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A town of 1,286 in Savoie, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes.
Les Échelles has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents. Its weakest subject is jobs & income (C+): 0.8 jobs per working resident; 10.0% unemployment. At the median price of €1,977/m², a 70 m² home costs 5.1 times the median annual income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size) in the Communauté de communes Cœur de Chartreuse. Its strongest is health (A+): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 59% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
The one thing Les Échelles does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Les Échelles 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.
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The Culture ministry lists 2 historic monuments in Les Échelles, none of them classé, France’s highest protection.
17% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Les Échelles.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
For Les Échelles, that is below both Savoie’s towns (86) and compared French towns (88). From 2016 to 2025, 102 residents of Les Échelles died, against 107 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 5% fewer. The care-home adjustment is a TownRatings modeling step, not an official statistic.
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
Les Échelles sits below both Savoie’s towns (€28,360) and compared French towns (€25,970) on this measure.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
That puts Les Échelles above both Savoie’s towns (17%) and compared French towns (17%). Over-65s are 19% of the population.
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Savoie 51.5%, France 51.8%.
| Les Échelles | Savoie median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 19% | 17% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 9.6% | 10% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 25% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 27% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 19% | 22% | 22% |
| No diploma | 17% | 14% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 29% | 24% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 21% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 27% | 37% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Savoie median and France median: the median of compared communes
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
On this, Les Échelles is above both Savoie’s towns (5.9%) and compared French towns (7.4%). The Culture ministry lists 2 historic monuments in Les Échelles, none of them classé, France’s highest protection.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Half the homes sold went for more than €1,977/m², below both Savoie’s towns (€3,542/m²) and compared French towns (€2,430/m²).
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Béatrice de SavoieNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 77 | 84%−8 pts |
| Collège privé Saint-Bruno PrivateBest against expectations: 4 points above the expected rateCollège | Collège | 70 | 93%+4 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
The list names few of Les Échelles’ 2 monuments; beside them, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
Hôtel de ville: Photo: Lymantria · CC BY-SA 3.0
Wikidata places 1 person here, but the articles don’t both confirm Les Échelles as the birthplace, so nobody is listed.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Les Échelles | 1,286 | — | — | B | — | A+ |
| Saint-Laurent-du-Pont Isère | 4,490 | 3.4 | B | B | B | D |
| Saint-Étienne-de-Crossey Isère | 2,619 | 6.8 | — | C | — | A− |
| Le Pont-de-Beauvoisin Isère | 3,602 | 7.5 | C+ | B+ | D | B+ |
| Coublevie Isère | 5,520 | 8.9 | A− | C− | B | B+ |
| Voiron Isère | 21,847 | 9.5 | B | B− | C− | B− |
| La Buisse Isère | 3,500 | 9.6 | A | C | B+ | A |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Les Échelles has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 4.7 recorded violent incidents and 11.9 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
They grade C+, better than 43% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Les Échelles grades B for cost of living.
Commune in Savoie, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Les Échelles is a commune of 1,286 people in the Communauté de communes Cœur de Chartreuse. 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 October 30, 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.