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With 1,910 residents, it is a town in Isère, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes. Over-65s are only 15% of the population.
Health is a strength too — after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 28% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Safety is its weak spot (D−) — an average of 25.8 recorded violent incidents and 29.7 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. It lags on cost of living as well — at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 14.1 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality.
Figures: employment, INSEE census 2023 · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · recorded crime, SSMSI (Ministry of the Interior) · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi. Les Deux Alpes 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 Les Deux Alpes 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.
Les Deux Alpes has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
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The 3 things Les Deux Alpes does most differently from other towns.
Les Deux Alpes has 1 historic monument on the Culture ministry’s list, none at the highest level (classé).
The oldest protected part dates from Antiquity; the first monument here was protected in 2014.
Les Deux Alpes has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
Porte romaine de Bons: Photo: Henri Ferrand · Public domain
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Les Deux Alpes.
Of the graded crimes in Les Deux Alpes, criminal damage came up most often (2025). Jobs outnumber working residents in Les Deux Alpes (1,800 to 1,150): it draws people in from around.
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 · For burglary, vehicle theft and theft from vehicles, 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, 6.0% of the index here. Crimes are counted in the commune where they happen, then divided by its residents, so a town that draws people in from around can look higher.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
France’s death rates at each age would predict 114 deaths in Les Deux Alpes from 2016 to 2025; there were 82, 28% fewer. Life expectancy in Isère: 86.8 years for women and 81.6 for men (2025); France averages 85.9 and 80.3. 9 GPs practise in the town.
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 care-home adjustment is a TownRatings modeling step, not an official statistic. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from B to A+.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Apartments in Les Deux Alpes sell for €5,475/m², houses for €3,743/m². Houses made up 5% of the homes sold; apartments the rest. Renting a house costs an estimated €10.85/m² a month.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €3,743/m² | 34 |
| Apartments | €5,475/m² | 696 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
2.8% of the labour force are out of work. Half of residents lived on more than €28,500 a year per consumption unit, higher than both Isère’s towns (€27,110) and compared French towns (€25,970). No commute at all: nearly a tenth of working residents in Les Deux Alpes at the census.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Young adults of 15 to 24 are nearly a tenth of the population. Children under 15 make up 16%, below Isère’s towns (18%) and close to compared French towns (17%). Degrees are held by 36% of adults.
49% women, 51% men
About 104 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Isère 51.3%, France 51.8%.
| Les Deux Alpes | Isère median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 16% | 18% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 8.3% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 33% | 23% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 28% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 15% | 21% | 22% |
| No diploma | 9.3% | 19% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 24% | 24% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 26% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 36% | 33% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Isère median and France median: the median of compared communes
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Its oldest listed monument dates from Antiquity. Homes from before 1919 make up 6.7% of the total, lower than both Isère’s towns (8.7%) and compared French towns (7.4%).
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Other places to visit and museums in and near Les Deux Alpes. Best known first.
2 notable people were born in Les Deux Alpes.
Commune in Isère, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Les Deux Alpes is a commune of 1,910 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
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Les Deux Alpes | 1,910 | — | — | D | D− | A |
| Le Bourg-d'Oisans | 2,617 | 5.6 | C− | C | C+ | D |
| Vaulnaveys-le-Haut | 4,006 | 17 | A | C− | A | A |
| Saint-Martin-d'Uriage | 5,587 | 17 | A− | C− | B+ | A+ |
| Vizille | 7,292 | 18 | C+ | B− | D | C+ |
| La Mure | 4,963 | 18 | C+ | B | C− | D |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Estimated advertised apartment rents are €12.98/m² a month, charges included. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Les Deux Alpes grades D for cost of living.
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 8, 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.