Real strengths, and real weak spots. Overall, Bourg-Saint-Maurice earns a C+, better than 38% of compared French towns. The ranking puts it #26 of 32 in Savoie. Its weakest subject is cost of living: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 13.1 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Work and incomes are strong: 1.4 jobs per working resident; 3.6% unemployment. The rest of its grades are middling: B− for schools and B− for health.
Figures: employment, INSEE census 2023 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · 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 Bourg-Saint-Maurice 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.
Hazard riskNot graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas–
How TownRatings grades French towns →
Fort de la Platte (Fort 2000) · Inscrit · Photo: Les Bergers des Pierres - Moselle Association · CC BY-SA 4.0
Bourg-Saint-Maurice’s story
Bourg-Saint-Maurice in pictures
The Culture ministry lists 3 historic monuments in Bourg-Saint-Maurice: 1 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 2 inscrit (the second level).
The oldest protected part dates from the 15th century; the first monument here was protected in 1987.
Daniel Mayet, born in 1815, is the one person born in Bourg-Saint-Maurice before 1900 that Wikidata records.
1995First protected: Chapelle Saint-Grat, au hameau de Vulmix
2024Most recently protected: Fort de la Platte (Fort 2000)
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Bourg-Saint-Maurice.
HousingCost of living D−
Homes in Bourg-Saint-Maurice cost more than in Savoie’s towns and across compared French towns, with a median sale of €5,193/m²
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Houses in Bourg-Saint-Maurice sell for €3,833/m² and apartments for €5,238/m². The estimated advertised rent is €15.75/m² a month, higher than both Savoie’s towns (€14.73/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²). The sales split: 6% houses, the rest apartments.
€5,193/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Bourg-Saint-Maurice€5,193/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Savoie median€3,542/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€3,833/m²
45
Apartments
€5,238/m²
701
€15.75/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€11.26 to €22.02/m² a month)
13.1
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€13.01/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€27,740
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté de communes de Haute-Tarentaise
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Work & commuteJobs & income A+
More commuters in Bourg-Saint-Maurice walk, cycle or take the bus or train than in Savoie’s towns or compared French towns: 37.0%
Unemployment stood at 3.6%, below both Savoie’s towns (7.2%) and compared French towns (10.1%). Public transport took nearly a tenth of Bourg-Saint-Maurice’s working residents to work at the census. The typical income here, after tax and benefits, is €27,180 a year per consumption unit.
37%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving56%
On foot25%
Public transport9%
Bicycle3%
Motorbike or scooter1%
5,400
jobs based in Bourg-Saint-Maurice, 1.4 per working resident
3.6%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€27,180
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 90% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Safety
Recorded crime per resident is higher in Bourg-Saint-Maurice than in 83% of compared French towns
On average over 2023–2025, every 1,000 residents saw 11.6 violent offenses and 18.9 graded property crimes a year. 2025 saw 199 offenses recorded in Bourg-Saint-Maurice. Jobs outnumber working residents in Bourg-Saint-Maurice (5,400 to 3,850): it draws people in from around. Also worth knowing: of the graded crimes locally, criminal damage came up most often (2025).
11.6recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a yearC−Safety Grade
Recorded by type · 2025
Criminal damage94
Other physical violence39
Sexual violence25
Family violence17
Burglary17
Theft from vehicles7
Theft without violence224
Drug use67
Fraud49
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.
11.6
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
18.9
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
199
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
0.9%
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 · Small counts of armed robbery and vehicle theft go unpublished (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the département’s average stands in, 0.9% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses. 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.
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
The Culture ministry lists 3 historic monuments in Bourg-Saint-Maurice: 1 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 2 inscrit (the second level). Among the classé monuments locally is Chapelle Saint-Grat, au hameau de Vulmix. The protected list starts in the 15th century.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Who lives here
Fewer children live in Bourg-Saint-Maurice than in Savoie’s towns or compared French towns: 16% are under 15
People 65 and over make up 20% of the town, lower than both Savoie’s towns (22%) and compared French towns (22%). Line up the people of Bourg-Saint-Maurice by age and the one in the middle is 43.8. A third of adults hold a degree.
43.8median age
Bourg-Saint-MauriceSavoie medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
10%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma15%
CAP or BEP24%
Baccalauréat21%
Higher education33%
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About an even split. Median share of women: Savoie 51.5%, France 51.8%.
INSEE, census 2023 · Savoie median and France median: the median of compared communes
Schools
88.0% of candidates passed the brevet at the collège within 5 km, 6 points below the expected rate
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
At the lycées within 5 km of Bourg-Saint-Maurice, 99.0% passed the bac, higher than both Savoie’s towns (94.3%) and compared French towns (92.9%). Ranked by results, schools here are #10 of 34 in Savoie.
99%passed the bac (general and technological)B−School Grade
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
HealthHealth B−
Fewer deaths than expected: Bourg-Saint-Maurice is below 50% of compared French towns once ages and care homes are allowed for
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
At birth, a girl in Savoie can expect 86.6 years and a boy 81.2 (2025); across France, 85.9 and 80.3. From 2016 to 2025, 664 residents of Bourg-Saint-Maurice died, against 634 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 5% more. Its two care homes for older people (106 places) count their residents as Bourg-Saint-Maurice’s; allowing for them, deaths were 12% below expected. For a family doctor, residents of Bourg-Saint-Maurice can choose among 20 GPs.
−12%deaths against expected, after care homesB−Health Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw105
Adjusted88
Median town88
Expected100
20
GPs in Bourg-Saint-Maurice · 5 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
0.5 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier de Bourg St Maurice
0.6 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Centre hospitalier de Bourg St Maurice
86.6 · 81.2
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Savoie, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
The Culture ministry lists 3 historic monuments in Bourg-Saint-Maurice: 1 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 2 inscrit (the second level).
Chapelle Saint-Grat, au hameau de Vulmix: Photo: ChBougui · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Fort de la Platte (Fort 2000): Photo: Les Bergers des Pierres - Moselle Association · CC BY-SA 4.0
Famous people from Bourg-Saint-Maurice
24 notable people were born in Bourg-Saint-Maurice.
Éric Perrot: Pavel Hrdlička (Czech Wikipedia user Packa ), CC BY-SA 4.0 · Chloé Trespeuch: Leo73440, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Jean-Frédéric Chapuis: Clément Bucco-Lechat, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Kevin Rolland: Bike66, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Tess Ledeux: Vinceboarder, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Marie Martinod: Rodriguemeriaux, CC BY-SA 3.0
Bourg-Saint-Maurice’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 Bourg-Saint-Maurice
Is Bourg-Saint-Maurice safe?
It grades C− for safety, #28 of 32 in Savoie. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 17 burglaries and 94 acts of criminal damage.
Are schools in Bourg-Saint-Maurice good?
They grade B−, better than 52% of compared French towns and #10 of 34 in Savoie. 99% of 102 candidates passed the bac at Lycée général Saint-Exupéry in 2025, at the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Bourg-Saint-Maurice expensive to live in?
Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Bourg-Saint-Maurice grades D− for cost of living.
About Bourg-Saint-Maurice
Commune in Savoie, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Bourg-Saint-Maurice is a commune of 7,270 people in the Communauté de communes de Haute-Tarentaise. 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.
