Homes are affordable (A): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 3.3 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Schools lag: brevet results at the expected rate. Its remaining grades are unremarkable: C+ for jobs & income and B− for walkability. Homes go for a median €1,206/m².
Figures: prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025. Lavans-lès-Saint-Claude 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 Lavans-lès-Saint-Claude 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.
Hazard riskNot graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas–
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Chapelle de Saint-Romain-de-Roche · Classé · Photo: L’auteur n’a pas pu être identifié automatiquement. Il est supposé qu'il s'agit de : Mars et bellone (étant donné la revendication de droit d’auteur). · Public domain
Lavans-lès-Saint-Claude’s story
Lavans-lès-Saint-Claude in pictures
The Culture ministry lists 1 historic monument in Lavans-lès-Saint-Claude: 1 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 0 inscrit (the second level).
The oldest protected part dates from the 12th century; the first monument here was protected in 1931.
1931First protected: Chapelle de Saint-Romain-de-Roche
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Safety
For crime per resident, Lavans-lès-Saint-Claude sits below 75% of compared French towns
Police and gendarmerie figures for Lavans-lès-Saint-Claude show 42 offenses in 2025. Graded property crimes ran at 6.7 per 1,000 residents a year, and violence against people at 9.6 (2023–2025 average). More of the graded crimes in the town were other physical violence than anything else (2025).
9.6recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a yearA−Safety Grade
Recorded by type · 2025
Other physical violence20
Criminal damage13
Family violence9
Fraud12
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.
9.6
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
6.7
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
42
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
12.1%
of the index rests on the département’s average, used where small counts aren’t published
Source: SSMSI (Interior Ministry), recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 · Licence Ouverte · Small counts of sexual violence, armed robbery, burglary, vehicle theft and theft from vehicles go unpublished (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the département’s average stands in, 12.1% of the index here. With more than 10% of the index estimated that way, this Safety Grade is less sure than most. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
HealthHealth B+
Mortality in Lavans-lès-Saint-Claude, once ages and care homes are allowed for, undercuts Jura’s towns and compared French towns: 79 per 100 expected
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
From 2016 to 2025, 220 residents of Lavans-lès-Saint-Claude died, against 256 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 14% fewer. Life expectancy in Jura: 85.1 years for women and 78.9 for men (2025); France averages 85.9 and 80.3. Also worth knowing: the town has one family doctor.
−21%deaths against expected, after care homesB+Health Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw86
Adjusted79
Median town88
Expected100
1
GPs in Lavans-lès-Saint-Claude · 3.6 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
4.2 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier Louis Jaillon de Saint Claude
11.2 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
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
History
1 historic monument in Lavans-lès-Saint-Claude, 1 classé
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Among the classé monuments in Lavans-lès-Saint-Claude is Chapelle de Saint-Romain-de-Roche. Its heritage reaches back to the 12th century. Homes from before 1919 make up 8.8% of the total.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Who lives here
Fewer people in Lavans-lès-Saint-Claude hold a degree than in Jura’s towns or compared French towns: 23%
Under-15s account for 16% of the population. A tenth of the population is aged 15 to 24, below Jura’s towns (10%) and compared French towns (11%) alike. Those 65 and older account for 24% of residents.
47.5median age
Lavans-lès-Saint-ClaudeJura medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
24%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma26%
CAP or BEP28%
Baccalauréat18%
Higher education23%
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About an even split. Median share of women: Jura 52.0%, France 51.8%.
INSEE, census 2023 · Jura median and France median: the median of compared communes
Work & commuteJobs & income C+
Only 7.9% of commuters in Lavans-lès-Saint-Claude go to work without a car, fewer than in Jura’s towns and compared French towns
850 jobs are based in Lavans-lès-Saint-Claude, for 1,000 working residents (0.9 per worker). 2.0% of the town’s working residents had no journey to work at the census. Unemployment stood at 9.5%, lower than both Jura’s towns (10.2%) and compared French towns (10.1%).
8%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving90%
On foot6%
Bicycle2%
Public transport1%
Motorbike or scooter0%
850
jobs based in Lavans-lès-Saint-Claude, 0.9 per working resident
9.5%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€25,170
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
2%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
B−
Walkability: better than 45% of compared French towns
Chapelle de Saint-Romain-de-Roche: Photo: L’auteur n’a pas pu être identifié automatiquement. Il est supposé qu'il s'agit de : Mars et bellone (étant donné la revendication de droit d’auteur). · Public domain
Famous people from Lavans-lès-Saint-Claude
One notable person was born in Lavans-lès-Saint-Claude.
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Lavans-lès-Saint-Claude
Are schools in Lavans-lès-Saint-Claude good?
They grade C, better than 34% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Lavans-lès-Saint-Claude expensive to live in?
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Lavans-lès-Saint-Claude grades A for cost of living.
About Lavans-lès-Saint-Claude
Commune in Jura, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Lavans-lès-Saint-Claude is a commune of 2,351 people in the Communauté de communes Haut-Jura Saint-Claude. 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
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.
