Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
With 302 residents, it is a town in Jura, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté.
At under 1,000 residents, Étival is too small for the grades other French towns get. Holiday and other second homes account for 32% of homes.
The one thing Étival does most differently from other towns.
The Culture ministry lists no building in Étival as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Sites palafittiques, in Clairvaux-les-Lacs, 5.4 mi away.
25% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Étival.
Degrees are held by just over a third of adults, higher than both Jura’s towns (28%) and compared French towns (30%). People 65 and over make up 18% of the town. 17% of residents are children under 15.
52% women, 48% men
About 93 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Jura 52.0%, France 51.8%.
| Étival | Jura median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 17% | 14% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 7.6% | 10% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 25% | 21% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 32% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 18% | 27% | 22% |
| No diploma | 15% | 21% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 30% | 25% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 15% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 34% | 28% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Jura median and France median: the median of compared communes
For its 150 residents in work, Étival has 50 jobs: 0.2 each. 6.6% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train at the census, below Jura’s towns (17.6%) and compared French towns (13.4%) alike. Households’ median disposable income: €23,390 a year per consumption unit.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Between July 2023 and June 2026, buyers took 9 homes in Étival.
Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Nothing in Étival is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Étival yet.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Étival | 302 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Saint-Claude | 8,386 | 8.2 | B | A+ | C | B |
| Hauts de Bienne | 5,032 | 11 | B | A | C | C |
| Les Rousses | 3,740 | 13 | A− | B | C | A |
| Arbent Ain | 3,555 | 16 | — | B+ | — | A |
| Lons-le-Saunier | 16,618 | 16 | C+ | B+ | D | B− |
| Gex Ain | 13,627 | 17 | A− | C− | B− | A |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Commune in Jura, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Étival is a commune of 302 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
Sources: INSEE, census 2023 (population, employment, commuting) · INSEE, Filosofi 2023 (income per consumption unit, poverty) · 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 October 30, 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.