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6,734 people call this town in Savoie, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes home.
Plenty to like here, at a price. Jobs and pay hold up well: 1 job per working resident; 6.2% unemployment. Health outcomes beat most towns: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 28% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. What holds it back is cost of living: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 9.7 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Schools lag: bac results 1.8 points below the expected rate; brevet results 2.8 points below the expected rate. The overall grade lands at A−, #4 of 32 in Savoie. That leaves it better than 84% of compared French towns.
Figures: employment, INSEE census 2023 · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education.
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 Saint-Alban-Leysse 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 2 things Saint-Alban-Leysse does most differently from other towns.
The Culture ministry’s list holds 1 historic monument in Saint-Alban-Leysse; none is classé, France’s top protection.
Saint-Alban-Leysse has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
Oratoire Notre-Dame de Bon-Secours: Photo: Cper1 · CC BY-SA 3.0
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Saint-Alban-Leysse.
The unemployment rate here is 6.2%. 22.7% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train at the census, above Savoie’s towns (19.2%) and compared French towns (13.4%) alike. Per consumption unit, the median disposable income is €29,540 a year. Jobs located in Saint-Alban-Leysse: 3,000, for 3,100 residents in work (1 each).
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
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, 460 residents of Saint-Alban-Leysse died, against 642 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 28% fewer. The town has 6 family doctors.
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 · Allowing for care homes is a TownRatings estimate, not a published statistic.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The split in Saint-Alban-Leysse: €4,078/m² for houses, €3,685/m² for apartments. Advertised rents are estimated at €13.00/m² a month, lower than Savoie’s towns (€14.73/m²) and near compared French towns (€12.41/m²). Houses accounted for 44% of sales, apartments for the rest.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €4,078/m² | 86 |
| Apartments | €3,685/m² | 108 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
The graded crime recorded most in Saint-Alban-Leysse was criminal damage (2025). In 2025, 98 offenses were recorded here. Violence against people averaged 5.6 per 1,000 residents a year over 2023–2025; graded property crimes averaged 11.6.
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 · When vehicle theft number five or fewer in a recent year, the figure is withheld, and the index uses the département’s average instead (1.0% of the index here). The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
The bac pro: 87% of 514 candidates passed at the 7 vocational lycées within 5 km. On results, collèges and lycées here come #17 of 34 in Savoie. Near Saint-Alban-Leysse, 89.1% of collège pupils passed the brevet, in line with Savoie’s towns (88.9%) and compared French towns (87.5%).
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège J. et X. de MaistreNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 117 | 93%±0 pts |
| Lycée polyvalent MongeNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 384 | 92%−5 pts |
| Lycée professionnel privé Sainte-Geneviève - Assomption Chambéry PrivateBest against expectations: 4 points above the expected rateVocational lycée | Vocational lycée | 81 | 96%+4 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Saint-Alban-Leysse has 1 historic monument on the Culture ministry’s list, none at the highest level (classé).
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Children under 15 make up 15%, below both Savoie’s towns (17%) and compared French towns (17%). Half of Saint-Alban-Leysse is older than 46, half younger. Those 65 and older account for nearly a quarter of residents.
52% women, 48% men
About 91 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Savoie 51.5%, France 51.8%.
| Saint-Alban-Leysse | Savoie median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 15% | 17% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 10% | 10% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 24% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 27% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 24% | 22% | 22% |
| No diploma | 11% | 14% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 22% | 24% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 19% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 44% | 37% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Savoie median and France median: the median of compared communes
Heritage, other places to visit and museums in and near Saint-Alban-Leysse. Best known first.
MuseumMusée des Beaux-Arts de Chambéry3.3 km southwest, in Chambéry
MuseumLes Charmettes3.7 km southwest, in Chambéry
ChâteauChâteau de Caramagne3.5 km west, in ChambéryChurchChurchChapelle Saint-Saturnin de Saint-Alban-Leyssein townAttractionAttractionCathédrale Saint-François-de-Sales3.2 km southwest, in ChambéryPhotos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Saint-Alban-Leysse yet.
Commune in Savoie, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Saint-Alban-Leysse is a commune of 6,734 people in the Communauté d'agglomération du Grand Chambéry. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Alban-Leysse | 6,734 | — | A− | C− | B+ | A |
| Bassens | 5,175 | 0.9 | B− | D | B | C+ |
| Barby | 3,772 | 1.2 | B+ | D | B+ | B |
| La Ravoire | 9,332 | 1.3 | B | D | B− | A− |
| Barberaz | 5,306 | 1.3 | B− | D | C+ | A− |
| Chambéry | 59,964 | 2.1 | C− | D | D | B |
| Challes-les-Eaux | 5,630 | 2.5 | B | D | B− | B |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades B+ for safety, #13 of 32 in Savoie. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 22 burglaries and 34 acts of criminal damage.
They grade C+, better than 39% of compared French towns and #17 of 34 in Savoie. 92% of 384 candidates passed the bac at Lycée polyvalent Monge in 2025, 5 points below the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Saint-Alban-Leysse 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 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.