Where it does best is jobs & income: 0.4 jobs per working resident; 5.3% unemployment. At €2,937/m², the median price, 70 m² costs 8.1 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the Communauté de communes Serre-Ponçon. Its weakest is walkability — 44% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 6% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Second homes make up just over a third of its housing.
Figures: employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi. Crots 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 Crots 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.
Château de Picomtal: Photo: Fr.Latreille · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Église Saint-Laurent: Photo: Fr.Latreille · CC BY-SA 3.0
The data
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Crots.
Work & commuteJobs & income B
Only 5.7% of commuters in Crots go to work without a car, fewer than in Hautes-Alpes’ towns and across compared French towns
6%walk, cycle or take transit
Unemployment runs at 5.3%. The median disposable income was €25,440 a year per consumption unit, close to both Hautes-Alpes’ towns (€24,860) and compared French towns (€25,970). 7.4% of Crots’ working residents had no journey to work at the census.
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving86%
On foot3%
Public transport2%
Motorbike or scooter1%
Bicycle1%
200
jobs based in Crots, 0.4 per working resident
5.3%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€25,440
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
7%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
D
Walkability: better than 15% of compared French towns
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
History
Old homes shape Crots: 11% were built before 1919, more than in Hautes-Alpes’ towns and across compared French towns
3historic monuments
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Crots has 3 historic monuments on the Culture ministry’s list: 1 classé, the highest protection, and 2 inscrit, the second level. Among the classé monuments locally is Ancienne abbaye de Boscodon. The protected list starts in the 12th century.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
HealthHealth B
Crots has a lower adjusted death rate than 56% of compared French towns
−14%deaths against expected, after care homesBHealth Grade
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Life expectancy at birth in Hautes-Alpes is 86.1 years for women and 80.7 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. From 2016 to 2025, 79 residents of Crots died, against 92 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 14% fewer. The nearest emergency department to Crots is Centre hospitalier D Embrun, 2.7 mi away.
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw86
Adjusted86
Median town88
Expected100
0
GPs in Crots · 6.4 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
2.7 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier D Embrun
19.5 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Chi des Alpes du Sud site de Gap
86.1 · 80.7
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Hautes-Alpes, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Few people in Crots are 15 to 24: 6.6%, fewer than in Hautes-Alpes’ towns and across compared French towns
43.2median age
36% of adults hold a degree, above Hautes-Alpes’ towns (32%) and compared French towns (30%) alike. The under-15s are 20% of the population here. Those 65 and older account for just over a fifth of residents.
CrotsHautes-Alpes medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
22%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma13%
CAP or BEP27%
Baccalauréat20%
Higher education36%
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About an even split. Median share of women: Hautes-Alpes 52.7%, France 51.8%.
Commune in Hautes-Alpes, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Crots is a commune of 1,195 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
Population
1,195 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes Serre-Ponçon
Département
Hautes-Alpes (05)
Région
Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Area
21.8 sq mi (56.5 km²)
INSEE code
05045
Crots’ 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 Crots
Is Crots safe?
Crots has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 4.1 recorded violent incidents and 10.1 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Is Crots expensive to live in?
Homes cost more than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €2,937/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns, so Crots grades C 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.
