Étival-Clairefontaine’s best grade is for cost of living: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 4.2 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 1% above expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. It also trails on walkability (C+) — 69% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 8% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Homes sell for a median €1,425/m².
Figures: prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting, INSEE census 2023. Étival-Clairefontaine 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 Étival-Clairefontaine 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.
Zone archéologique · Classé · Photo: Jérémdu88 · CC BY-SA 4.0
Étival-Clairefontaine’s story
Étival-Clairefontaine in pictures
On the Culture ministry’s list, Étival-Clairefontaine counts 2 historic monuments: 2 classé at the top level of protection and 0 inscrit at the second.
The oldest protected part dates from Antiquity, and the first monument here was protected in 1840, on France’s very first list.
15% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
On the Culture ministry’s list, Étival-Clairefontaine counts 2 historic monuments: 2 classé at the top level of protection and 0 inscrit at the second.
Abbaye (ancienne): Photo: Cham · CC BY 3.0 · Zone archéologique: Photo: Jérémdu88 · CC BY-SA 4.0
The data
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Étival-Clairefontaine.
HealthHealth C−
Étival-Clairefontaine has a higher adjusted death rate than four in five compared French towns
+1%deaths against expected, after care homesC−Health Grade
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Étival-Clairefontaine has 4 family doctors. Ages and care homes taken into account, deaths in Étival-Clairefontaine come to 101 per 100 predicted. From 2016 to 2025, 241 residents of Étival-Clairefontaine died, against 238 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 1% more. The nearest emergency department to Étival-Clairefontaine is Chi Hopitaux du Massif des Vosges site Saint Die des Vosge, 6.8 mi away.
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw101
Adjusted101
Median town88
Expected100
4
GPs in Étival-Clairefontaine · 4 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
6.8 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Chi Hopitaux du Massif des Vosges site Saint Die des Vosge
6.8 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Chi Hopitaux du Massif des Vosges site Saint Die des Vosge
84.2 · 78.6
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Vosges, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Étival-Clairefontaine gets a B+ for cost of living
€1,425/m²median sale price
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Advertised rents are estimated at €10.02/m² a month, near Vosges’ towns (€9.54/m²) and lower than compared French towns (€12.41/m²). Renting a house costs an estimated €7.40/m² a month. Sales in Étival-Clairefontaine from July 2023 to June 2026: 61 houses and apartments.
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Étival-Clairefontaine€1,425/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Vosges median€1,349/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€1,465/m²
58
€10.02/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€7.85 to €12.77/m² a month)
4.2
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€7.40/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€23,490
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté d'agglomération de Saint-Dié-des-Vosges
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Work & commuteJobs & income C+
Fewer commuters in Étival-Clairefontaine walk, cycle or take the bus or train than in Vosges’ towns or compared French towns: 7.8%
8%walk, cycle or take transit
Étival-Clairefontaine holds 1,000 jobs; 1,050 of its residents are in work, so 1 jobs each. The median disposable income was €25,280 a year per consumption unit, above Vosges’ towns (€23,200) and close to compared French towns (€25,970). The jobless rate is 10.9%.
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving88%
On foot4%
Bicycle2%
Public transport2%
Motorbike or scooter0%
1,000
jobs based in Étival-Clairefontaine, 1 per working resident
10.9%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€25,280
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
4%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
C+
Walkability: better than 37% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
History
Étival-Clairefontaine has 2 historic monuments, the oldest from Antiquity
2historic monuments
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Before 1919: that is when 15% of homes were built. Among the classé monuments in Étival-Clairefontaine is Zone archéologique. Protection here reaches back to Antiquity.
Étival-Clairefontaine is a commune of 2,437 people in the Communauté d'agglomération de Saint-Dié-des-Vosges. 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
2,437 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté d'agglomération de Saint-Dié-des-Vosges
Département
Vosges (88)
Région
Grand Est
Area
10.5 sq mi (27.2 km²)
INSEE code
88165
Étival-Clairefontaine’s neighbors
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Étival-Clairefontaine
Is Étival-Clairefontaine safe?
Étival-Clairefontaine has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 2.2 recorded violent incidents and 5.6 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Is Étival-Clairefontaine expensive to live in?
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Étival-Clairefontaine grades B+ for cost of living.
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.
