The picture is mixed. Its best grade is for walkability — 78% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 24% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Taken together, its subjects give Embrun a B− overall, better than 53% of compared French towns. Prices are high against local incomes: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 9.2 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Its other grades sit near the middle: B for safety, C+ for health and C+ for jobs & income.
Figures: amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting and employment, INSEE census 2023 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · recorded crime, SSMSI (Ministry of the Interior) · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025).
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas. The overall grade uses the other six subjects.
Each subject compares Embrun 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.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Embrun.
History
Embrun is rich in protected monuments: 17 per 10,000 residents, more than in Hautes-Alpes’ towns and across compared French towns
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Its oldest listed monument dates from the 12th century. Among the classé monuments in Embrun is Ancien archevêché d'Embrun. On the Culture ministry’s list, Embrun counts 11 historic monuments: 5 classé at the top level of protection and 6 inscrit at the second.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
HousingCost of living D
A home in Embrun sells for €3,326/m², more than in Hautes-Alpes’ towns and across compared French towns
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The estimated advertised rent is €14.45/m² a month, above Hautes-Alpes’ towns (€12.78/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²) alike. Houses in Embrun sell for €3,502/m² and apartments for €3,288/m². For a house, the estimated advertised rent is €9.51/m² a month.
€3,326/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Embrun€3,326/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Hautes-Alpes median€2,775/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€3,502/m²
99
Apartments
€3,288/m²
329
€14.45/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€10.60 to €19.72/m² a month)
9.2
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€9.51/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€25,240
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté de communes Serre-Ponçon
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Work & commuteJobs & income C+
A walkable place: Embrun beats 85% of compared French towns on foot
Embrun holds 2,950 jobs; 2,350 of its residents are in work, so 1.2 jobs each. Per consumption unit, the median disposable income is €24,830 a year. No commute at all: 5.9% of working residents in the town at the census.
24%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving70%
On foot18%
Public transport4%
Bicycle2%
Motorbike or scooter1%
2,950
jobs based in Embrun, 1.2 per working resident
11.0%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€24,830
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
6%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
A
Walkability: better than 85% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Who lives here
Fewer children live in Embrun than in Hautes-Alpes’ towns or compared French towns: 12% are under 15
The 65-and-over age group makes up 33% of residents. Young adults of 15 to 24 are 9.3% of residents, close to Hautes-Alpes’ towns (9%) and below compared French towns (11%). Embrun has a median age of 53.4 years.
53.4median age
EmbrunHautes-Alpes medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
33%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma20%
CAP or BEP24%
Baccalauréat19%
Higher education31%
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 87 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Hautes-Alpes 52.7%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
INSEE, census 2023 · Hautes-Alpes median and France median: the median of compared communes
Schools
92.0% of candidates passed the brevet at the collège within 5 km, 2 points above the expected rate
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Results rank its schools #4 of 6 in Hautes-Alpes. The bac pass rate near Embrun is 94.5%, close to Hautes-Alpes’ towns (95.3%) and above compared French towns (92.9%).
97%passed the bac (general and technological)A−School Grade
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Safety
Less crime per resident in Embrun than in 63% of compared French towns
Recorded offenses in Embrun came to 132 in 2025. On the Safety Grade, Embrun ranks 2nd of the 6 compared towns in Hautes-Alpes. Violence against people ran at 8.7 per 1,000 residents a year and the graded property crimes at 10 (2023–2025 average). The commonest graded crime in the town was criminal damage (2025).
8.7recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a yearBSafety Grade
Recorded by type · 2025
Criminal damage55
Other physical violence24
Family violence22
Sexual violence16
Theft from vehicles9
Burglary6
Armed robbery0
Theft without violence74
Drug use62
Fraud39
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.
8.7
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
10
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
132
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
2.3%
of the index rests on the département’s average, used where small counts aren’t published
Source: SSMSI (Interior Ministry), recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 · Licence Ouverte · For vehicle theft, the count isn’t published when it’s small (five or fewer in a year of the last three), so the index uses the département’s average, 2.3% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
HealthHealth C+
Allowing for age and care homes, Embrun sees 91 deaths per 100 expected, against 84 in Hautes-Alpes’ towns and 88 in compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
There are 11 general practitioners in Embrun. Life expectancy in Hautes-Alpes: 86.1 years for women and 80.7 for men (2025); France averages 85.9 and 80.3. From 2016 to 2025, 1,002 residents of Embrun died, against 974 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 3% more.
−9%deaths against expected, after care homesC+Health Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw103
Adjusted91
Median town88
Expected100
11
GPs in Embrun · 6 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
0.2 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier D Embrun
20.6 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
Ancien archevêché d'Embrun: Photo: Fr.Latreille · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Hôtel des Gouverneurs (ancien): Photo: MOSSOT · CC BY 3.0 · Couvent des Cordeliers (ancien): Photo: MOSSOT · CC BY 3.0 · Maison des Chanonges ou du Chapître, anciennement collège des Chanoines de la cathédrale: Photo: Benoît Prieur · CC0
François Jullien: CHUN-YI CHANG, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Coraline Hugue: Iso76, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Paul Eugène Bontoux: Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain · Antoine Allier: Patout, Public domain · Edmond Dosse: Agence de presse Meurisse, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Ernest Cézanne: Gabriel Blaise, Public domain
Embrun’s 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 Embrun
Is Embrun safe?
It grades B for safety, #2 of 6 in Hautes-Alpes. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 6 burglaries and 55 acts of criminal damage.
Are schools in Embrun good?
They grade A−, better than 77% of compared French towns and #4 of 6 in Hautes-Alpes. 97% of 134 candidates passed the bac at Lycée Honoré Romane in 2025, at the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Embrun expensive to live in?
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns, so Embrun grades D for cost of living.
About Embrun
Commune in Hautes-Alpes, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Embrun is a commune of 6,412 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
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.
