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1,208 people call this town in Haute-Savoie, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes home.
Jobs & income is its strong suit — 0.3 jobs per working resident; 5.8% unemployment. Homes are dear: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 8.1 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. It also trails on walkability (C). Pupils here do less well than most: bac results at the expected rate; brevet results 4.7 points below the expected rate.
Figures: employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education. Champanges 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 one thing Champanges does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Champanges 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.
Champanges 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 Champanges as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Buvette Prouvé-Novarina, in Évian-les-Bains, 2.8 mi away.
Explore the history →Heritage, museums and gardens in and near Champanges. Best known first.
GardenArboretum de Ripaille4.6 km northwest, in Thonon-les-Bains
MuseumPalais Lumière4.3 km northeast, in Évian-les-Bains
Art galleryVilla du Châtelet4.9 km northeast, in Évian-les-Bains
GardenJardins de l'eau du Pré Curieux3 km north, in Publier
ChâteauChâteau de Blonay3.2 km northwest, in PublierChâteauChâteauMaison forte de Compey-Lucinge2.3 km south, in FéternesPhotos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Champanges.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The median sale price was €4,021/m², lower than Haute-Savoie’s towns (€4,342/m²) yet higher than compared French towns (€2,430/m²). Between July 2023 and June 2026, buyers took 33 homes in Champanges. A house rents for an estimated €16.45/m² a month.
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
The census found 9.1% of commuters going to work on foot, by bike or by public transport. 5.8% of the labour force were unemployed, below both Haute-Savoie’s towns (8.1%) and compared French towns (10.1%).
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
6.3% of residents are aged 15 to 24. People 65 and over make up 17% of the town, near Haute-Savoie’s towns (17%) and lower than compared French towns (22%). Among adults, 41% have a degree.
47% women, 53% men
About 111 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Haute-Savoie 51.0%, France 51.8%.
| Champanges | Haute-Savoie median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 24% | 19% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 6.3% | 9.8% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 28% | 28% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 24% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 17% | 17% | 22% |
| No diploma | 11% | 14% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 29% | 25% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 17% | 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.
At the collèges within 5 km of Champanges, 85.6% passed the brevet, below Haute-Savoie’s towns (87.3%) and compared French towns (87.5%) alike. Vocational results within 5 km: 100% passed the bac pro, of 26 candidates. The town’s pupils have a collège 1.8 mi away.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège les Rives du LémanNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 211 | 87%−5 pts |
| Lycée polyvalent Anna de NoaillesNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 223 | 96%−1 pt |
| Collège privé Saint-Bruno PrivateBest against expectations: 3 points above the expected rateCollège | Collège | 50 | 100%+3 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
66 deaths in Champanges between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 77: 14% below. Average lifespans in Haute-Savoie: 86.6 years for women, 81.8 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 nationally. The nearest emergency department to Champanges is Hopitaux du Leman, 3.7 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 · TownRatings makes the care-home adjustment itself; it is a model, not an official statistic. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from C− to A.
Criminal damage topped the graded crimes in Champanges (2025). For 2025, the figures show 5 offenses locally. On average over 2023–2025, every 1,000 residents saw 5.7 violent offenses and 6.9 graded property crimes a year.
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 burglary number five or fewer in a recent year, the figure is withheld, and the index uses the département’s average instead (89.0% of the index here). The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Nothing in Champanges 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 Champanges 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Champanges | 1,208 | — | — | C | — | B− |
| Publier | 7,864 | 1.5 | B | D | B+ | B− |
| Évian-les-Bains | 9,267 | 2.3 | B− | D | C | A− |
| Neuvecelle | 3,256 | 3.1 | — | D | — | A |
| Thonon-les-Bains | 37,928 | 3.6 | C | C− | C | C+ |
| Saint-Paul-en-Chablais | 2,613 | 3.8 | — | C | — | B− |
| Allinges | 5,019 | 4.8 | — | C | — | A− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Champanges has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average.
They grade C, better than 35% 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 Champanges grades C for cost of living.
Commune in Haute-Savoie, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Champanges is a commune of 1,208 people in the Communauté de communes Pays d'Évian Vallée d'Abondance. 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.