French towns
14.5% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train at the census, close to both Jura’s towns (17.6%) and compared French towns (13.4%). Clairvaux-les-Lacs has 650 jobs for 550 working residents, 1.1 per worker.
15%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving79%
On foot12%
Bicycle1%
Public transport1%
Motorbike or scooter1%
650
jobs based in Clairvaux-les-Lacs, 1.1 per working resident
10.2%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€24,740
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 85% 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 Clairvaux-les-Lacs than in Jura’s towns or across compared French towns: 21% of adults
In the comparison, Clairvaux-les-Lacs comes below both Jura’s towns (28%) and compared French towns (30%). Those 65 and older account for 27% of residents.
48.8median age
Clairvaux-les-LacsJura medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
27%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma27%
CAP or BEP30%
Baccalauréat17%
Higher education21%
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 90 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Jura 52.0%, France 51.8%.
INSEE, census 2023 · Jura median and France median: the median of compared communes
HousingCost of living B
Clairvaux-les-Lacs gets a B for cost of living
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The median price, €1,998/m², comes from 38 sales of houses and apartments in Clairvaux-les-Lacs from July 2023 to June 2026. Advertised rents are estimated at €10.33/m² a month, close to Jura’s towns (€10.38/m²) and below compared French towns (€12.41/m²).
€1,998/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Clairvaux-les-Lacs€1,998/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Jura median€1,658/m²
€10.33/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€7.95 to €13.43/m² a month)
5.4
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€9.27/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€25,680
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté de communes Terre d'Émeraude Communauté
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
HealthHealth B
Clairvaux-les-Lacs’ death rate, adjusted for age and care homes, is lower than in 63% of compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
From 2016 to 2025, 262 residents of Clairvaux-les-Lacs died, against 224 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 17% more. Its two care homes for older people (84 places) count their residents as Clairvaux-les-Lacs’; allowing for them, deaths were 16% below expected. The adjustment lowers most towns’ figures, so the comparison is what counts: the median of compared French towns is 12% below expected. The care-home adjustment is a TownRatings modeling step, not an official statistic. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from C+ to A−.
−16%deaths against expected, after care homesBHealth Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw117
Adjusted84
Median town88
Expected100
4
GPs in Clairvaux-les-Lacs · 3.7 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
11.7 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Ch Lons
11.7 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Ch Lons
85.1 · 78.9
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Jura, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Clairvaux-les-Lacs keeps more of its old housing than Jura or compared French towns: 19% built before 1919
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
For Clairvaux-les-Lacs, that is above both Jura’s towns (9.5%) and compared French towns (7.4%). Part of the town has been a protected historic area, a site patrimonial remarquable, since 2000. The Culture ministry lists 2 historic monuments in Clairvaux-les-Lacs: 1 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 1 inscrit (the second level).
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Safety
Clairvaux-les-Lacs has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average
Police and gendarmerie recorded 11 offenses in the graded categories in Clairvaux-les-Lacs in 2025. For family violence, other physical violence, sexual violence, burglary 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, 37.8% of the index here.
2.7recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year
Recorded by type · 2025
Criminal damage11
Armed robbery0
Vehicle theft0
Theft without violence7
Fraud6
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.
2.7
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
9.7
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
11
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
37.8%
of the index rests on the département’s average, used where small counts aren’t published
The Culture ministry lists 2 historic monuments in Clairvaux-les-Lacs: 1 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 1 inscrit (the second level).
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Clairvaux-les-Lacs
Is Clairvaux-les-Lacs safe?
Clairvaux-les-Lacs has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 2.7 recorded violent incidents and 9.7 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Are schools in Clairvaux-les-Lacs good?
They grade A, better than 86% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Clairvaux-les-Lacs expensive to live in?
Homes cost less than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €1,998/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Clairvaux-les-Lacs grades B for cost of living.
About Clairvaux-les-Lacs
Commune in Jura, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Clairvaux-les-Lacs is a commune of 1,426 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
1,426 (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.
