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1,472 residents make their home in this town in Haute-Savoie, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes.
Where it does best is health: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 33% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Its weakest is cost of living — at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 8.6 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Pupils here do less well than most (C−): brevet results 7.1 points below the expected rate. Second homes make up 13% of its housing.
Figures: deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education. Ballaison 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 2 things Ballaison does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Ballaison 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.
Ballaison has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
The Culture ministry lists no building in Ballaison as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Pierre à cupules dite Pierre-du-Carreau, in Sciez, 2.9 mi away.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Ballaison.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
France’s death rates at each age would predict 95 deaths in Ballaison from 2016 to 2025; there were 64, 33% fewer. In Haute-Savoie, life expectancy at birth reaches 86.6 years for women and 81.8 for men (2025), next to 85.9 and 80.3 for France. The nearest emergency department to Ballaison is Hopitaux du Leman, 8.2 mi away.
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.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The median price, €4,122/m², comes from 46 sales of houses and apartments in Ballaison from July 2023 to June 2026. Houses accounted for nearly three quarters of sales, apartments for the rest. House rents are put at about €21.30/m² a month.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €4,083/m² | 34 |
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.
For the general bac, the closest lycée is 7.4 mi away. The town’s pupils have a collège 1.5 mi away.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège du Bas ChablaisNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 144 | 84%−9 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Ballaison holds 250 jobs; 700 of its residents are in work, so 0.3 jobs each. The census found 12.2% of commuters going to work on foot, by bike or by public transport. Unemployment stood at 8.2%, about level with Haute-Savoie’s towns (8.1%) and below compared French towns (10.1%).
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
19% of residents are 65 or over. People aged 15 to 24 make up 9.6% of the town, about level with Haute-Savoie’s towns (9.8%) and below compared French towns (11%). The median resident of Ballaison is 42.9 years old.
52% women, 48% men
About 91 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Haute-Savoie 51.0%, France 51.8%.
| Ballaison | Haute-Savoie median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 18% | 19% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 9.6% | 9.8% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 25% | 28% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 29% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 19% | 17% | 22% |
| No diploma | 9.8% | 14% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 27% | 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
In all, 6 offenses reached the police record in Ballaison in 2025. Per 1,000 residents a year, there were 4.2 cases of violence against people and 10.7 graded property crimes (2023–2025 average). Criminal damage topped the graded crimes in Ballaison (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 · For family violence, other physical violence, burglary, vehicle theft and theft from vehicles, the count isn’t published when it’s small (five or fewer in a year of the last three), so the index uses the département’s average, 60.3% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Heritage, museums and other places to visit in and near Ballaison. Best known first.
Nothing in Ballaison 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 Ballaison 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ballaison | 1,472 | — | — | D | — | A |
| Douvaine | 6,796 | 1.9 | C | D | C+ | A |
| Bons-en-Chablais | 6,343 | 2.2 | C+ | C− | C+ | B+ |
| Sciez | 6,447 | 3.3 | C | C− | B− | B |
| Chens-sur-Léman | 3,068 | 3.8 | B | D− | A− | A+ |
| Veigy-Foncenex | 4,141 | 4 | B− | D− | B | A |
| Saint-Cergues | 3,869 | 4.2 | C− | D | C+ | B |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Ballaison has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average.
They grade C−, better than 16% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Homes cost more than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €4,122/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Ballaison grades D for cost of living.
Commune in Haute-Savoie, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Ballaison is a commune of 1,472 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
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.