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ChâteauneufSavoie

A town in Savoie, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, home to 901 people.

Is Châteauneuf a good place to live?

There are no grades for Châteauneuf: French towns need 1,000 residents for them.

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

No historic monuments in Châteauneuf

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

The nearest classé monument is Château de Miolans, in Saint-Pierre-d'Albigny, 2.5 mi away.

Explore the history →

The data

Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Châteauneuf.

Who lives here

Châteauneuf is a graduates’ town: 41% hold a degree, more than in Savoie’s towns and across compared French towns

People 65 and over make up nearly a fifth of the town, below both Savoie’s towns (22%) and compared French towns (22%). Children under 15 count for nearly a fifth of the people here. The share aged 15 to 24 is 9.1%.

43.9median age
ChâteauneufSavoie medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma14%
CAP or BEP21%
Baccalauréat22%
Higher education41%

Women and men · all residents

48% women, 52% men

About 107 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Savoie 51.5%, France 51.8%.

Ages and diplomas in Châteauneuf
ChâteauneufSavoie medianFrance median
Under 1519%17%17%
15–249.1%10%11%
25–4425%24%23%
45–6429%27%26%
65+19%22%22%
No diploma14%14%19%
CAP or BEP21%24%26%
Baccalauréat22%18%18%
Higher education41%37%30%

INSEE, census 2023 · Savoie median and France median: the median of compared communes

Work & commute

Unemployment in Châteauneuf, 3.0%, runs below Savoie’s towns and compared French towns

The median disposable income is €28,890 a year per consumption unit. For its 450 residents in work, Châteauneuf has 100 jobs: 0.3 each. Also worth knowing: 6.8% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train at the census, below both Savoie’s towns (19.2%) and compared French towns (13.4%).

7%walk, cycle or take transit

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving87%
Public transport6%
Bicycle1%
On foot1%
Motorbike or scooter0%
100
jobs based in Châteauneuf, 0.3 per working resident
3.0%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€28,890
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
5%
worked without traveling (at or from home)

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

Schools

89.0% of candidates passed the brevet at the collège within 5 km, 3 points below the expected rate

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

The town’s pupils have a collège 2.2 mi away. The closest lycée for the general bac is 10.4 mi off.

89.0%passed the brevet

Brevet pass rate · collèges within 5 km

Châteauneuf89.0%
Median of towns87.5%
SchoolLevelCandidatesPassed, 2025
Collège les FrontaillesNearest collègeCollègeCollège11889%−3 pts
89.0%
passed the brevet at the collèges, −3 pts against the expected rate
2.2 mi
to the nearest collège from the town center

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

Housing

The estimated advertised rent of an apartment in Châteauneuf is €12.51/m² a month

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

Houses accounted for 93% of sales, apartments for the rest. Châteauneuf recorded 28 home sales from July 2023 to June 2026.

€12.51/m²estimated apartment rent a month

Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month

Châteauneuf€12.51/m²
Median of towns€12.41/m²
Savoie median€14.73/m²
€12.51/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€9.74 to €16.07/m² a month)
€11.04/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included

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

Nearby attractions

Château de Miolans and 7 more in and around Châteauneuf

Heritage and other places to visit in and near Châteauneuf. Best known first.

All attractions →
Places: © OpenStreetMap contributors · Wikidata

Photos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).

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Keep exploring

Everything we know about Châteauneuf

13pages on Châteauneuf

Landmarks

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

Its history page →

Famous people from Châteauneuf

Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Châteauneuf yet.

How we find them →

Châteauneuf’s neighbors

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

All towns in Savoie →
Saint-Pierre-d'AlbignyValgelon-La RochetteMontmélianPorte-de-SavoieChalles-les-EauxBarbySaint-Pierre-d'AlbignyValgelon-La RochetteMontmélianPorte-de-SavoieChalles-les-EauxBarbyChâteauneuf
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
Châteauneuf901—————
Saint-Pierre-d'Albigny4,2172A−C+BB
Valgelon-La Rochette4,2076.8ABAB−
Montmélian4,0246.8C+CDC+
Porte-de-Savoie3,9749.3B+C−C+A−
Challes-les-Eaux5,6309.7BDB−B
Barby3,77210B+DB+B

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

About Châteauneuf

Commune in Savoie, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes

Châteauneuf is a commune of 901 people in the Communauté de communes Cœur de Savoie. 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
901 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes Cœur de Savoie
Département
Savoie (73)
Région
Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Area
2.7 sq mi (7.1 km²)
INSEE code
73079

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 4, 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.