Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
It is a town of 3,836 residents in Savoie, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes.
Prices are high against local incomes (D): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 12.6 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Put together, the subjects come to a B+ overall, better than 70% of compared French towns. Its place in the ranking is #13 of 32 in Savoie. Its remaining grades are unremarkable: B for safety, B for schools and B for walkability.
Figures: employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · recorded crime, SSMSI (Ministry of the Interior) · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas. The overall grade uses the other six subjects.
The 3 things La Plagne Tarentaise does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares La Plagne Tarentaise 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.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
On the Culture ministry’s list, La Plagne Tarentaise counts 1 historic monument: 1 classé at the top level of protection and 0 inscrit at the second.
Jacques Chevray, born in 1795, is the one person born in La Plagne Tarentaise before 1900 that Wikidata records.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in La Plagne Tarentaise.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The estimated advertised rent is €13.62/m² a month, lower than Savoie’s towns (€14.73/m²) yet higher than compared French towns (€12.41/m²). Apartments in La Plagne Tarentaise sell for €5,097/m², houses for €4,196/m². Of the homes sold, 10% were houses.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €4,196/m² | 84 |
| Apartments | €5,097/m² | 741 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
8.9% of the population is aged 15 to 24, below Savoie’s towns (10%) and compared French towns (11%) alike. Degrees are held by 31% of adults. The age that splits La Plagne Tarentaise in two is 45.3.
49% women, 51% men
About 104 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Savoie 51.5%, France 51.8%.
| La Plagne Tarentaise | Savoie median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 17% | 17% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 8.9% | 10% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 24% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 33% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 17% | 22% | 22% |
| No diploma | 14% | 14% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 28% | 24% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 21% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 31% | 37% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Savoie median and France median: the median of compared communes
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
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. France’s death rates at each age would predict 251 deaths in La Plagne Tarentaise from 2016 to 2025; there were 203, 19% fewer. The nearest emergency department to La Plagne Tarentaise is Centre hospitalier de Bourg St Maurice, 5.7 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 · This figure includes a care-home adjustment that TownRatings models; no official statistic exists. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from B− to A.
After tax and benefits, the median income is €28,330 a year per consumption unit. At the census, 19.1% went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport, near Savoie’s towns (19.2%) and higher than compared French towns (13.4%).
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
On the Culture ministry’s list, La Plagne Tarentaise counts 1 historic monument: 1 classé at the top level of protection and 0 inscrit at the second.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
The nearest general lycée is 5.8 mi away. A collège lies 1.5 mi away. The town’s schools place #8 of 34 in Savoie on results.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège JovetNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 81 | 91%−2 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Each year (2023–2025 average), violence against people came to 6.8 per 1,000 residents and the graded property crimes to 13.4. Police and gendarmerie recorded 80 offenses in La Plagne Tarentaise in 2025. In 2025, criminal damage led the graded crimes here.
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 · Small counts of sexual violence, 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, 8.8% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Museums, family days out and heritage in and near La Plagne Tarentaise. Best known first.
La Plagne Tarentaise has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
3 notable people were born in La Plagne Tarentaise.
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 Plagne Tarentaise | 3,836 | — | B+ | D | B | B+ |
| Aime-la-Plagne | 4,385 | 2.6 | A | C− | A+ | B− |
| Bourg-Saint-Maurice | 7,270 | 5.6 | C+ | D− | C− | B− |
| Moûtiers | 3,487 | 9 | C | B | D | D− |
| Grand-Aigueblanche | 3,780 | 9.5 | A− | C− | A | B− |
| La Léchère | 2,538 | 10 | — | C+ | — | C− |
| Les Belleville | 3,498 | 15 | C− | D− | D | B− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades B for safety, #19 of 32 in Savoie. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 14 burglaries and 47 acts of criminal damage.
They grade B, better than 58% of compared French towns and #8 of 34 in Savoie. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so La Plagne Tarentaise grades D for cost of living.
Commune in Savoie, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
La Plagne Tarentaise is a commune of 3,836 people in the Communauté de communes Les Versants d'Aime. 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 9, 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.