Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Over-65s are only 11% of the population. Population 1,537: a town in Haute-Savoie, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes.
Health is a strength too: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 23% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Its lowest grade is for cost of living — at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 11.1 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. It also trails on walkability — 69% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 7% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work.
Figures: employment and commuting, 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 · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025. Charvonnex 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 Charvonnex does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Charvonnex 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.
Charvonnex 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 Charvonnex as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Edifice gallo-romain dit Basilique de Boutae, in Annecy, 4.9 mi away.
4.9% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Charvonnex.
Just over one in ten residents have reached 65. Young adults of 15 to 24 are one in ten residents, near Haute-Savoie’s towns (9.8%) and lower than compared French towns (11%). Degrees are held by 57% of adults.
52% women, 48% men
About 93 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Haute-Savoie 51.0%, France 51.8%.
| Charvonnex | Haute-Savoie median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 24% | 19% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 9.6% | 9.8% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 32% | 28% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 23% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 11% | 17% | 22% |
| No diploma | 7.5% | 14% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 18% | 25% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 15% | 19% | 18% |
| Higher education | 57% | 37% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Haute-Savoie median and France median: the median of compared communes
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Advertised rents are estimated at €18.64/m² a month, close to Haute-Savoie’s towns (€18.15/m²) and above compared French towns (€12.41/m²). 45 houses and apartments changed hands in Charvonnex from July 2023 to June 2026. A house rents for an estimated €16.42/m² a month.
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.
Charvonnex has 2 family doctors. Life expectancy at birth in Haute-Savoie is 86.6 years for women and 81.8 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. From 2016 to 2025, 70 residents of Charvonnex died, against 90 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 23% fewer.
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. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from C to A+.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
The bac pass rate near Charvonnex is 97.5%, above both Haute-Savoie’s towns (93.9%) and compared French towns (92.9%). Collège pupils travel 2.1 mi to the nearest one.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège du ParmelanNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 216 | 94%±0 pts |
| Lycée polyvalent Louis LachenalNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 445 | 98%±0 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
5.4% of people in the labour force have no job. At the census, 3.9% of working residents in Charvonnex went to work by public transport.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Heritage and family days out in and near Charvonnex. Best known first.
Nothing in Charvonnex 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 Charvonnex 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charvonnex | 1,537 | — | — | D− | — | A− |
| Fillière | 10,075 | 2.4 | A− | D | A+ | B |
| Villaz | 3,607 | 2.4 | — | D− | — | A+ |
| Groisy | 4,082 | 2.5 | — | D | — | B+ |
| Argonay | 3,807 | 2.5 | B | D− | C+ | A |
| Epagny Metz-Tessy | 8,925 | 4.1 | C− | D− | C | C− |
| Cruseilles | 5,376 | 4.3 | A− | C+ | B− | B |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Charvonnex has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 4.5 recorded violent incidents and 7.6 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
They grade A−, better than 78% 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 Charvonnex grades D− for cost of living.
Commune in Haute-Savoie, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Charvonnex is a commune of 1,537 people in the Communauté d'agglomération du Grand Annecy. 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 9, 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.