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In Haute-Savoie, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, this town has 1,174 residents. Over-65s are only 14% of the population.
Jobs and pay hold up well: 1.4 jobs per working resident; 2.5% unemployment. It is easy to get around without a car: 71% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 20% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Homes sell for a median €5,575/m²: 70 m² comes to 11.2 years of the median income per consumption unit in the Communauté de communes Pays d'Évian Vallée d'Abondance. Residents’ health trails most towns (D−): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 18% above expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns.
Figures: employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi. Châtel 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 3 things Châtel does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Châtel 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.
Châtel 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 Châtel as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Ancienne abbaye, in Abondance, 5.6 mi away.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Châtel.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Châtel has 4 family doctors. The nearest emergency department to Châtel is Hopitaux du Leman, 18.2 mi away. From 2016 to 2025, 78 residents of Châtel died, against 66 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 18% more. Also worth knowing: at birth, a girl in Haute-Savoie can expect 86.6 years and a boy 81.8 (2025); across France, 85.9 and 80.3.
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.
Nearly one in ten residents are aged 15 to 24. People 65 and over make up 14% of the town, below both Haute-Savoie’s towns (17%) and compared French towns (22%). Among adults, 29% have a degree.
49% women, 51% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Haute-Savoie 51.0%, France 51.8%.
| Châtel | Haute-Savoie median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 13% | 19% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 8.7% | 9.8% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 32% | 28% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 33% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 14% | 17% | 22% |
| No diploma | 15% | 14% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 30% | 25% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 22% | 19% | 18% |
| Higher education | 29% | 37% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Haute-Savoie median and France median: the median of compared communes
Half of residents lived on more than €32,340 a year per consumption unit, near Haute-Savoie’s towns (€33,240) and higher than compared French towns (€25,970). At the census, 13.1% of working residents in Châtel didn’t travel to work at all.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
363 sales of houses and apartments in Châtel, from July 2023 to June 2026, give the median of €5,575/m². A house in Châtel goes for €7,035/m², an apartment for €5,500/m².
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €7,035/m² | 42 |
| Apartments | €5,500/m² | 321 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Museums and other places to visit in and near Châtel. Best known first.
Nothing in Châtel 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 Châtel 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Châtel | 1,174 | — | — | C− | — | D− |
| Morzine | 2,658 | 8.4 | C+ | D | D | A− |
| Saint-Paul-en-Chablais | 2,613 | 12 | — | C | — | B− |
| Lugrin | 2,614 | 12 | — | D | — | C |
| Neuvecelle | 3,256 | 14 | — | D | — | A |
| Évian-les-Bains | 9,267 | 15 | B− | D | C | A− |
| Taninges | 3,491 | 16 | B | D | A | C− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Châtel has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 10.7 recorded violent incidents and 24.7 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. With 1,100 jobs for 750 working residents, Châtel draws people from neighboring communes, and crimes are counted in the commune where they happen, then divided by its number of residents.
Homes cost more than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €5,575/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Châtel grades C− for cost of living.
Commune in Haute-Savoie, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Châtel is a commune of 1,174 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.