The picture is mixed. Moûtiers’s overall grade, C, puts it better than 27% of compared French towns. That places it #28 of 32 in Savoie. Its lowest grade is for health — after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 18% above expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Crime runs high: an average of 15 recorded violent incidents and 18.4 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. At the median price of €1,893/m², a 70 m² home costs 5 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the Communauté de communes Cœur de Tarentaise. Where it does best is walkability: 100% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 34% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work.
Figures: amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting, INSEE census 2023 · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · recorded crime, SSMSI (Ministry of the Interior) · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas. The overall grade uses the other six subjects.
Each subject compares Moûtiers 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.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Moûtiers.
Work & commuteJobs & income C
33.6% of commuters in Moûtiers go to work without a car, more than in both Savoie’s towns and compared French towns
Median disposable income comes to €21,740 a year per consumption unit. 11.4% of the labour force were unemployed, above Savoie’s towns (7.2%) and compared French towns (10.1%) alike. Jobs located in Moûtiers: 3,250, for 1,500 residents in work (2.2 each).
34%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving61%
On foot26%
Public transport6%
Bicycle1%
Motorbike or scooter1%
3,250
jobs based in Moûtiers, 2.2 per working resident
11.4%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€21,740
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
5%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
A+
Walkability: better than 98% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
HealthHealth D−
More deaths than Moûtiers’ ages would predict, 118 per 100 expected, above Savoie’s towns and compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Average lifespans in Savoie: 86.6 years for women, 81.2 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 nationally. From 2016 to 2025, 566 residents of Moûtiers died, against 387 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 46% more. The nearest emergency department to Moûtiers is Antenne Smur Moutiers, 0.2 mi away.
+18%deaths against expected, after care homesD−Health Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw146
Adjusted118
Median town88
Expected100
5
GPs in Moûtiers · 4.9 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
0.2 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Antenne Smur Moutiers
14.5 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Centre hospitalier de Bourg St Maurice
86.6 · 81.2
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Savoie, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
For crime per resident, Moûtiers sits above 88% of compared French towns
On the Safety Grade, Moûtiers ranks 30th of the 32 compared towns in Savoie. 108 offenses were reported in Moûtiers during 2025. Of the graded crimes in the town, criminal damage came up most often (2025).
15recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a yearDSafety Grade
Recorded by type · 2025
Criminal damage49
Other physical violence27
Family violence17
Sexual violence9
Theft from vehicles6
Armed robbery0
Theft without violence31
Drug use29
Fraud25
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.
15
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
18.4
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
108
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
3.0%
of the index rests on the département’s average, used where small counts aren’t published
Source: SSMSI (Interior Ministry), recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 · Licence Ouverte · When burglary and vehicle theft number five or fewer in a recent year, the figure is withheld, and the index uses the département’s average instead (3.0% of the index here). The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Who lives here
Degrees are less common in Moûtiers than in Savoie’s towns or across compared French towns: 21% of adults
Those 65 and older account for 19% of residents. 13% of the population is aged 15 to 24, above both Savoie’s towns (10%) and compared French towns (11%). Ages in Moûtiers split evenly at 42.2: half are older, half younger.
42.2median age
MoûtiersSavoie medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
13%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma28%
CAP or BEP27%
Baccalauréat18%
Higher education21%
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 95 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Savoie 51.5%, France 51.8%.
INSEE, census 2023 · Savoie median and France median: the median of compared communes
History
Moûtiers: 3 historic monuments, 3 classé
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Nearly one in ten homes date from before 1919. Among the classé monuments in Moûtiers is Cathédrale Saint-Pierre de Moûtiers. The oldest protected building goes back to the 11th century.
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
HousingCost of living B
Renting in Moûtiers costs an estimated advertised €11.84/m² a month, against €14.73/m² in Savoie’s towns and €12.41/m² in compared French towns
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
No town in Savoie costs less to buy into than Moûtiers, at €1,893/m², the lowest of 37. Behind the median of €1,893/m²: 136 houses and apartments sold here between July 2023 and June 2026.
€1,893/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Moûtiers€1,893/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Savoie median€3,542/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Apartments
€1,866/m²
121
€11.84/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€9.32 to €15.04/m² a month)
5
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€13.01/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€26,620
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté de communes Cœur de Tarentaise
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Moûtiers
Is Moûtiers safe?
It grades D for safety, #30 of 32 in Savoie.
Are schools in Moûtiers good?
They grade B, better than 60% of compared French towns and #6 of 34 in Savoie. The lycée stands out: 100% of 189 candidates passed the bac at Lycée polyvalent Ambroise Croizat in 2025, 2 points above the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Moûtiers expensive to live in?
Homes cost less than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €1,893/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Moûtiers grades B for cost of living.
About Moûtiers
Commune in Savoie, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Moûtiers is a commune of 3,487 people in the Communauté de communes Cœur de Tarentaise. 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
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.
