Jobs & income is its strong suit: 3 jobs per working resident; 2.6% unemployment. Add schools to its strengths (A): brevet results 3 points above the expected rate. Its lowest grade is for safety — an average of 11.7 recorded violent incidents and 23.7 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. At the median price of €11,359/m², a 70 m² home costs 27.3 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the Communauté de communes Val Vanoise.
Figures: employment, INSEE census 2023 · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · recorded crime, SSMSI (Ministry of the Interior) · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi. Courchevel 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 Courchevel 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.
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Safety
Recorded crime per resident is higher in Courchevel than in 91% of compared French towns
Police and gendarmerie recorded 79 offenses in Courchevel in 2025. Jobs outnumber working residents in Courchevel (3,900 to 1,300): it draws people in from around. Among the graded crimes locally, the most frequent was criminal damage (2025).
11.7recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a yearDSafety Grade
Recorded by type · 2025
Criminal damage30
Burglary16
Family violence12
Other physical violence12
Sexual violence9
Theft without violence175
Fraud24
Drug use15
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.
11.7
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
23.7
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
79
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
6.8%
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, vehicle theft and theft from vehicles go unpublished (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the département’s average stands in, 6.8% 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.
HousingCost of living D
Courchevel gets a D for cost of living
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Houses sell for €10,626/m² in Courchevel, apartments for €11,463/m². Behind the median of €11,359/m²: 408 houses and apartments sold locally between July 2023 and June 2026. Advertised rents are estimated at €14.49/m² a month, about level with Savoie’s towns (€14.73/m²) and above compared French towns (€12.41/m²).
€11,359/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Courchevel€11,359/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Savoie median€3,542/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€10,626/m²
83
Apartments
€11,463/m²
325
€14.49/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€8.44 to €24.87/m² a month)
27.3
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
€29,120
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté de communes Val Vanoise
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
HealthHealth A
Fewer deaths than Courchevel’s ages would predict, 72 per 100 expected, under Savoie’s towns and compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Courchevel has 14 family doctors. Women in Savoie live to 86.6 on average and men to 81.2 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. France’s death rates at each age would predict 155 deaths locally from 2016 to 2025; there were 111, 28% fewer.
−28%deaths against expected, after care homesAHealth Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw72
Adjusted72
Median town88
Expected100
14
GPs in Courchevel · 5 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
2.5 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Antenne Smur Courchevel
14.6 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
Courchevel has lower unemployment than Savoie’s towns or compared French towns: 2.6%
30.2% of commuters went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport at the census. The median disposable income was €29,870 a year per consumption unit, above both Savoie’s towns (€28,360) and compared French towns (€25,970).
30%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving61%
On foot19%
Public transport11%
Motorbike or scooter0%
Bicycle0%
3,900
jobs based in Courchevel, 3 per working resident
2.6%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€29,870
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
9%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
B+
Walkability: better than 73% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Who lives here
A younger town: only 17% of people in Courchevel are 65 or over, fewer than in both Savoie’s towns and compared French towns
Degrees are held by 38% of adults. People aged 15 to 24 make up nearly a tenth of the town, below Savoie’s towns (10%) and compared French towns (11%) alike. Add to that, the under-15s are 16% of the population here.
43.8median age
CourchevelSavoie medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
9%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma12%
CAP or BEP24%
Baccalauréat21%
Higher education38%
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
History
More protected monuments for its size in Courchevel than in Savoie or compared French towns: 26 per 10,000 residents
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Its heritage reaches back to the 17th century. A protected historic area (site patrimonial remarquable) has covered part of the town since 2004. The Culture ministry lists 6 historic monuments in Courchevel, none of them classé, France’s highest protection. Most of the list is houses and mansions: 4 of 6.
6historic monuments
Monuments by protection · Mérimée
Classé0
Inscrit6
17th c.
oldest protected part
1972
first monument protected
2004
protected historic area (site patrimonial remarquable)
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Courchevel
Is Courchevel safe?
It grades D for safety. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 16 burglaries and 30 acts of criminal damage.
Are schools in Courchevel good?
They grade A, better than 92% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Courchevel expensive to live in?
Homes cost more than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €11,359/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Courchevel grades D for cost of living.
About Courchevel
Commune in Savoie, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Courchevel is a commune of 2,290 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
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.
