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CorbelSavoie

A town of 161 in Savoie, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes.

Is Corbel a good place to live?

Corbel is too small to grade: French towns get subject grades from 1,000 residents.

What makes Corbel stand out

The one thing Corbel does most differently from other towns.

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

No historic monuments in Corbel

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

The nearest classé monument is Chapelle des Dix Mille Martyrs (ancienne), in Saint-Pierre-d'Entremont, 1.9 mi away.

25% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.

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The data

Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Corbel.

Who lives here

Corbel is a graduates’ town: 52% hold a degree, more than in both Savoie’s towns and compared French towns

People aged 15 to 24 make up 6.4% of the town, lower than both Savoie’s towns (10%) and compared French towns (11%). Retirement age and beyond: 25% of residents are 65 or older. At 51.4, the median resident of Corbel sits in the middle of the age range.

51.4median age
CorbelSavoie medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma7%
CAP or BEP19%
Baccalauréat18%
Higher education52%

Women and men · all residents

47% women, 53% men

About 114 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Savoie 51.5%, France 51.8%.

Ages and diplomas in Corbel
CorbelSavoie medianFrance median
Under 1515%17%17%
15–246.4%10%11%
25–4419%24%23%
45–6435%27%26%
65+25%22%22%
No diploma6.5%14%19%
CAP or BEP19%24%26%
Baccalauréat18%18%18%
Higher education52%37%30%

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

Work & commute

Walking, cycling and public transport carry fewer commuters in Corbel than in Savoie’s towns or compared French towns: 8.6%

The median disposable income is €26,090 a year per consumption unit. Nearly a tenth of the labour force were unemployed, above Savoie’s towns (7.2%) but below compared French towns (10.1%). Bus, tram or train carried 3.7% of working residents in Corbel to work at the census.

9%walk, cycle or take transit

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving88%
Public transport4%
On foot2%
Bicycle2%
Motorbike or scooter0%
0
jobs based in Corbel, 0.1 per working resident
9.1%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€26,090
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
4%
worked without traveling (at or from home)

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

Housing

The estimated advertised rent of an apartment in Corbel is €13.74/m² a month

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

Corbel recorded 7 home sales from July 2023 to June 2026.

€13.74/m²estimated apartment rent a month

Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month

Corbel€13.74/m²
Median of towns€12.41/m²
Savoie median€14.73/m²
€13.74/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€11.04 to €17.10/m² a month)
€13.07/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included

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

Nearby attractions

Château du Gouvernement and 2 more in and around Corbel

Heritage and museums in and near Corbel. Best known first.

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Places: © OpenStreetMap contributors · Wikidata
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Everything we know about Corbel

12pages on Corbel

Landmarks

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

Its history page →

Famous people from Corbel

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

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Corbel’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-Laurent-du-PontChapareillanLe TouvetSaint-BaldophJacob-BellecombetteCogninSaint-Laurent-du-PontChapareillanLe TouvetSaint-BaldophJacob-BellecombetteCogninCorbel
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
Corbel161—————
Saint-Laurent-du-Pont Isère4,4905.6BBBD
Chapareillan Isère3,0657.8AB−AC−
Le Touvet Isère3,1168.1A−CBB−
Saint-Baldoph2,9498.9—D—B+
Jacob-Bellecombette4,4999.1B−DA+C+
Cognin6,9549.1CDCB+

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

About Corbel

Commune in Savoie, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes

Corbel is a commune of 161 people in the Communauté de communes Cœur de Chartreuse. 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
161 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes Cœur de Chartreuse
Département
Savoie (73)
Région
Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Area
4 sq mi (10.3 km²)
INSEE code
73092

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 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.