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MontclusHautes-Alpes

54 people live in this town in Hautes-Alpes, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur.

Is Montclus a good place to live?

At under 1,000 residents, Montclus is too small for the grades other French towns get. Just over half of homes here are second homes. People aged 65 and over make up 30% of residents.

What makes Montclus stand out

The 2 things Montclus does most differently from other towns.

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Montclus’ outline. No photo of the town is in our collection yet.
Montclus’ story

No historic monuments in Montclus

The Culture ministry lists no building in Montclus as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.

The nearest classé monument is Maison dite hôtel de Perrinet, actuellement mairie, ancien hôtel de Lesdiguières, in Serres, 2.6 mi away.

57% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.

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Landmarks

Nothing in Montclus is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.

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The data

Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Montclus.

Who lives here

Children make up only 5.2% of Montclus, fewer than in Hautes-Alpes’ towns and compared French towns

53.4median age

People aged 15 to 24 make up 7% of the town. Degrees are held by 57% of adults.

MontclusHautes-Alpes medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma6%
CAP or BEP19%
Baccalauréat14%
Higher education57%

Women and men · all residents

49% women, 51% men

About 104 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Hautes-Alpes 52.7%, France 51.8%.

Ages and diplomas in Montclus
MontclusHautes-Alpes medianFrance median
Under 155.2%15%17%
15–247%9%11%
25–4427%20%23%
45–6431%27%26%
65+30%29%22%
No diploma5.8%16%19%
CAP or BEP19%24%26%
Baccalauréat14%20%18%
Higher education57%32%30%

INSEE, census 2023 · Hautes-Alpes median and France median: the median of compared communes

Work & commute

More people in Montclus are out of work than in Hautes-Alpes’ towns or across compared French towns: 16.7%

24%walk, cycle or take transit

The census found 23.6% of commuters going to work on foot, by bike or by public transport.

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving73%
On foot16%
Bicycle8%
Public transport0%
Motorbike or scooter0%
0
jobs based in Montclus, 0.5 per working resident
16.7%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
4%
worked without traveling (at or from home)

Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte

Schools

67.0% of candidates passed the brevet at the collège within 5 km, 22 points below the expected rate

67.0%passed the brevet

Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.

General-bac pupils go 21.3 mi to the nearest lycée. The nearest collège is 2.3 mi away.

Brevet pass rate · collèges within 5 km

Montclus67.0%
Median of towns87.5%
SchoolLevelCandidatesPassed, 2025
Collège Alexandre CorréardNearest collègeCollègeCollège4267%−22 pts
67.0%
passed the brevet at the collèges, −22 pts against the expected rate
2.3 mi
to the nearest collège from the town center

Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte

Housing

Estimated advertised rents run lower in Montclus than in Hautes-Alpes’ towns or across compared French towns: €8.85/m² a month

€8.85/m²estimated apartment rent a month

Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.

Montclus recorded 4 home sales from July 2023 to June 2026.

Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month

Montclus€8.85/m²
Median of towns€12.41/m²
Hautes-Alpes median€12.78/m²
€8.85/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€7.14 to €10.98/m² a month)
€7.73/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included

Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte

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About Montclus

Commune in Hautes-Alpes, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur

Montclus is a commune of 54 people in the Communauté de communes du Sisteronais-Buëch. 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
54 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes du Sisteronais-Buëch
Département
Hautes-Alpes (05)
Région
Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Area
8.3 sq mi (21.4 km²)
INSEE code
05081

Montclus’ neighbors

The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →

All towns in Hautes-Alpes →
Laragne-MontéglinVeynesLaragne-MontéglinVeynesMontclus
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
Montclus54—————
Laragne-Montéglin3,54911C−B+DC
Veynes3,21411B+C+B−A−

People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.

Sources: INSEE, census 2023 (population, employment, commuting) · INSEE, Filosofi 2023 (income per consumption unit, poverty) · 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.