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2,261 residents make their home in this town in Savoie, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes.
The local economy does well: 0.6 jobs per working resident; 8.3% unemployment. School results trail most towns (C−): brevet results 7 points below the expected rate. Buying 70 m² at the median €3,424/m² takes 8 years of the median income per consumption unit in the Communauté de communes du Lac d'Aiguebelette (CCLA). The rest of its grades are middling: B for health and B− for walkability.
Figures: employment and commuting, 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) · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025. Novalaise 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 Novalaise 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.
Novalaise has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
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The 3 things Novalaise does most differently from other towns.
Novalaise has 1 historic monument on the Culture ministry’s list: 1 classé, the highest protection, and 0 inscrit, the second level.
The oldest protected part dates from prehistory; the first monument here was protected in 2015.
12% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Novalaise has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Novalaise.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
The closest lycée for the general bac is 6.1 mi off. At the collèges within 5 km of Novalaise, 89.0% passed the brevet, near both Savoie’s towns (88.9%) and compared French towns (87.5%).
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège de l'ÉpineNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 64 | 89%−7 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The estimated advertised rent is €13.94/m² a month, below Savoie’s towns (€14.73/m²) but above compared French towns (€12.41/m²). The sales split: 90% houses, the rest apartments. Houses are advertised at an estimated €14.97/m² a month.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €3,415/m² | 60 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Protection here reaches back to prehistory. Among the classé monuments in Novalaise is Site archéologique du Gojat immergé dans le lac d'Aiguebelette.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Its care home for older people (63 places) counts its residents as Novalaise’s; allowing for it, deaths were 15% below expected. France’s death rates at each age would predict 241 deaths here from 2016 to 2025; there were 273, 13% more. Also worth knowing: the nearest emergency department to Novalaise is Ch Yves Touraine, 6.4 mi away. For a family doctor, residents of Novalaise can choose among 5 GPs.
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 A−.
Children under 15 make up 19%, higher than both Savoie’s towns (17%) and compared French towns (17%). The 15-to-24 age group makes up nearly one in ten residents. The median resident of Novalaise is 45.6 years old.
51% women, 49% men
About 95 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Savoie 51.5%, France 51.8%.
| Novalaise | Savoie median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 19% | 17% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 8.7% | 10% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 21% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 30% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 21% | 22% | 22% |
| No diploma | 14% | 14% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 22% | 24% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 16% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 43% | 37% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Savoie median and France median: the median of compared communes
One in ten commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train at the census, below both Savoie’s towns (19.2%) and compared French towns (13.4%). Unemployment runs at 8.3%.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Heritage and museums in and near Novalaise. Best known first.
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Novalaise yet.
Commune in Savoie, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Novalaise is a commune of 2,261 people in the Communauté de communes du Lac d'Aiguebelette (CCLA). 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Novalaise | 2,261 | — | — | C | — | B |
| La Motte-Servolex | 12,067 | 4.7 | B | D | B | B+ |
| Le Bourget-du-Lac | 5,216 | 5.5 | A− | D | B+ | A− |
| Saint-Genix-les-Villages | 3,095 | 5.9 | A− | C | B+ | A− |
| Cognin | 6,954 | 6.3 | C | D | C | B+ |
| Le Pont-de-Beauvoisin Isère | 3,602 | 6.4 | C+ | B+ | D | B+ |
| Chambéry | 59,964 | 6.9 | C− | D | D | B |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Novalaise has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 2.6 recorded violent incidents and 7.1 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 19% 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 Novalaise 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.