Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
It is a town of 648 residents in Hautes-Alpes, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur.
Baratier isn’t graded: grades begin at 1,000 residents. Holiday and other second homes account for 47% of homes.
The 2 things Baratier does most differently from other towns.
The Culture ministry lists no building in Baratier as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Église Notre-Dame (ancienne cathédrale), in Embrun, 1.6 mi away.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Baratier.
One measure of family life: 18% of residents are under 15. People 65 and over make up a quarter of the town, between Hautes-Alpes’ towns (29%) and compared French towns (22%). Graduates make up 34% of adults.
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Hautes-Alpes 52.7%, France 51.8%.
| Baratier | Hautes-Alpes median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 18% | 15% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 7.2% | 9% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 25% | 20% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 25% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 25% | 29% | 22% |
| No diploma | 11% | 16% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 28% | 24% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 20% | 20% | 18% |
| Higher education | 34% | 32% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Hautes-Alpes median and France median: the median of compared communes
For its 250 residents in work, Baratier has 300 jobs: 1.1 each. The unemployment rate here is 9.5%. No commute at all: 7.7% of working residents here at the census.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Near Baratier, 94.5% of lycée candidates passed the bac, close to Hautes-Alpes’ towns (95.3%) and above compared French towns (92.9%).
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège les ÉcrinsNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 113 | 92%+2 pts |
| Lycée Honoré RomaneNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 134 | 97%±0 pts |
| Lycée professionnel Alpes et DuranceBest against expectations: 2 points above the expected rateVocational lycée | Vocational lycée | 62 | 89%+2 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.
Sales in Baratier from July 2023 to June 2026: 30 houses and apartments. House rents are put at about €9.90/m² a month. The estimated advertised rent is €13.12/m² a month, near Hautes-Alpes’ towns (€12.78/m²) and higher than compared French towns (€12.41/m²).
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Other places to visit, heritage and family days out in and near Baratier. Best known first.
Nothing in Baratier is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
Wikidata places 2 people here, but for none of them do the articles confirm Baratier as the birthplace, so nobody is listed.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baratier | 648 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Embrun | 6,412 | 1.7 | B− | D | B | C+ |
| Chorges | 3,146 | 10 | B+ | D | A | B− |
| Barcelonnette Alpes-de-Haute-Provence | 2,518 | 13 | C | C | C− | B |
| La Bâtie-Neuve | 2,628 | 14 | — | C− | — | B+ |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Commune in Hautes-Alpes, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Baratier is a commune of 648 people in the Communauté de communes Serre-Ponçon. 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.