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1,064 residents make their home in this town in Savoie, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes.
Jobs & income is its strong suit — 1.4 jobs per working resident; 1.8% unemployment. Housing is expensive: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 13.6 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Health outcomes fall short of most towns: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 8% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. 85% of its homes are second homes.
Figures: employment, INSEE census 2023 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025). Valloire 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 Valloire does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Valloire 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.
Valloire has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
Valloire has 1 historic monument on the Culture ministry’s list: 1 classé, the highest protection, and 0 inscrit, the second level.
The oldest protected part dates from the 17th century; the first monument here was protected in 1945.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Valloire.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Advertised rents are estimated at €13.02/m² a month, lower than Savoie’s towns (€14.73/m²) and near compared French towns (€12.41/m²). Houses are advertised at an estimated €10.85/m² a month. The sales split: 10% houses, the rest apartments.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Apartments | €5,348/m² | 221 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Unemployment stood at 1.8%, below Savoie’s towns (7.2%) and compared French towns (10.1%) alike. Per consumption unit, the median disposable income is €28,020 a year. Public transport took 2.8% of Valloire’s working residents to work at the census.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Valloire has 4 family doctors. The nearest emergency department to Valloire is Centre hospitalier de Saint Jean de Maurienne, 9 mi away. France’s death rates at each age would predict 107 deaths locally from 2016 to 2025; there were 98, 8% fewer. Average lifespans in Savoie: 86.6 years for women, 81.2 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 nationally.
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 · Allowing for care homes is a TownRatings estimate, not a published statistic. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from D to A−.
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Its heritage reaches back to the 17th century.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
16% are under 15, lower than both Savoie’s towns (17%) and compared French towns (17%). People 65 and over make up 24% of the town. Half the people of Valloire are older than 45.7.
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Savoie 51.5%, France 51.8%.
| Valloire | Savoie median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 16% | 17% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 8.4% | 10% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 25% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 27% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 24% | 22% | 22% |
| No diploma | 8% | 14% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 31% | 24% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 21% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 35% | 37% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Savoie median and France median: the median of compared communes
Museums, heritage and gardens in and near Valloire. Best known first.
Valloire has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Valloire yet.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Valloire | 1,064 | — | — | C− | — | C+ |
| Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne | 7,524 | 8.6 | B− | C+ | B+ | C |
| Modane | 2,849 | 12 | — | B− | — | A |
| Les Belleville | 3,498 | 15 | C− | D− | D | B− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Valloire has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 5.5 recorded violent incidents and 17.2 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Valloire grades C− for cost of living.
Commune in Savoie, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Valloire is a commune of 1,064 people in the Communauté de communes Maurienne Galibier. 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.