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Some 1,107 people live in this town, in Savoie, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes.
Work and incomes are strong: 0.2 jobs per working resident; 3.7% unemployment. Few people walk, cycle or take the bus to work: 12% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 3% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Cost of living is weaker too (C−) — A year’s estimated rent on a 70 m² apartment is 43% of the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Only 15% of residents are 65 or over.
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. Saint-Thibaud-de-Couz 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 Saint-Thibaud-de-Couz 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.
Saint-Thibaud-de-Couz has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
The 2 things Saint-Thibaud-de-Couz does most differently from other towns.
The Culture ministry lists no building in Saint-Thibaud-de-Couz as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Site archéologique de Beau-Phare (ou Boffard) immergé dans le lac d'Aiguebelette, in Aiguebelette-le-Lac, 3.5 mi away.
15% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Nothing in Saint-Thibaud-de-Couz is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Saint-Thibaud-de-Couz.
3.1% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train at the census, lower than both Savoie’s towns (19.2%) and compared French towns (13.4%). Of those in the labour force, 3.7% are unemployed. Households’ median disposable income: €28,300 a year per consumption unit.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
House rents are put at about €10.34/m² a month. Of the homes sold, 91% were houses. The market in Saint-Thibaud-de-Couz: 22 sales of houses and apartments between July 2023 and June 2026.
Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Half the people of Saint-Thibaud-de-Couz are older than 39.4. 34% of adults hold a degree, between Savoie’s towns (37%) and compared French towns (30%).
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Savoie 51.5%, France 51.8%.
| Saint-Thibaud-de-Couz | Savoie median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 23% | 17% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 10% | 10% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 26% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 25% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 15% | 22% | 22% |
| No diploma | 12% | 14% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 26% | 24% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 24% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 34% | 37% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Savoie median and France median: the median of compared communes
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
At birth, a girl in Savoie can expect 86.6 years and a boy 81.2 (2025); across France, 85.9 and 80.3. From 2016 to 2025, 55 residents of Saint-Thibaud-de-Couz died, against 63 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 13% fewer. The nearest emergency department to Saint-Thibaud-de-Couz is Centre hospitalier Metropole Savoie site Chambery Mco, 5.8 mi away.
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 D to A.
Other places to visit and heritage in and near Saint-Thibaud-de-Couz. Best known first.
Wikidata places 1 person here, but the articles don’t both confirm Saint-Thibaud-de-Couz as the birthplace, so nobody is listed.
Commune in Savoie, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Saint-Thibaud-de-Couz is a commune of 1,107 people in the Communauté de communes Cœur de Chartreuse. 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-Thibaud-de-Couz | 1,107 | — | — | C− | — | B− |
| Cognin | 6,954 | 5.1 | C | D | C | B+ |
| Jacob-Bellecombette | 4,499 | 5.3 | B− | D | A+ | C+ |
| Saint-Baldoph | 2,949 | 5.9 | — | D | — | B+ |
| Chambéry | 59,964 | 6.5 | C− | D | D | B |
| Barberaz | 5,306 | 6.7 | B− | D | C+ | A− |
| La Motte-Servolex | 12,067 | 7 | B | D | B | B+ |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Saint-Thibaud-de-Couz has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 4.6 recorded violent incidents and 6.7 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
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 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.