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The town, home to 2,792 people, lies in Haute-Savoie, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes. Few residents are of retirement age: 16% are 65 or over.
With an A overall, Amancy sits #2 of 57 in Haute-Savoie. Nationally, it does better than 92% of compared French towns. Residents are healthier than most: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 34% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. The trade-off is cost of living (D) — at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 8.8 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality.
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.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas. The overall grade uses the other six subjects.
The 3 things Amancy does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Amancy 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 Amancy as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Croix de chemin en pierre provenant de l'ancien cimetiere de Farlon, in La Roche-sur-Foron, 0.8 mi away.
Explore the history →Heritage, other places to visit and family days out in and near Amancy. Best known first.
ChâteauChâteau de La Roche-sur-Foron1.4 km southwest, in La Roche-sur-ForonMonastery or conventMonastery or conventCouvent des Bernardins de La Roche-sur-Foron1.8 km southwest, in La Roche-sur-ForonChâteauChâteauChâteau de l'Échelle1.3 km southwest, in La Roche-sur-ForonChâteauChâteauChâteau du Saix1.4 km southwest, in La Roche-sur-ForonChâteauChâteauChâteau d'Arcine4.2 km southeast, in Saint-Pierre-en-FaucignyPhotos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Amancy.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
128 deaths in Amancy between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 166: 23% below. Life expectancy in Haute-Savoie: 86.6 years for women and 81.8 for men (2025); France averages 85.9 and 80.3. One GP practises 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 · Note: TownRatings models the care-home adjustment; it is not an official figure.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Houses in Amancy sell for €4,347/m² and apartments for €4,429/m². The estimated advertised rent is €18.60/m² a month, about level with Haute-Savoie’s towns (€18.15/m²) and above compared French towns (€12.41/m²). Among the homes sold, 43% were houses.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €4,347/m² | 43 |
| Apartments | €4,429/m² | 57 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Per 1,000 residents a year, there were 2.5 cases of violence against people and 12.6 graded property crimes (2023–2025 average). Police and gendarmerie figures for Amancy show 34 offenses in 2025. Among the graded crimes in the town, 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 · When family violence, other physical violence, sexual violence and vehicle theft number five or fewer in a recent year, the figure is withheld, and the index uses the département’s average instead (23.2% of the index here). Because that share is over 10%, this Safety Grade is less sure than most. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Children under 15 count for 20% of the people here. People 65 and over make up 16% of the town, below Haute-Savoie’s towns (17%) and compared French towns (22%) alike. Graduates make up just over two in five adults.
51% women, 49% men
About 96 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Haute-Savoie 51.0%, France 51.8%.
| Amancy | Haute-Savoie median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 20% | 19% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 8.5% | 9.8% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 29% | 28% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 28% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 16% | 17% | 22% |
| No diploma | 10% | 14% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 26% | 25% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 19% | 19% | 18% |
| Higher education | 41% | 37% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Haute-Savoie median and France median: the median of compared communes
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Near Amancy, 99.3% of lycée candidates passed the bac, higher than both Haute-Savoie’s towns (93.9%) and compared French towns (92.9%). By results, schools here place #7 of 61 in Haute-Savoie. The town’s pupils have a collège 0.9 mi away.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège les AllobrogesNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 184 | 89%−4 pts |
| Lycée polyvalent privé Sainte-Famille - ESCR PrivateNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 205 | 100%+1 pt |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
5.0% of the labour force are out of work. At the census, 9.1% went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport, below Haute-Savoie’s towns (15.5%) and compared French towns (13.4%) alike.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Nothing in Amancy is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Amancy 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amancy | 2,792 | — | A | D | A− | A |
| La Roche-sur-Foron | 11,348 | 1.3 | A− | C | B− | B− |
| Saint-Pierre-en-Faucigny | 7,865 | 2.1 | B | C | A− | B− |
| Bonneville | 13,335 | 3.7 | C− | C− | C+ | C |
| Pers-Jussy | 3,245 | 4 | — | C | — | A |
| Reignier-Ésery | 8,464 | 5.3 | C+ | C | C− | C |
| Fillinges | 3,671 | 6.2 | A− | C− | A− | A− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades A− for safety, #14 of 57 in Haute-Savoie. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 13 burglaries and 14 acts of criminal damage.
They grade A−, better than 78% of compared French towns and #7 of 61 in Haute-Savoie. The lycée stands out: 100% of 205 candidates passed the bac at Lycée polyvalent privé Sainte-Famille - ESCR in 2025, a point above the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Amancy grades D for cost of living.
Commune in Haute-Savoie, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Amancy is a commune of 2,792 people in the Communauté de communes du Pays Rochois. 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.