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1,329 residents make their home in this town in Haute-Savoie, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes.
Health is where it shines (A) — after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 33% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. The local economy does well: 0.9 jobs per working resident; 7.2% unemployment. Most journeys need a car: 31% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 8% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. It also trails on cost of living: A year’s estimated rent on a 70 m² apartment is 39% of the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality.
Figures: deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi. La Tour 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 Tour 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 Tour has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
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The one thing La Tour does most differently from other towns.
The Culture ministry lists no building in La Tour as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Carrières de meules de moulins ou meulières du Mont Vouan, in Viuz-en-Sallaz, 3.5 mi away.
13% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Nothing in La Tour 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 Tour.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Average lifespans in Haute-Savoie: 86.6 years for women, 81.8 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 nationally. 359 deaths in La Tour between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 296: 21% above. The nearest emergency department to La Tour is Centre hospitalier Alpes Leman, 5.1 mi away.
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 · The care-home adjustment is a TownRatings modeling step, not an official statistic.
Half of residents lived on more than €33,770 a year per consumption unit, close to Haute-Savoie’s towns (€33,240) and above compared French towns (€25,970). Bus, tram or train carried 2.3% of working residents in La Tour to work at the census.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Young adults of 15 to 24 are 7.8% of residents, below Haute-Savoie’s towns (9.8%) and compared French towns (11%) alike. Degrees are held by 35% of adults. The age that splits La Tour in two is 47.9.
53% women, 47% men
About 88 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Haute-Savoie 51.0%, France 51.8%.
| La Tour | Haute-Savoie median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 15% | 19% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 7.8% | 9.8% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 23% | 28% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 27% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 27% | 17% | 22% |
| No diploma | 15% | 14% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 29% | 25% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 19% | 19% | 18% |
| Higher education | 35% | 37% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Haute-Savoie median and France median: the median of compared communes
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
At the lycées within 5 km of La Tour, 88.0% passed the bac, below Haute-Savoie’s towns (93.9%) and compared French towns (92.9%) alike. For the general bac, the closest lycée is 3.9 mi away. The town’s pupils have a collège 1.8 mi away.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Gaspard MongeNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 158 | 94%−1 pt |
| Lycée professionnel privé Cecam PrivateNearest lycéeVocational lycée | Vocational lycée | 41 | 88%−3 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The market in La Tour: 28 sales of houses and apartments between July 2023 and June 2026. The sales split: 57% houses, the rest apartments. Renting a house costs an estimated €19.04/m² a month.
Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Museums, heritage and other places to visit in and near La Tour. Best known first.
Wikidata places 1 person here, but the articles don’t both confirm La Tour as the birthplace, so nobody is listed.
Commune in Haute-Savoie, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
La Tour is a commune of 1,329 people in the Communauté de communes des Quatre Rivières. 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 Tour | 1,329 | — | — | C+ | — | A |
| Viuz-en-Sallaz | 4,681 | 1.8 | B | C− | A+ | C |
| Saint-Jeoire | 3,457 | 1.9 | A− | B− | A | C− |
| Bonneville | 13,335 | 4 | C− | C− | C+ | C |
| Fillinges | 3,671 | 4.4 | A− | C− | A− | A− |
| Mieussy | 2,530 | 4.6 | — | C− | — | B− |
| Marignier | 6,507 | 4.7 | C+ | C− | A− | C+ |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
La Tour has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 4.7 recorded violent incidents and 7.9 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
They grade B, better than 65% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
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 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.