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1,017 people live in this town in Hautes-Alpes, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur.
Ancelle’s strongest subject is health: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 40% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Work and incomes are strong: 0.7 jobs per working resident; 4.0% unemployment. Where it falls short is cost of living — at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 8.3 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. 72% of homes here are second homes.
Figures: deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · employment, INSEE census 2023 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi. Ancelle 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.
The one thing Ancelle does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Ancelle 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.
Ancelle has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
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The Culture ministry lists no building in Ancelle as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Église Saint-Victor, in Chorges, 6.6 mi away.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Ancelle.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
The nearest emergency department to Ancelle is Chi des Alpes du Sud site de Gap, 7.7 mi away. From 2016 to 2025, 63 residents of Ancelle died, against 104 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 40% fewer. Women in Hautes-Alpes live to 86.1 on average and men to 80.7 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. There are 4 general practitioners in the town.
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.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Apartments in Ancelle sell for €2,844/m², houses for €3,332/m². The sales split: 22% houses, the rest apartments. Also worth knowing: the estimated advertised rent is €13.24/m² a month, close to Hautes-Alpes’ towns (€12.78/m²) and above compared French towns (€12.41/m²).
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €3,332/m² | 37 |
| Apartments | €2,844/m² | 132 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
39% of adults hold a degree. People 65 and over make up 27% of the town, below Hautes-Alpes’ towns (29%) but above compared French towns (22%). At 49.2, the median resident of Ancelle sits in the middle of the age range.
49% women, 51% men
About 105 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Hautes-Alpes 52.7%, France 51.8%.
| Ancelle | Hautes-Alpes median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 15% | 15% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 5.6% | 9% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 24% | 20% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 28% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 27% | 29% | 22% |
| No diploma | 11% | 16% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 23% | 24% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 22% | 20% | 18% |
| Higher education | 39% | 32% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Hautes-Alpes median and France median: the median of compared communes
After tax and benefits, the median income is €26,790 a year per consumption unit. At the census, 9.6% went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport, below both Hautes-Alpes’ towns (23.1%) and compared French towns (13.4%).
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Museums and heritage in and near Ancelle. Best known first.
Nothing in Ancelle is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
One notable person was born in Ancelle.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ancelle | 1,017 | — | — | D | — | A+ |
| La Bâtie-Neuve | 2,628 | 3.7 | — | C− | — | B+ |
| Chorges | 3,146 | 6.6 | B+ | D | A | B− |
| Gap | 41,293 | 7.6 | B+ | C | C | A− |
| Embrun | 6,412 | 15 | B− | D | B | C+ |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Ancelle has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 4.8 recorded violent incidents and 7.7 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Ancelle grades D for cost of living.
Commune in Hautes-Alpes, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Ancelle is a commune of 1,017 people in the Communauté de communes Champsaur-Valgaudemar. 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) · 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.