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A town of 1,244 in Isère, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes.
Huez has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents. Its weakest subject is safety (D−): an average of 23.6 recorded violent incidents and 37.2 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. At the median price of €7,378/m², a 70 m² home costs 19.1 times the median annual income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size) in the Communauté de communes de l'Oisans. Its strongest is jobs & income (A+): 2.1 jobs per working resident; 1.5% unemployment.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
The 3 things Huez does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Huez 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.
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The Culture ministry lists 1 historic monument in Huez: 1 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 0 inscrit (the second level).
The oldest protected part dates from the 12th century; the first monument here was protected in 1993.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Huez.
Police and gendarmerie recorded 69 offenses in the graded categories in Huez in 2025. With 1,600 jobs for 800 working residents, Huez draws people from neighboring communes, and crimes are counted in the commune where they happen, then divided by its number of residents. For burglary and vehicle theft, this figure isn’t published when it’s small (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the index uses the département’s average instead, 10.6% of the index here. Because that share is over 10%, this Safety Grade is less sure than most.
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.
Source: SSMSI (Interior Ministry), recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 · Licence Ouverte
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
On this, Huez is below both Isère’s towns (87.4%) and compared French towns (87.5%).
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège des Six ValléesNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 106 | 80%−11 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
In the comparison, Huez comes above both Isère’s towns (14.1%) and compared French towns (13.4%). Unemployment stands at 1.5%.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
For Huez, that is below both Isère’s towns (18%) and compared French towns (17%). 17% of residents are 65 or over.
47% women, 53% men
About 114 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Isère 51.3%, France 51.8%.
| Huez | Isère median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 12% | 18% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 9.8% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 27% | 23% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 35% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 17% | 21% | 22% |
| No diploma | 12% | 19% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 22% | 24% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 22% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 38% | 33% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Isère median and France median: the median of compared communes
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Huez sits below both Isère’s towns (€13.13/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²) on this measure. The median price, €7,378/m², comes from 554 sales of houses and apartments in Huez from July 2023 to June 2026.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Apartments | €7,378/m² | 528 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
The Culture ministry lists 1 historic monument in Huez: 1 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 0 inscrit (the second level).
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
From 2016 to 2025, 68 residents of Huez died, against 76 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 11% fewer. The adjustment lowers most towns’ figures, so the comparison is what counts: the median of compared French towns is 12% below expected. The care-home adjustment is a TownRatings modeling step, not an official statistic. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from D to A.
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
Other places to visit and museums in and near Huez. Best known first.
Huez has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
Site minier de Brandes: Photo: Édouard Hue ( User:EdouardHue ) · CC BY-SA 3.0
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Huez 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Huez | 1,244 | — | — | C | D− | B− |
| Le Bourg-d'Oisans | 2,617 | 2.5 | C− | C | C+ | D |
| Saint-Martin-d'Uriage | 5,587 | 12 | A− | C− | B+ | A+ |
| Vaulnaveys-le-Haut | 4,006 | 12 | A | C− | A | A |
| Le Versoud | 4,900 | 13 | A+ | C | A | A |
| Villard-Bonnot | 7,509 | 14 | A− | B− | B− | C+ |
| Domène | 6,835 | 14 | B | C− | C | A− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
They grade D−, better than 3% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Homes cost more than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €7,378/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Huez grades C for cost of living.
Commune in Isère, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Huez is a commune of 1,244 people in the Communauté de communes de l'Oisans. 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 October 30, 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.