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This town in Haute-Savoie, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes has a population of 1,250.
People here tend to be in good health: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 32% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Housing is expensive (C−): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 8.7 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Getting around depends on the car (C−): just over half of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 6% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Homes go for a median €3,826/m².
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, INSEE census 2023. Châtillon-sur-Cluses 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 Châtillon-sur-Cluses 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.
Châtillon-sur-Cluses has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
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The 2 things Châtillon-sur-Cluses does most differently from other towns.
The Culture ministry lists no building in Châtillon-sur-Cluses as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Ancienne chartreuse, actuellement couvent de Carmélites, in Le Reposoir, 6 mi away.
Explore the history →Nothing in Châtillon-sur-Cluses 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 Châtillon-sur-Cluses.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
There is one general practitioner in Châtillon-sur-Cluses. Women in Haute-Savoie live to 86.6 on average and men to 81.8 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. From 2016 to 2025, 61 residents of Châtillon-sur-Cluses died, against 90 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 32% fewer. The nearest emergency department to Châtillon-sur-Cluses is Hopitaux du Mont Blanc site Sallanches, 10.8 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 · Care-home places are adjusted for by TownRatings, using a model rather than an official statistic.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Houses were 85% of what sold. Châtillon-sur-Cluses recorded 33 home sales from July 2023 to June 2026.
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
The median disposable income was €32,820 a year per consumption unit, close to Haute-Savoie’s towns (€33,240) and above compared French towns (€25,970). 100 jobs are based in Châtillon-sur-Cluses, for 650 working residents (0.2 per worker). At the census, 6.2% of commuters got to work without a car.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
The 15-to-24 age group: 11%, higher than both Haute-Savoie’s towns (9.8%) and compared French towns (11%). Those 65 and older account for nearly a fifth of residents. The median resident of Châtillon-sur-Cluses is 43.9 years old.
49% women, 51% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Haute-Savoie 51.0%, France 51.8%.
| Châtillon-sur-Cluses | Haute-Savoie median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 18% | 19% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 11% | 9.8% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 22% | 28% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 30% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 19% | 17% | 22% |
| No diploma | 11% | 14% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 21% | 25% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 19% | 19% | 18% |
| Higher education | 45% | 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.
Collège pupils travel 1.4 mi to the nearest one. The bac pass rate near Châtillon-sur-Cluses is 93.9%, in line with Haute-Savoie’s towns (93.9%) and compared French towns (92.9%). At the two general lycées, 96% of 485 candidates passed the bac, a point above the expected rate.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Jacques BrelNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 81 | 93%−3 pts |
| Lycée polyvalent Charles PoncetNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 397 | 95%+1 pt |
| Lycée polyvalent Saint-Jean Bosco - Les Cordeliers PrivateBest against expectations: 6 points above the expected rateVocational lycée | Vocational lycée | 45 | 96%+6 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
For 2025, the figures show 10 offenses in Châtillon-sur-Cluses. Per 1,000 residents a year, there were 5.5 cases of violence against people and 12.3 graded property crimes (2023–2025 average). The commonest graded crime here was criminal damage (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, sexual violence, burglary and vehicle theft, this figure isn’t published when it’s small (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the index uses the département’s average instead, 59.6% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Heritage, other places to visit and museums in and near Châtillon-sur-Cluses. Best known first.
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Châtillon-sur-Cluses yet.
Commune in Haute-Savoie, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Châtillon-sur-Cluses is a commune of 1,250 people in the Communauté de communes des Montagnes du Giffre. 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
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Châtillon-sur-Cluses has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average.
They grade C+, better than 42% of compared French towns. The lycée stands out: 95% of 397 candidates passed the bac at Lycée polyvalent Charles Poncet in 2025, a point above the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Châtillon-sur-Cluses 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 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.