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PalludSavoie

A town in Savoie, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, home to 784 people.

Is Pallud a good place to live?

Pallud has no grades yet: French towns are graded from 1,000 residents up.

Pallud’s outline. No photo of the town is in our collection yet.
Pallud’s story

No historic monuments in Pallud

The Culture ministry lists no building in Pallud as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.

The nearest classé monument is Église Saint-Jean-Baptiste, in Cléry, 5.4 mi away.

Explore the history →
Nearby attractions

Château de Chevron and 19 more in and around Pallud

Heritage, museums and other places to visit in and near Pallud. Best known first.

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Places: © OpenStreetMap contributors · Wikidata

Photos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).

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The data

Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Pallud.

Who lives here

Few people in Pallud are 15 to 24: 7.5%, fewer than in Savoie’s towns and compared French towns

The 65-and-over age group makes up 26% of residents. Half of Pallud is older than 49.1, half younger. Children under 15 make up 17%, about level with both Savoie’s towns (17%) and compared French towns (17%).

49.1median age
PalludSavoie medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma11%
CAP or BEP29%
Baccalauréat21%
Higher education34%

Women and men · all residents

48% women, 52% men

About 108 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Savoie 51.5%, France 51.8%.

Ages and diplomas in Pallud
PalludSavoie medianFrance median
Under 1517%17%17%
15–247.5%10%11%
25–4420%24%23%
45–6429%27%26%
65+26%22%22%
No diploma11%14%19%
CAP or BEP29%24%26%
Baccalauréat21%18%18%
Higher education34%37%30%

INSEE, census 2023 · Savoie median and France median: the median of compared communes

Work & commute

Walking, cycling and public transport carry fewer commuters in Pallud than in Savoie’s towns or compared French towns: 5.8%

Unemployment stood at 5.5%, lower than both Savoie’s towns (7.2%) and compared French towns (10.1%). Households’ median disposable income: €30,770 a year per consumption unit. Pallud has 50 jobs for 350 working residents, 0.1 per worker.

6%walk, cycle or take transit

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving90%
Bicycle4%
Public transport1%
Motorbike or scooter1%
On foot1%
50
jobs based in Pallud, 0.1 per working resident
5.5%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€30,770
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
3%
worked without traveling (at or from home)

Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte

Schools

86.6% of candidates passed the brevet at the four collèges within 5 km, 2.6 points below the expected rate

Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.

Near Pallud, 92.8% of lycée candidates passed the bac, about level with compared French towns (92.9%) and below Savoie’s towns (94.3%).

96%passed the bac (general and technological)

Brevet pass rate · collèges within 5 km

Pallud86.6%
Median of towns87.5%

Bac pass rate · lycées within 5 km

Pallud92.8%
Median of towns92.9%
SchoolLevelCandidatesPassed, 2025
Collège privé Jeanne d'Arc PrivateNearest collègeCollègeCollège7597%+1 pt
Lycée polyvalent privé Jeanne d'Arc PrivateNearest lycéeGeneral lycéeGeneral lycée7396%+1 pt

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96%
passed the general and technological bac, −0.6 pts against the expected rate
84%
passed the vocational bac, −5.2 pts against the expected rate
86.6%
passed the brevet at the collèges, −2.6 pts against the expected rate
0.5 mi
to the nearest collège from the town center

Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte

Housing

The estimated advertised rent of an apartment in Pallud is €13.06/m² a month

Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.

The market in Pallud: 26 sales of houses and apartments between July 2023 and June 2026. Of the homes sold, 77% were houses.

€13.06/m²estimated apartment rent a month

Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month

Pallud€13.06/m²
Median of towns€12.41/m²
Savoie median€14.73/m²
€13.06/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€10.16 to €16.77/m² a month)
€14.35/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included

Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte

Keep exploring

Everything we know about Pallud

13pages on Pallud

Landmarks

Nothing in Pallud is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.

Its history page →

Famous people from Pallud

Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Pallud yet.

How we find them →

Pallud’s neighbors

The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →

All towns in Savoie →
AlbertvilleMercuryGilly-sur-IsèreUgineFaverges-SeythenexDoussardAlbertvilleMercuryGilly-sur-IsèreUgineFaverges-SeythenexDoussardPallud
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
Pallud784—————
Albertville19,9781.2C−CCC+
Mercury3,4952.2—D—B+
Gilly-sur-Isère3,1492.5A−DA−A
Ugine7,1545ABA−B−
Faverges-Seythenex Haute-Savoie7,5456.3AC+A−B+
Doussard Haute-Savoie3,75111A−DA+A−

People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.

About Pallud

Commune in Savoie, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes

Pallud is a commune of 784 people in the Communauté d'agglomération Arlysère. 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

Population
784 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté d'agglomération Arlysère
Département
Savoie (73)
Région
Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Area
2 sq mi (5.2 km²)
INSEE code
73196

Sources: INSEE, census 2023 (population, employment, commuting) · INSEE, Filosofi 2023 (income per consumption unit, poverty) · 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.