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With 1,564 residents, it is a town in Haute-Savoie, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes.
People here tend to be in good health: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 20% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Cost of living is its weak spot — at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 8.6 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. It also trails on walkability — 44% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 11% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Its other grades sit near the middle: C+ for schools and B for jobs & income.
Figures: deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting and employment, INSEE census 2023 · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education. Armoy 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.
Each subject compares Armoy 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.
Armoy has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
The 2 things Armoy does most differently from other towns.
The Culture ministry lists no building in Armoy as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Hôtel-Dieu (ancien couvent des Minimes), in Thonon-les-Bains, 2 mi away.
3.2% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Nothing in Armoy is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Armoy.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The median sale price was €4,163/m², near Haute-Savoie’s towns (€4,342/m²) and higher than compared French towns (€2,430/m²). House rents are put at about €14.35/m² a month. The sales split: 72% houses, the rest apartments.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €4,182/m² | 34 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Weighed against its ages and care homes, Armoy records 80 deaths per 100 expected. 75 deaths here between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 94: 20% below. Women in Haute-Savoie live to 86.6 on average and men to 81.8 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France.
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 step is TownRatings’ own calculation, not an official number. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from C to A.
Unemployment runs at 7.4%. Armoy holds 100 jobs; 750 of its residents are in work, so 0.1 jobs each. On foot, by bike or by bus and train: that was how 11.5% of commuters travelled at the census.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
People 65 and over make up a fifth of the town, between Haute-Savoie’s towns (17%) and compared French towns (22%). Aged 15 to 24: nearly one in ten residents. At 43.3, the median resident of Armoy sits in the middle of the age range.
51% women, 49% men
About 95 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Haute-Savoie 51.0%, France 51.8%.
| Armoy | Haute-Savoie median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 20% | 19% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 8.6% | 9.8% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 24% | 28% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 27% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 20% | 17% | 22% |
| No diploma | 7.8% | 14% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 23% | 25% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 18% | 19% | 18% |
| Higher education | 46% | 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 Armoy, 95.9% of lycée candidates passed the bac, higher than both Haute-Savoie’s towns (93.9%) and compared French towns (92.9%). The closest collège is 1.9 mi off.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège privé Sacré-Coeur PrivateNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 144 | 93%−2 pts |
| Lycée polyvalent privé Jeanne d'Arc PrivateNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 57 | 96%−1 pt |
| Lycée professionnel du ChablaisBest against expectations: 8 points above the expected rateVocational lycée | Vocational lycée | 63 | 87%+8 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Heritage, museums and gardens in and near Armoy. Best known first.
ChâteauChâteau de Ripaille4.5 km northwest, in Thonon-les-Bains
GardenArboretum de Ripaille4.6 km north, in Thonon-les-Bains
MuseumMusée du Chablais3.6 km northwest, in Thonon-les-Bains
Archaeological siteChâteau d'Allinges-Vieux4 km southwest, in Allinges
Archaeological siteChâteau d'Allinges-Neuf4.4 km southwest, in AllingesChâteauChâteauChâteau de Rives3.7 km northwest, in Thonon-les-BainsPhotos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Armoy yet.
Commune in Haute-Savoie, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Armoy is a commune of 1,564 people in the Communauté d'agglomération Thonon Agglomération. 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
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Armoy | 1,564 | — | — | C− | — | B+ |
| Thonon-les-Bains | 37,928 | 2 | C | C− | C | C+ |
| Allinges | 5,019 | 2.3 | — | C | — | A− |
| Publier | 7,864 | 3.1 | B | D | B+ | B− |
| Évian-les-Bains | 9,267 | 4.8 | B− | D | C | A− |
| Neuvecelle | 3,256 | 5.6 | — | D | — | A |
| Saint-Paul-en-Chablais | 2,613 | 6 | — | C | — | B− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Armoy has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 4.4 recorded violent incidents and 6.7 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
They grade C+, better than 44% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Armoy grades C− for cost of living.
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.