Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
2,459 people call this town in Savoie, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes home.
Séez’s strongest subject is jobs & income: 0.5 jobs per working resident; 4.3% unemployment. Residents are healthier than most (B+): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 19% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Buying in is costly: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 9.7 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Holiday and other second homes account for 20% of homes.
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. Séez 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.
The 3 things Séez does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Séez 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.
Séez has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
On the Culture ministry’s list, Séez counts 1 historic monument: 1 classé at the top level of protection and 0 inscrit at the second.
The oldest protected part dates from prehistory; the first monument here was protected in 1956.
Francis Carquet, born in 1845, is the one person born in Séez before 1900 that Wikidata records.
Other places to visit, museums and heritage in and near Séez. Best known first.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Séez.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The estimated advertised rent is €14.41/m² a month, close to Savoie’s towns (€14.73/m²) and above compared French towns (€12.41/m²). Houses accounted for 32% of sales, apartments for the rest. Renting a house costs an estimated €13.01/m² a month.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Apartments | €3,757/m² | 58 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
France’s death rates at each age would predict 179 deaths in Séez from 2016 to 2025; there were 144, 19% fewer. Average lifespans in Savoie: 86.6 years for women, 81.2 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 nationally. 3 GPs practise in the town.
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.
At the census, 11.4% went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport, lower than both Savoie’s towns (19.2%) and compared French towns (13.4%). The median disposable income is €28,470 a year per consumption unit.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
16% of residents are children under 15. People 65 and over make up 20% of the town, below Savoie’s towns (22%) and compared French towns (22%) alike. Graduates make up 31% of adults.
51% women, 49% men
About 96 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Savoie 51.5%, France 51.8%.
| Séez | Savoie median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 16% | 17% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 9% | 10% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 25% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 31% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 20% | 22% | 22% |
| No diploma | 14% | 14% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 28% | 24% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 22% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 31% | 37% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Savoie median and France median: the median of compared communes
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Among the classé monuments in Séez is Cercle de pierres. 7.2% of its homes were built before 1919, above Savoie’s towns (5.9%) and close to compared French towns (7.4%).
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Near Séez, 99.0% of lycée candidates passed the bac, higher than both Savoie’s towns (94.3%) and compared French towns (92.9%). A collège lies 1.9 mi away.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Saint-ExupéryNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 163 | 88%−6 pts |
| Lycée général Saint-ExupéryNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 102 | 99%±0 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Séez has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
Cercle de pierres: Photo: Bbruno · CC BY-SA 4.0
One notable person was born in Séez.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Séez | 2,459 | — | — | D | — | B+ |
| Bourg-Saint-Maurice | 7,270 | 1.8 | C+ | D− | C− | B− |
| La Plagne Tarentaise | 3,836 | 7.4 | B+ | D | B | B+ |
| Aime-la-Plagne | 4,385 | 9.7 | A | C− | A+ | B− |
| Moûtiers | 3,487 | 16 | C | B | D | D− |
| Grand-Aigueblanche | 3,780 | 17 | A− | C− | A | B− |
| La Léchère | 2,538 | 17 | — | C+ | — | C− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Séez has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 3.3 recorded violent incidents and 7.6 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
They grade B−, better than 52% 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 Séez grades D for cost of living.
Commune in Savoie, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Séez is a commune of 2,459 people in the Communauté de communes de Haute-Tarentaise. 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
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.