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Saint-Pierre-d'AlbignySavoie

A town in Savoie, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, home to 4,217 people.

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Saint-Pierre-d'Albigny, Savoie · kallerna · CC BY-SA 4.0

Is Saint-Pierre-d'Albigny a good place to live?

Saint-Pierre-d'Albigny’s strongest is jobs & income (A): 0.7 jobs per working resident; 6.6% unemployment. Buying 70 m² at the median €2,369/m² takes 5.8 years of the median income per consumption unit in the Communauté de communes Cœur de Savoie. Walkability is another plus: 58% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 14% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. All told, that adds up to an A− overall and a rank of #10 of 32 in Savoie. Set against the rest, it does better than 76% of compared French towns. Elsewhere it is close to typical: B for safety, C+ for schools and B for health.

Figures: employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · recorded crime, SSMSI (Ministry of the Interior) · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025).

Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas. The overall grade uses the other six subjects.

What makes Saint-Pierre-d'Albigny stand out

The one thing Saint-Pierre-d'Albigny does most differently from other towns.

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How Saint-Pierre-d'Albigny grades

Each subject compares Saint-Pierre-d'Albigny 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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Château de Miolans
Château de Miolans · Classé · Photo: Florian Pépellin · CC BY-SA 4.0
Saint-Pierre-d'Albigny’s story

Saint-Pierre-d'Albigny in pictures

On the Culture ministry’s list, Saint-Pierre-d'Albigny counts 1 historic monument: 1 classé at the top level of protection and 0 inscrit at the second.

15% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.

Wikidata records 2 people born in Saint-Pierre-d'Albigny before 1900, the earliest Stefano Borson, in 1758.

  • 1944First protected: Château de Miolans
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The data

Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Saint-Pierre-d'Albigny.

Work & commuteJobs & income A

Saint-Pierre-d'Albigny has lower unemployment than Savoie’s towns or compared French towns: 6.6%

The median disposable income was €28,450 a year per consumption unit, close to Savoie’s towns (€28,360) and above compared French towns (€25,970). 4.5% of Saint-Pierre-d'Albigny’s working residents had no journey to work at the census.

14%walk, cycle or take transit

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving81%
Public transport8%
On foot6%
Bicycle1%
Motorbike or scooter0%
1,250
jobs based in Saint-Pierre-d'Albigny, 0.7 per working resident
6.6%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€28,450
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
5%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
B+
Walkability: better than 70% of compared French towns

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

Safety

Saint-Pierre-d'Albigny ranks below 64% of compared French towns for crime per resident

Over 2025, Saint-Pierre-d'Albigny logged 86 recorded offenses. Each year (2023–2025 average), violence against people came to 7.6 per 1,000 residents and the graded property crimes to 10.9. The commonest graded crime locally was criminal damage (2025).

7.6recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a yearBSafety Grade

Recorded by type · 2025

Criminal damage22
Theft from vehicles16
Other physical violence15
Sexual violence12
Family violence11
Burglary10
Fraud28
Theft without violence15

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.

7.6
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
10.9
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
86
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
4.8%
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 armed robbery and vehicle theft number five or fewer in a recent year, the figure is withheld, and the index uses the département’s average instead (4.8% of the index here). The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.

HealthHealth B

Adjusted for age and care homes, Saint-Pierre-d'Albigny sees fewer deaths than 63% of compared French towns

Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.

7 GPs practise in Saint-Pierre-d'Albigny. Its care home for older people (64 places) counts its residents as Saint-Pierre-d'Albigny’s; allowing for it, deaths were 16% below expected. 406 deaths locally between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 418: 3% below. The nearest emergency department to Saint-Pierre-d'Albigny is Hopital Prive Medipole de Savoie, 9.1 mi away.

−16%deaths against expected, after care homesBHealth Grade

Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025

Raw97
Adjusted84
Median town88
Expected100
7
GPs in Saint-Pierre-d'Albigny · 3.2 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
9.1 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Hopital Prive Medipole de Savoie
11.7 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Centre hospitalier Metropole Savoie site Chambery Mco
86.6 · 81.2
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Savoie, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3

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 · The adjustment for care homes is TownRatings’ own modeling, not an official figure.

History

Saint-Pierre-d'Albigny keeps more of its old housing than Savoie’s towns or compared French towns: 15% built before 1919

France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.

Among the classé monuments in Saint-Pierre-d'Albigny is Château de Miolans.

1historic monument

Monuments by protection · Mérimée

Classé1
Inscrit0

Among them · Classé

1944
first monument protected
15%
of homes built before 1919 · median town 7.4%

Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period

HousingCost of living C+

Homes in Saint-Pierre-d'Albigny sell for €2,369/m² at the median, against €3,542/m² in Savoie’s towns and €2,430/m² in compared French towns

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

Advertised rents are estimated at €13.19/m² a month, lower than Savoie’s towns (€14.73/m²) yet higher than compared French towns (€12.41/m²). Sales in Saint-Pierre-d'Albigny from July 2023 to June 2026: 147 houses and apartments. Houses accounted for half of sales, apartments for the rest.

€2,369/m²median sale price

Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026

Saint-Pierre-d'Albigny€2,369/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Savoie median€3,542/m²
By typeMedian per m²Sales
Houses€2,447/m²74
Apartments€2,357/m²73
€13.19/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€10.28 to €16.94/m² a month)
5.8
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€11.04/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€28,390
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté de communes Cœur de Savoie

Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte

Schools

89.0% of candidates passed the brevet at the collège within 5 km, 3 points below the expected rate

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

The nearest general lycée is 9.2 mi away. Results rank its schools #16 of 34 in Savoie.

89.0%passed the brevetC+School Grade

Brevet pass rate · collèges within 5 km

Saint-Pierre-d'Albigny89.0%
Median of towns87.5%
SchoolLevelCandidatesPassed, 2025
Collège les FrontaillesNearest collègeCollègeCollège11889%−3 pts
89.0%
passed the brevet at the collèges, −3 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

Who lives here

Saint-Pierre-d'Albigny has fewer young adults than Savoie’s towns or compared French towns: 9.2% are 15 to 24

Degrees are held by 33% of adults, below Savoie’s towns (37%) but above compared French towns (30%). 24% of residents are 65 or over. Half of Saint-Pierre-d'Albigny is older than 45.7, half younger.

45.7median age
Saint-Pierre-d'AlbignySavoie medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma20%
CAP or BEP26%
Baccalauréat16%
Higher education33%

Women and men · all residents

51% women, 49% men

About an even split. Median share of women: Savoie 51.5%, France 51.8%.

Ages and diplomas in Saint-Pierre-d'Albigny
Saint-Pierre-d'AlbignySavoie medianFrance median
Under 1517%17%17%
15–249.2%10%11%
25–4422%24%23%
45–6427%27%26%
65+24%22%22%
No diploma20%14%19%
CAP or BEP26%24%26%
Baccalauréat16%18%18%
Higher education33%37%30%

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

Nearby attractions

Château de Miolans and 4 more in and around Saint-Pierre-d'Albigny

Heritage and other places to visit in and near Saint-Pierre-d'Albigny. Best known first.

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

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Landmarks

Saint-Pierre-d'Albigny has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.

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Photo credits

Château de Miolans: Photo: Florian Pépellin · CC BY-SA 4.0

Famous people from Saint-Pierre-d'Albigny

3 notable people were born in Saint-Pierre-d'Albigny.

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Saint-Pierre-d'Albigny’s neighbors

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

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MontmélianValgelon-La RochetteChalles-les-EauxBarbyPorte-de-SavoieLa RavoireMontmélianValgelon-La RochetteChalles-les-EauxBarbyPorte-de-SavoieLa RavoireSaint-Pierre-d'Albigny
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
Saint-Pierre-d'Albigny4,217—A−C+BB
Montmélian4,0246.6C+CDC+
Valgelon-La Rochette4,2077.7ABAB−
Challes-les-Eaux5,6308.5BDB−B
Barby3,7728.6B+DB+B
Porte-de-Savoie3,9748.8B+C−C+A−
La Ravoire9,3329.4BDB−A−

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

Questions about Saint-Pierre-d'Albigny

Is Saint-Pierre-d'Albigny safe?

It grades B for safety, #16 of 32 in Savoie. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 10 burglaries and 22 acts of criminal damage.

Are schools in Saint-Pierre-d'Albigny good?

They grade C+, better than 41% of compared French towns and #16 of 34 in Savoie. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.

Is Saint-Pierre-d'Albigny expensive to live in?

By type: houses €2,447/m² (74 sales), apartments €2,357/m² (73 sales). Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Saint-Pierre-d'Albigny grades C+ for cost of living.

About Saint-Pierre-d'Albigny

Commune in Savoie, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes

Saint-Pierre-d'Albigny is a commune of 4,217 people in the Communauté de communes Cœur de Savoie. 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
4,217 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes Cœur de Savoie
Département
Savoie (73)
Région
Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Area
7.4 sq mi (19.2 km²)
INSEE code
73270

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.