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A town of 1,919 in Savoie, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes.
Tignes has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents. Its weakest subject is safety (D): an average of 13.5 recorded violent incidents and 24.5 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. At the median price of €9,412/m², a 70 m² home costs 23.8 times the median annual income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size) in the Communauté de communes de Haute-Tarentaise. Its strongest is jobs & income (A+): 1.7 jobs per working resident; 2.5% unemployment.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
The 3 things Tignes does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Tignes 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 Culture ministry lists no building in Tignes as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Pierre à cupules dite Le Rocher aux Pieds, in Val-Cenis, 10.8 mi away.
1.6% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Tignes.
19% are under 15, higher than both Savoie’s towns (17%) and compared French towns (17%). People aged 15 to 24 make up 6.6% of the town. Graduates make up 45% of adults.
48% women, 52% men
About 107 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Savoie 51.5%, France 51.8%.
| Tignes | Savoie median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 19% | 17% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 6.6% | 10% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 38% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 27% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 8.9% | 22% | 22% |
| No diploma | 8.7% | 14% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 17% | 24% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 24% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 45% | 37% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Savoie median and France median: the median of compared communes
In 2025, 71 offenses were recorded in Tignes. With 2,150 jobs for 1,250 working residents, Tignes draws people in from neighbouring communes. More of the graded crimes in the town were criminal damage than anything else (2025).
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 · For burglary, vehicle theft and theft from vehicles, the count isn’t published when it’s small (five or fewer in a year of the last three), so the index uses the département’s average, 10.5% of the index here. That estimated share passes 10%, so treat this Safety Grade with more caution than most. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses. Crimes are counted in the commune where they happen, then divided by its residents, so a town that draws people in from around can look higher.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
From 2016 to 2025, 50 residents of Tignes died, against 73 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 31% fewer. The nearest emergency department to Tignes is Centre hospitalier de Bourg St Maurice, 12.2 mi away. Women in Savoie live to 86.6 on average and men to 81.2 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. There are 6 general practitioners here.
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 · This figure includes a care-home adjustment that TownRatings models; no official statistic exists. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from B to A+.
The median disposable income was €28,380 a year per consumption unit, near Savoie’s towns (€28,360) and higher than compared French towns (€25,970). The unemployment rate comes to 2.5%. Bus, tram or train carried 20.5% of working residents in Tignes to work at the census.
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.
The median price, €9,412/m², comes from 448 sales of houses and apartments in Tignes from July 2023 to June 2026. The estimated advertised rent is €13.58/m² a month, lower than Savoie’s towns (€14.73/m²) yet higher than compared French towns (€12.41/m²). Estimated advertised rent for houses: €13.01/m² a month.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Apartments | €9,417/m² | 442 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Nothing in Tignes is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
Wikidata places 3 people here, but for none of them do the articles confirm Tignes as the birthplace, so nobody is listed.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tignes | 1,919 | — | — | D | D | A |
| Bourg-Saint-Maurice | 7,270 | 12 | C+ | D− | C− | B− |
| La Plagne Tarentaise | 3,836 | 12 | B+ | D | B | B+ |
| Aime-la-Plagne | 4,385 | 15 | A | C− | A+ | B− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Homes cost more than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €9,412/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Tignes grades D for cost of living.
Commune in Savoie, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Tignes is a commune of 1,919 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 October 30, 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.