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HauteluceSavoie

In Savoie, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, this town has 734 residents.

Is Hauteluce a good place to live?

There are no grades for Hauteluce: French towns need 1,000 residents for them. 90% of its homes are second homes.

What makes Hauteluce stand out

The 2 things Hauteluce does most differently from other towns.

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Église Saint-Jacques d'Assyrie
Église Saint-Jacques d'Assyrie · Classé · Photo: EdouardHue · CC BY-SA 3.0
Hauteluce’s story

Hauteluce in pictures

Hauteluce has 2 historic monuments on the Culture ministry’s list: 2 classé, the highest protection, and 0 inscrit, the second level.

The oldest protected part dates from the 18th century; the first monument here was protected in 1938.

14% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.

  • 1938First protected: Chapelle de Belleville
  • 1943Most recently protected: Église Saint-Jacques d'Assyrie
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Nearby attractions

Ecomusée and 8 more in and around Hauteluce

Heritage, museums and other places to visit in and near Hauteluce. Best known first.

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Places: © OpenStreetMap contributors · Wikidata

The data

Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Hauteluce.

History

Old homes shape Hauteluce: 14% were built before 1919, more than in Savoie’s towns and across compared French towns

France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.

The earliest of these monuments dates from the 18th century. Among the classé monuments in Hauteluce is Église Saint-Jacques d'Assyrie.

2historic monuments

Monuments by protection · Mérimée

Classé2
Inscrit0
18th c.
oldest protected part
1938
first monument protected

Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period

Who lives here

Children make up only 11% of Hauteluce, fewer than in Savoie’s towns and across compared French towns

Nearly a quarter of adults hold a degree, below both Savoie’s towns (37%) and compared French towns (30%). Line up the people of Hauteluce by age and the one in the middle is 49.2. Retirement age and beyond: 21% of residents are 65 or older.

49.2median age
HauteluceSavoie medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma21%
CAP or BEP27%
Baccalauréat23%
Higher education24%

Women and men · all residents

50% women, 50% men

About an even split. Median share of women: Savoie 51.5%, France 51.8%.

Ages and diplomas in Hauteluce
HauteluceSavoie medianFrance median
Under 1511%17%17%
15–2411%10%11%
25–4422%24%23%
45–6436%27%26%
65+21%22%22%
No diploma21%14%19%
CAP or BEP27%24%26%
Baccalauréat23%18%18%
Higher education24%37%30%

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

Work & commute

Hauteluce has lower unemployment than Savoie’s towns or compared French towns: 3.4%

Half of residents lived on more than €28,590 a year per consumption unit, about level with Savoie’s towns (€28,360) and above compared French towns (€25,970). 850 jobs are based in Hauteluce, for 400 working residents (2.1 per worker). 12.2% of the town’s working residents had no journey to work at the census.

19%walk, cycle or take transit

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving67%
On foot17%
Public transport2%
Motorbike or scooter1%
Bicycle0%
850
jobs based in Hauteluce, 2.1 per working resident
3.4%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€28,590
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
12%
worked without traveling (at or from home)

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

Schools

98.0% of candidates passed the brevet at the collège within 5 km, 3 points above the expected rate

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

The town’s pupils have a collège 2.5 mi away. General-bac pupils go 7.9 mi to the nearest lycée.

98.0%passed the brevet

Brevet pass rate · collèges within 5 km

Hauteluce98.0%
Median of towns87.5%
SchoolLevelCandidatesPassed, 2025
Collège le BeaufortainNearest collègeCollègeCollège4298%+3 pts
98.0%
passed the brevet at the collèges, +3 pts against the expected rate
2.5 mi
to the nearest collège from the town center

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

Housing

A typical home in Hauteluce sells for €6,919/m²

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

Advertised rents are estimated at €14.52/m² a month, close to Savoie’s towns (€14.73/m²) and above compared French towns (€12.41/m²). The sales split: 11% houses, the rest apartments. Between July 2023 and June 2026, buyers took 218 homes in Hauteluce.

€6,919/m²median sale price

Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026

Hauteluce€6,919/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Savoie median€3,542/m²
By typeMedian per m²Sales
Apartments€6,947/m²195
€14.52/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€9.48 to €22.23/m² a month)
€14.35/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included

Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte

Keep exploring

Everything we know about Hauteluce

14pages on Hauteluce

Landmarks

Hauteluce has 2 historic monuments on the Culture ministry’s list: 2 classé, the highest protection, and 0 inscrit, the second level.

All monuments →
Photo credits

Chapelle de Belleville: Photo: EdouardHue · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Église Saint-Jacques d'Assyrie: Photo: EdouardHue · CC BY-SA 3.0

Famous people from Hauteluce

One notable person was born in Hauteluce.

Their page →

Hauteluce’s neighbors

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

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MegèveUgineAlbertvilleSaint-Gervais-les-BainsMercuryGilly-sur-IsèreMegèveUgineAlbertvilleSaint-Gervais-les-BainsMercuryGilly-sur-IsèreHauteluce
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
Hauteluce734—————
Megève Haute-Savoie2,8937.3B−D−CB+
Ugine7,1547.9ABA−B−
Albertville19,97811C−CCC+
Saint-Gervais-les-Bains Haute-Savoie5,75511BD−B+B+
Mercury3,49513—D—B+
Gilly-sur-Isère3,14913A−DA−A

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

About Hauteluce

Commune in Savoie, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes

Hauteluce is a commune of 734 people in the Communauté d'agglomération Arlysère. 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
734 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté d'agglomération Arlysère
Département
Savoie (73)
Région
Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Area
24.2 sq mi (62.6 km²)
INSEE code
73132

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 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.