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Home to 1,221 people, this town lies in Savoie, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes. Over-65s are 32% of the population.
La Chambre’s strongest subject is jobs & income: 1.2 jobs per working resident; 6.6% unemployment. The weak point is schools (D): brevet results 8 points below the expected rate. Housing is expensive: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 5.6 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Health lags: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 8% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns.
Figures: employment, INSEE census 2023 · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025). La Chambre 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 La Chambre 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 Chambre has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
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The one thing La Chambre does most differently from other towns.
The Culture ministry lists 2 historic monuments in La Chambre: 1 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 1 inscrit (the second level).
The oldest protected part dates from the 14th century; the first monument here was protected in 1939.
The list names few of La Chambre’s 2 monuments; beside them, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in La Chambre.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Near La Chambre, 83.0% of collège pupils passed the brevet, below both Savoie’s towns (88.9%) and compared French towns (87.5%). The closest collège is 1.5 mi off.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège de Saint-Étienne de CuinesNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 70 | 83%−8 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Unemployment stands at 6.6%. 11.8% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train at the census, lower than both Savoie’s towns (19.2%) and compared French towns (13.4%). Per consumption unit, the median disposable income is €26,910 a year.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Nearly a quarter of adults hold a degree, lower than both Savoie’s towns (37%) and compared French towns (30%). Children under 15 count for 13% of the people here. La Chambre has a median age of 51 years.
56% women, 44% men
About 79 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Savoie 51.5%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
| La Chambre | Savoie median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 13% | 17% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 10% | 10% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 20% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 25% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 32% | 22% | 22% |
| No diploma | 23% | 14% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 31% | 24% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 17% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 23% | 37% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Savoie median and France median: the median of compared communes
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Advertised rents are estimated at €13.76/m² a month, lower than Savoie’s towns (€14.73/m²) yet higher than compared French towns (€12.41/m²). For a house, the estimated advertised rent is €11.35/m² a month. Sales in La Chambre from July 2023 to June 2026: 61 houses and apartments.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Apartments | €1,989/m² | 40 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Women in Savoie live to 86.6 on average and men to 81.2 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. 5 GPs practise in La Chambre. The nearest emergency department to La Chambre is Centre hospitalier de Saint Jean de Maurienne, 6 mi away.
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 · That adjustment for care homes is a model of TownRatings’ own, not official data. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from C− to B.
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
The earliest of these monuments dates from the 14th century. Homes from before 1919 make up 5.8% of the total, about level with Savoie’s towns (5.9%) and below compared French towns (7.4%).
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
In all, 5 offenses reached the police record in La Chambre in 2025. On average over 2023–2025, every 1,000 residents saw 3.7 violent offenses and 13.9 graded property crimes a year. Jobs outnumber working residents in La Chambre (600 to 500): it draws people in from around. Among the graded crimes here, the most frequent was criminal damage (2025).
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.
Source: SSMSI (Interior Ministry), recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 · Licence Ouverte · For family violence, other physical violence, burglary, vehicle theft and theft from vehicles, the count isn’t published when it’s small (five or fewer in a year of the last three), so the index uses the département’s average, 47.5% 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.
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in La Chambre yet.
Commune in Savoie, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
La Chambre is a commune of 1,221 people in the Communauté de communes du Canton de La Chambre. 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
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 Chambre | 1,221 | — | — | C+ | — | C+ |
| Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne | 7,524 | 6.4 | B− | C+ | B+ | C |
| Les Belleville | 3,498 | 10 | C− | D− | D | B− |
| Allevard Isère | 3,971 | 11 | A+ | A− | A− | C+ |
| Valgelon-La Rochette | 4,207 | 11 | A | B | A | B− |
| Crêts en Belledonne Isère | 3,470 | 13 | — | B+ | — | B |
| Grand-Aigueblanche | 3,780 | 14 | A− | C− | A | B− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
La Chambre has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average.
They grade D, better than 7% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so La Chambre grades C+ for cost of living.
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.