Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
With 7,154 residents, it is a town in Savoie, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes.
Ugine does well on nearly every count. Safety is its strong suit (A−) — an average of 8 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. Fewer journeys need a car: 73% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 13% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Buying 70 m² at the median €2,383/m² takes 6.2 years of the median income per consumption unit in the Communauté d'agglomération Arlysère. All told, that adds up to an A overall, better than 90% of compared French towns. That places it #1 of 32 in Savoie. Its remaining grades are unremarkable: B for schools, B− for health and B for jobs & income.
Figures: recorded crime, SSMSI (Ministry of the Interior) · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting and employment, INSEE census 2023 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · 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.
Each subject compares Ugine 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 Ugine as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Thermes antiques, in Faverges-Seythenex, 5.5 mi away.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Ugine.
With 3,850 jobs for 3,050 working residents, Ugine draws people in from neighbouring communes. Its tally for 2025: 136 recorded offenses. Among the graded crimes locally, the most frequent was criminal damage (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Ministry), recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 · Licence Ouverte · Small counts of burglary and vehicle theft go unpublished (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the département’s average stands in, 3.8% of the index here. 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. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Nearly a tenth of the labour force were unemployed, higher than Savoie’s towns (7.2%) yet lower than compared French towns (10.1%). At the census, 3.0% of working residents in Ugine went to work by public transport.
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.
In Ugine, houses go for €2,760/m² and apartments for €2,030/m². The median sale price was €2,383/m², about level with compared French towns (€2,430/m²) and below Savoie’s towns (€3,542/m²). Of the homes sold, 57% were houses.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,760/m² | 81 |
| Apartments | €2,030/m² | 62 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
The bac pass rate near Ugine is 97.2%, above both Savoie’s towns (94.3%) and compared French towns (92.9%). By results, schools here place #4 of 34 in Savoie. At the general lycée, 98% of 118 candidates passed the bac, a point above the expected rate.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Ernest Perrier de la BâthieNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 89 | 83%−2 pts |
| Lycée polyvalent René PerrinNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 118 | 98%+1 pt |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Ages in Ugine split evenly at 45.9: half are older, half younger. Nearly a quarter of residents are 65 or over, above both Savoie’s towns (22%) and compared French towns (22%). Children are 16% of the town.
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Savoie 51.5%, France 51.8%.
| Ugine | Savoie median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 16% | 17% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 10% | 10% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 22% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 27% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 24% | 22% | 22% |
| No diploma | 23% | 14% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 33% | 24% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 18% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 21% | 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.
Its two care homes for older people (134 places) count their residents as Ugine’s; allowing for them, deaths were 12% below expected. The nearest emergency department to Ugine is Centre hospitalier D Albertville, 6.4 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. 6 GPs practise locally.
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 care-home adjustment is a TownRatings modeling step, not an official statistic.
Heritage and museums in and near Ugine. Best known first.
Nothing in Ugine is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
7 notable people were born in Ugine.
Maryline Desbiolles: librairie mollat, CC BY 3.0 · André Pringolliet: Agence de presse Mondial Photo-Presse, Public domain
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ugine | 7,154 | — | A | B | A− | B− |
| Faverges-Seythenex Haute-Savoie | 7,545 | 5.9 | A | C+ | A− | B+ |
| Albertville | 19,978 | 6.1 | C− | C | C | C+ |
| Mercury | 3,495 | 6.5 | — | D | — | B+ |
| Gilly-sur-Isère | 3,149 | 7.3 | A− | D | A− | A |
| Doussard Haute-Savoie | 3,751 | 9.8 | A− | D | A+ | A− |
| Thônes Haute-Savoie | 6,654 | 10 | A | D | A+ | B+ |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades A− for safety, #9 of 32 in Savoie.
They grade B, better than 64% of compared French towns and #4 of 34 in Savoie. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns, so Ugine grades B for cost of living.
Commune in Savoie, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Ugine is a commune of 7,154 people in the Communauté d'agglomération Arlysère. 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.