Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
The town has 1,369 residents and lies in Hautes-Alpes, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur. It skews older: 29% of residents are 65 or over.
People here tend to be in good health (B+): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 19% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Its lowest grade is for schools (C−): brevet results 6 points below the expected rate. Housing is expensive: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 6.6 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Jobs & income is weaker too (C): 1.1 jobs per working resident; 12.0% unemployment.
Figures: deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · employment, INSEE census 2023. La Saulce 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 La Saulce does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares La Saulce 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 Saulce has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
The Culture ministry lists no building in La Saulce as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Église Saint-Grégoire, in Tallard, 3.5 mi away.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in La Saulce.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
The nearest general lycée is 9.9 mi away. The brevet pass rate near La Saulce is 89.0%, about level with compared French towns (87.5%) and below Hautes-Alpes’ towns (91.0%). Collège pupils travel 2.9 mi to the nearest one.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Marie MarvingtNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 99 | 89%−6 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.
Renting a house costs an estimated €10.22/m² a month. Between July 2023 and June 2026, buyers took 33 homes in La Saulce. Houses were 55% of what sold.
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Nearly a tenth of the population is aged 15 to 24, near Hautes-Alpes’ towns (9%) and lower than compared French towns (11%). Over-65s are 29% of the population. One measure of family life: 16% of residents are under 15.
53% women, 47% men
About 88 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.
| La Saulce | Hautes-Alpes median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 16% | 15% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 9.4% | 9% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 20% | 20% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 26% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 29% | 29% | 22% |
| No diploma | 24% | 16% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 28% | 24% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 19% | 20% | 18% |
| Higher education | 24% | 32% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Hautes-Alpes median and France median: the median of compared communes
Unemployment runs at 12.0%. The median disposable income was €24,580 a year per consumption unit, close to Hautes-Alpes’ towns (€24,860) and below compared French towns (€25,970). Public transport took 2.2% of La Saulce’s working residents to work at the census.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Ages and care homes taken into account, deaths in La Saulce come to 81 per 100 predicted. 314 deaths locally between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 289: 9% above. The nearest emergency department to La Saulce is Chi des Alpes du Sud site de Gap, 9.6 mi away. For a family doctor, residents of La Saulce can choose among 2 GPs.
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 adjustment for care homes is TownRatings’ own modeling, not an official figure.
Nothing in La Saulce is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in La Saulce yet.
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 Saulce | 1,369 | — | — | C | — | B+ |
| Gap | 41,293 | 9.7 | B+ | C | C | A− |
| Veynes | 3,214 | 12 | B+ | C+ | B− | A− |
| Laragne-Montéglin | 3,549 | 12 | C− | B+ | D | C |
| La Bâtie-Neuve | 2,628 | 14 | — | C− | — | B+ |
| Chorges | 3,146 | 16 | B+ | D | A | B− |
| Sisteron Alpes-de-Haute-Provence | 7,850 | 16 | C+ | B | C | B |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
La Saulce has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 3.6 recorded violent incidents and 6 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
They grade C−, better than 24% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Estimated advertised apartment rents are €12.63/m² a month, charges included. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns, so La Saulce grades C for cost of living.
Commune in Hautes-Alpes, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
La Saulce is a commune of 1,369 people in the Communauté d'agglomération Gap-Tallard-Durance. 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.