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A town in Savoie, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, home to 1,056 people.
Cruet’s best grade is for jobs & income — 0.3 jobs per working resident; 4.8% unemployment. Health lags: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 1% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Buying in is costly (C): A year’s estimated rent on a 70 m² apartment is nearly two fifths of the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality.
Figures: employment, INSEE census 2023 · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi. Cruet 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 Cruet 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.
Cruet has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
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The Culture ministry lists 1 historic monument in Cruet, none of them classé, France’s highest protection.
18% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Heritage, museums and other places to visit in and near Cruet. Best known first.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Cruet.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
From 2016 to 2025, 90 residents of Cruet died, against 91 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 1% fewer. Weighed against its ages and care homes, Cruet records 99 deaths per 100 expected. Also worth knowing: women in Savoie live to 86.6 on average and men to 81.2 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France.
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 · Care-home places are adjusted for by TownRatings, using a model rather than an official statistic. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from D to B.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
The closest collège is 3 mi off. General-bac pupils go 6.3 mi to the nearest lycée.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Pierre et Marie CurieNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 182 | 93%±0 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
The median disposable income is €29,470 a year per consumption unit. 10.4% 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%).
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Sales in Cruet from July 2023 to June 2026: 28 houses and apartments. Renting a house costs an estimated €11.04/m² a month. Houses made up 86% of the homes sold; apartments the rest.
Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
The Culture ministry lists 1 historic monument in Cruet, none of them classé, France’s highest protection.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Children under 15 make up 18%, above Savoie’s towns (17%) and close to compared French towns (17%). Young adults of 15 to 24 account for nearly a tenth of the town. Typical age in Cruet: 44.7, the median.
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Savoie 51.5%, France 51.8%.
| Cruet | Savoie median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 18% | 17% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 9.5% | 10% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 23% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 26% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 23% | 22% | 22% |
| No diploma | 10% | 14% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 24% | 24% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 18% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 43% | 37% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Savoie median and France median: the median of compared communes
Cruet has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
Pont Victor-Emmanuel dit Pont des Anglais: Photo: Florian Pépellin · CC BY-SA 4.0
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Cruet yet.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cruet | 1,056 | — | — | C | — | C− |
| Montmélian | 4,024 | 2.5 | C+ | C | D | C+ |
| Saint-Pierre-d'Albigny | 4,217 | 4.2 | A− | C+ | B | B |
| Porte-de-Savoie | 3,974 | 4.8 | B+ | C− | C+ | A− |
| Valgelon-La Rochette | 4,207 | 4.8 | A | B | A | B− |
| Challes-les-Eaux | 5,630 | 5.5 | B | D | B− | B |
| Barby | 3,772 | 6.3 | B+ | D | B+ | B |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Cruet has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 5.5 recorded violent incidents and 7.7 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 76% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Commune in Savoie, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Cruet is a commune of 1,056 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
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.