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Population 2,098: a town in Savoie, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes.
Homes are dear: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 12.4 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Holiday and other second homes account for 36% of homes. Homes sell for a median €5,175/m².
Figures: employment, INSEE census 2023 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi. Bozel 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 2 things Bozel does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Bozel 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.
Bozel 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 Bozel as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Chalet de Charlotte Perriand, in Les Allues, 4.8 mi away.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Bozel.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Apartments in Bozel sell for €5,280/m², houses for €4,745/m². This Savoie town recorded 89 home sales from July 2023 to June 2026. Houses made up just over a third of the homes sold; apartments the rest.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €4,745/m² | 31 |
| Apartments | €5,280/m² | 58 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
For the general bac, the closest lycée is 6.2 mi away.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège le BonrieuNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 69 | 96%+3 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Per consumption unit, the median disposable income is €29,290 a year. 20.2% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train at the census, about level with Savoie’s towns (19.2%) and above compared French towns (13.4%). At the census, 5.0% of working residents in Bozel didn’t travel to work at all.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
People 65 and over make up 25% of the town, above Savoie’s towns (22%) and compared French towns (22%) alike. Graduates make up 35% of adults. Bozel has a median age of 48.
52% women, 48% men
About 94 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Savoie 51.5%, France 51.8%.
| Bozel | Savoie median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 15% | 17% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 6.7% | 10% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 23% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 30% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 25% | 22% | 22% |
| No diploma | 12% | 14% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 26% | 24% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 22% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 35% | 37% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Savoie median and France median: the median of compared communes
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Life expectancy at birth in Savoie is 86.6 years for women and 81.2 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. Its care home for older people (54 places) counts its residents as Bozel’s; allowing for it, deaths were 14% below expected. From 2016 to 2025, 257 residents of Bozel died, against 237 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 8% more.
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 C to A−.
Museums, heritage and other places to visit in and near Bozel. Best known first.
Nothing in Bozel is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
Wikidata places 1 person here, but the articles don’t both confirm Bozel as the birthplace, so nobody is listed.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bozel | 2,098 | — | — | D | — | B |
| Moûtiers | 3,487 | 6.2 | C | B | D | D− |
| Aime-la-Plagne | 4,385 | 7.5 | A | C− | A+ | B− |
| La Plagne Tarentaise | 3,836 | 7.9 | B+ | D | B | B+ |
| Les Belleville | 3,498 | 8 | C− | D− | D | B− |
| Grand-Aigueblanche | 3,780 | 8.2 | A− | C− | A | B− |
| La Léchère | 2,538 | 10 | — | C+ | — | C− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Bozel has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 2.8 recorded violent incidents and 8.1 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
They grade A, better than 92% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Bozel grades D for cost of living.
Commune in Savoie, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Bozel is a commune of 2,098 people in the Communauté de communes Val Vanoise. 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.