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A town in Haute-Savoie, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, home to 1,623 people.
The local economy does well (A+): 2 jobs per working resident; 3.1% unemployment. Crime is the sore point: an average of 16.1 recorded violent incidents and 20.2 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. At the median price of €8,477/m², a 70 m² home costs 19.8 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the Communauté de communes des Vallées de Thônes. Its other grades sit near the middle: B for health and B for walkability.
Figures: employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · recorded crime, SSMSI (Ministry of the Interior) · 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. La Clusaz 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 La Clusaz 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.
La Clusaz has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
The 3 things La Clusaz does most differently from other towns.
The Culture ministry lists no building in La Clusaz as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Croix de chemin, in Le Grand-Bornand, 4 mi away.
Explore the history →Nothing in La Clusaz is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in La Clusaz.
The commonest graded crime in La Clusaz was criminal damage (2025). With 1,650 jobs for 850 working residents, La Clusaz draws people in from neighbouring communes. 42 offenses were reported in La Clusaz during 2025.
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.
Source: SSMSI (Interior Ministry), recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 · Licence Ouverte · Small counts of family violence, burglary, vehicle theft and theft from vehicles go unpublished (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the département’s average stands in, 20.1% of the index here. As that share tops 10%, this Safety Grade carries more doubt than most. Crimes are counted in the commune where they happen, then divided by its residents, so a town that draws people in from around can look higher. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Behind the median of €8,477/m²: 254 houses and apartments sold in La Clusaz between July 2023 and June 2026. Houses in La Clusaz sell for €11,644/m² and apartments for €8,330/m². Renting a house costs an estimated €14.35/m² a month.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €11,644/m² | 40 |
| Apartments | €8,330/m² | 214 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
People 65 and over make up 26% of the town, above both Haute-Savoie’s towns (17%) and compared French towns (22%). The share aged 15 to 24 is 8.8%. Just over a third of adults hold a degree.
48% women, 52% men
About 107 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Haute-Savoie 51.0%, France 51.8%.
| La Clusaz | Haute-Savoie median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 13% | 19% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 8.8% | 9.8% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 22% | 28% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 29% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 26% | 17% | 22% |
| No diploma | 16% | 14% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 25% | 25% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 18% | 19% | 18% |
| Higher education | 35% | 37% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Haute-Savoie median and France median: the median of compared communes
Just over a fifth of commuters went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport at the census. Half of residents lived on more than €31,100 a year per consumption unit, below Haute-Savoie’s towns (€33,240) but above compared French towns (€25,970). At the census, 9.7% of working residents in La Clusaz didn’t travel to work at all.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
For a family doctor, residents of La Clusaz can choose among 9 GPs. The nearest emergency department to La Clusaz is Hopitaux du Mont Blanc site Sallanches, 10 mi away. France’s death rates at each age would predict 181 deaths in the town from 2016 to 2025; there were 154, 15% fewer. At birth, a girl in Haute-Savoie can expect 86.6 years and a boy 81.8 (2025); across France, 85.9 and 80.3.
Source: INSEE, deaths by commune of residence 2016–2025 and censuses; Eurostat, death rates by age (© European Union); INSEE, BPE 2025; DREES, APL 2024; INSEE, life expectancy by département 2025 · Licence Ouverte · This figure includes a care-home adjustment that TownRatings models; no official statistic exists. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from C to A−.
Other places to visit, museums and family days out in and near La Clusaz. Best known first.
2 notable people were born in La Clusaz.
Commune in Haute-Savoie, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
La Clusaz is a commune of 1,623 people in the Communauté de communes des Vallées de Thônes. 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
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| La Clusaz | 1,623 | — | — | D | D | B |
| Thônes | 6,654 | 5.6 | A | D | A+ | B+ |
| Megève | 2,893 | 9.3 | B− | D− | C | B+ |
| Sallanches | 17,319 | 9.7 | B+ | D | B− | C+ |
| Ugine Savoie | 7,154 | 10 | A | B | A− | B− |
| Magland | 3,220 | 11 | B | C− | A | C |
| Saint-Pierre-en-Faucigny | 7,865 | 11 | B | C | A− | B− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Homes cost more than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €8,477/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so La Clusaz grades D for cost of living.
Sources: INSEE, census 2023 (population, employment, commuting) · INSEE, Filosofi 2023 (income per consumption unit, poverty) · DGFiP, DVF property sales, July 2023 to June 2026 · 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 November 9, 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.