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Home to 2,176 people, this town lies in Savoie, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes.
La Bâthie’s strongest subject is jobs & income — 1.1 jobs per working resident; 7.0% unemployment. Health is a weak point (C−): 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 70 m² at the median €2,504/m² takes 6.5 years of the median income per consumption unit in the Communauté d'agglomération Arlysère. 13% of its homes are second homes.
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. La Bâthie 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.
The 2 things La Bâthie does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares La Bâthie 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.
La Bâthie has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
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The Culture ministry lists no building in La Bâthie as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Église Saint-Jean-Baptiste, in Cléry, 7.7 mi away.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in La Bâthie.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Adjusted mortality in La Bâthie: 99 deaths for every 100 expected. France’s death rates at each age would predict 224 deaths here from 2016 to 2025; there were 266, 19% more. Life expectancy at birth in Savoie is 86.6 years for women and 81.2 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. Also worth knowing: there are 4 general practitioners locally.
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 · TownRatings makes the care-home adjustment itself; it is a model, not an official statistic.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Behind the median of €2,504/m²: 48 houses and apartments sold in La Bâthie between July 2023 and June 2026. Houses were 85% of what sold.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,533/m² | 41 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
People aged 15 to 24 are nearly a tenth of the population. Typical age in La Bâthie: 45.8, the median. Over-65s are 21% of the population.
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Savoie 51.5%, France 51.8%.
| La Bâthie | Savoie median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 18% | 17% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 8.1% | 10% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 23% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 30% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 21% | 22% | 22% |
| No diploma | 21% | 14% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 39% | 24% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 18% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 18% | 37% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Savoie median and France median: the median of compared communes
Unemployment runs at 7.0%. Half of residents lived on more than €28,110 a year per consumption unit, near Savoie’s towns (€28,360) and higher than compared French towns (€25,970). At the census, 4.0% of working residents in La Bâthie didn’t travel to work at all.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Heritage in and near La Bâthie. Best known first.
Nothing in La Bâthie is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in La Bâthie 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| La Bâthie | 2,176 | — | — | B− | — | C− |
| Albertville | 19,978 | 4.5 | C− | C | C | C+ |
| Gilly-sur-Isère | 3,149 | 5.3 | A− | D | A− | A |
| Mercury | 3,495 | 6.1 | — | D | — | B+ |
| La Léchère | 2,538 | 6.4 | — | C+ | — | C− |
| Grand-Aigueblanche | 3,780 | 8.5 | A− | C− | A | B− |
| Ugine | 7,154 | 9.2 | A | B | A− | B− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
La Bâthie has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 5 recorded violent incidents and 7.5 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 5 burglaries and 7 acts of criminal damage.
Prices are close to the median of compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €2,504/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so La Bâthie grades B− for cost of living.
Commune in Savoie, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
La Bâthie is a commune of 2,176 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
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.