Which town in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes has the best access to general practitioners?

Tignes (Savoie) has the best access to general practitioners in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes: 15.0 visits per inhabitant per year.

What are the 10 towns in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes with the best access to general practitioners?

In order: Tignes (15.0 visits per inhabitant per year), Val-d'Isère (14.3 visits per inhabitant per year), La Charce (11.1 visits per inhabitant per year), Valloire (10.3 visits per inhabitant per year), Rottier (10.0 visits per inhabitant per year), Les Belleville (9.6 visits per inhabitant per year), Saint-Victor-la-Rivière (9.4 visits per inhabitant per year), Hauteluce (8.9 visits per inhabitant per year), Le Mayet-de-Montagne (8.9 visits per inhabitant per year), and Châtel-Montagne (8.9 visits per inhabitant per year).

Which town in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes has the poorest access to general practitioners?

Rochefourchat (Drôme) has the poorest access to general practitioners in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes: 0.0 visits per inhabitant per year. See Medical deserts: the towns in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes with the poorest access to general practitioners.

How many towns in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes are ranked?

4,021 out of 4,025. Not ranked: communes whose APL is not published.

How is access to doctors measured?

Localized potential accessibility (APL), calculated by DREES, the statistics office of the French Ministry of Health, measures how many general practitioner visits each inhabitant can access per year. It takes into account doctors in the commune and in nearby communes, how much they work, and the age of the population. In its studies, DREES describes communes with an APL below 2.5 visits per inhabitant per year as underserved. Values are high in tourist resorts, where doctors also serve a seasonal population.

Best Access to Doctors in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes (2026): Towns Ranked by Access to General Practitioners

This ranking covers 4,021 of the 4,025 towns in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes. Not ranked: communes whose APL is not published. At the other end of the ranking, Rochefourchat (Drôme) comes last with 0.0 visits per inhabitant per year.

In France, a commune is the smallest unit of local government, from large cities to tiny villages. Paris, Lyon and Marseille are ranked as whole communes: their arrondissements (districts) have no rank of their own.

The ranking: best access to doctors in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes

Rank	Town	Department	Visits per inhabitant per year	Population
1	Tignes	Savoie (73)	15.0	2,045
2	Val-d'Isère	Savoie (73)	14.3	1,612
3	La Charce	Drôme (26)	11.1	24
4	Valloire	Savoie (73)	10.3	1,090
5	Rottier	Drôme (26)	10.0	25
6	Les Belleville	Savoie (73)	9.6	3,576
7	Saint-Victor-la-Rivière	Puy-de-Dôme (63)	9.4	244
8	Hauteluce	Savoie (73)	8.9	756
9 tied	Le Mayet-de-Montagne	Allier (03)	8.9	1,466
9 tied	Châtel-Montagne	Allier (03)	8.9	335
11	Saint-Pierre-Colamine	Puy-de-Dôme (63)	8.9	248
12	Cornillon-sur-l'Oule	Drôme (26)	8.8	76
13	Brides-les-Bains	Savoie (73)	8.6	455
14	Saint-Fons	Rhône (69)	8.6	19,342
15	Chamrousse	Isère (38)	8.5	458
16 tied	Nizerolles	Allier (03)	8.5	292
16 tied	Saint-Clément	Allier (03)	8.5	285
18	La Mulatière	Rhône (69)	8.4	6,605
19	Bassens	Savoie (73)	8.4	5,301
20	Besse-et-Saint-Anastaise	Puy-de-Dôme (63)	8.3	1,508
21	Saint-Yvoine	Puy-de-Dôme (63)	8.2	568
22	Corps	Isère (38)	8.1	426
23 tied	Huez	Isère (38)	8.0	1,276
23 tied	Villard-Reculas	Isère (38)	8.0	77
25	Meylan	Isère (38)	8.0	19,107
26	Beaufort	Savoie (73)	7.9	2,078
27	Le Freney-d'Oisans	Isère (38)	7.8	266
28	Drugeac	Cantal (15)	7.7	331
29	La Motte-Chalancon	Drôme (26)	7.7	415
30	Les Deux Alpes	Isère (38)	7.6	1,946
31	Murol	Puy-de-Dôme (63)	7.6	685
32	Ambérieux	Rhône (69)	7.5	659
33 tied	Montriond	Haute-Savoie (74)	7.5	993
33 tied	Essert-Romand	Haute-Savoie (74)	7.5	538
35	Sainte-Eulalie	Cantal (15)	7.5	231
36	La Chapelle-d'Abondance	Haute-Savoie (74)	7.4	887
37	Égliseneuve-d'Entraigues	Puy-de-Dôme (63)	7.4	334
38	Jaunac	Ardèche (07)	7.4	130
39	Pérignat-lès-Sarliève	Puy-de-Dôme (63)	7.4	2,930
40	Lempdes	Puy-de-Dôme (63)	7.3	9,127
41	Salins-Fontaine	Savoie (73)	7.2	964
42	Goncelin	Isère (38)	7.2	2,448
43	Saint-Sauves-d'Auvergne	Puy-de-Dôme (63)	7.1	1,152
44	Le Cheylard	Ardèche (07)	7.1	2,942
45	Voglans	Savoie (73)	7.1	2,052
46	Beaufin	Isère (38)	7.0	19
47	La Motte-Servolex	Savoie (73)	7.0	12,730
48	La Bourboule	Puy-de-Dôme (63)	7.0	1,751
49	Châtel	Haute-Savoie (74)	7.0	1,202
50	Valmeinier	Savoie (73)	7.0	599
51	Condat	Cantal (15)	7.0	970
52	Montpeyroux	Puy-de-Dôme (63)	6.9	338
53	Sérézin-du-Rhône	Rhône (69)	6.9	3,161
54	Saint-Diéry	Puy-de-Dôme (63)	6.9	562
55	Coudes	Puy-de-Dôme (63)	6.9	1,245
56	Châtillon-sur-Cluses	Haute-Savoie (74)	6.9	1,293
57 tied	Saint-Cirgues-de-Malbert	Cantal (15)	6.9	251
57 tied	Saint-Chamant	Cantal (15)	6.9	244
59	Orbeil	Puy-de-Dôme (63)	6.8	905
60	Ambel	Isère (38)	6.7	37
61	Mars	Ardèche (07)	6.7	254
62	Bozel	Savoie (73)	6.7	2,153
63	Moriat	Puy-de-Dôme (63)	6.7	403
64	Establet	Drôme (26)	6.7	27
65	Barberaz	Savoie (73)	6.6	5,421
66 tied	Mariac	Ardèche (07)	6.6	556
66 tied	Accons	Ardèche (07)	6.6	373
68	Val-Cenis	Savoie (73)	6.6	2,148
69	Anse	Rhône (69)	6.6	8,359
70	Taninges	Haute-Savoie (74)	6.5	3,587
71	Cornillac	Drôme (26)	6.5	91
72	Domancy	Haute-Savoie (74)	6.5	2,149
73	Lans-en-Vercors	Isère (38)	6.5	2,882
74	Villard-de-Lans	Isère (38)	6.5	4,540
75	Saint-Baldoph	Savoie (73)	6.4	3,001
76	Saint-Nazaire-les-Eymes	Isère (38)	6.4	3,103
77	Mazaye	Puy-de-Dôme (63)	6.4	744
78	La Ravoire	Savoie (73)	6.4	9,876
79	Seyssinet-Pariset	Isère (38)	6.4	11,853
80	Saint-Pierre-le-Chastel	Puy-de-Dôme (63)	6.4	464
81	Gourdièges	Cantal (15)	6.4	71
82 tied	Chadrac	Haute-Loire (43)	6.4	2,619
82 tied	Le Monteil	Haute-Loire (43)	6.4	709
84	Authezat	Puy-de-Dôme (63)	6.3	678
85	Saint-Jean-de-Sixt	Haute-Savoie (74)	6.3	1,600
86	Morzine	Haute-Savoie (74)	6.3	2,708
87	Parentignat	Puy-de-Dôme (63)	6.3	497
88 tied	Ally	Cantal (15)	6.3	601
88 tied	Escorailles	Cantal (15)	6.3	83
90	Sauvagnat-Sainte-Marthe	Puy-de-Dôme (63)	6.3	474
91	Gières	Isère (38)	6.3	7,481
92	Vernaison	Rhône (69)	6.3	5,295
93	Chamonix-Mont-Blanc	Haute-Savoie (74)	6.3	9,023
94	Porte-de-Savoie	Savoie (73)	6.2	4,046
95 tied	Veyre-Monton	Puy-de-Dôme (63)	6.2	3,770
95 tied	Murat-le-Quaire	Puy-de-Dôme (63)	6.2	501
97	Saint-Martin-Valmeroux	Cantal (15)	6.2	729
98	Abondance	Haute-Savoie (74)	6.2	1,745
99	Lempdes-sur-Allagnon	Haute-Loire (43)	6.2	1,318
100	Le Touvet	Isère (38)	6.2	3,238

Source: DREES (French Ministry of Health), localized potential accessibility (APL) to general practitioners; general practitioner office and home visits accessible per inhabitant per year (APL). Not ranked: communes whose APL is not published. Tied values share the same rank. Data sources.

The towns in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes with the best access to general practitioners

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