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This town in Haute-Savoie, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes has a population of 3,135.
Households here earn well (A+): 1.9 jobs per working resident; 4.8% unemployment. Residents are healthier than most: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 29% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Cost of living is its weak spot — at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 10.3 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. It lags on schools as well: bac results 3.2 points below the expected rate; brevet results 9 points below the expected rate.
Figures: employment, 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 · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education. Chavanod has no overall grade because safety isn’t graded here.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
The 3 things Chavanod does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Chavanod 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.
Chavanod has no overall grade because safety isn’t graded here.
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The Culture ministry lists no building in Chavanod as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Palais de l'Isle, in Annecy, 3.5 mi away.
4.8% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Museums, heritage and other places to visit in and near Chavanod. Best known first.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Chavanod.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Houses in Chavanod sell for €4,826/m² and apartments for €4,628/m². The estimated advertised rent is €18.23/m² a month, close to Haute-Savoie’s towns (€18.15/m²) and above compared French towns (€12.41/m²). For a house, the estimated advertised rent is €19.40/m² a month.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €4,826/m² | 40 |
| Apartments | €4,628/m² | 32 |
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.
Average lifespans in Haute-Savoie: 86.6 years for women, 81.8 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 nationally. France’s death rates at each age would predict 314 deaths in Chavanod from 2016 to 2025; there were 312, 1% fewer. There are 4 general practitioners locally.
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 · The care-home figures behind this are our own model (TownRatings), not official statistics.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
The bac pass rate near Chavanod is 90.1%, below Haute-Savoie’s towns (93.9%) and compared French towns (92.9%) alike. At the 4 vocational lycées within 5 km, 83% of 305 candidates passed the bac pro. Also worth knowing: by results, schools here place #50 of 61 in Haute-Savoie.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Le SemnozNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 172 | 78%−10 pts |
| Lycée général et technologique BaudelaireNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 405 | 94%−3 pts |
| Lycée polyvalent privé les Bressis PrivateBest against expectations: 5 points above the expected rateVocational lycée | Vocational lycée | 58 | 97%+5 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
The median disposable income was €33,060 a year per consumption unit, about level with Haute-Savoie’s towns (€33,240) and above compared French towns (€25,970). Walking, cycling and public transport carried nearly one in ten commuters at the census. At the census, 3.6% of working residents in Chavanod didn’t travel to work at all.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
19% are under 15, close to Haute-Savoie’s towns (19%) and above compared French towns (17%). People aged 15 to 24 make up 9.3% of the town. The 65-and-over age group makes up just over a fifth of residents.
52% women, 48% men
About 93 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Haute-Savoie 51.0%, France 51.8%.
| Chavanod | Haute-Savoie median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 19% | 19% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 9.3% | 9.8% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 26% | 28% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 24% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 22% | 17% | 22% |
| No diploma | 11% | 14% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 24% | 25% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 20% | 19% | 18% |
| Higher education | 41% | 37% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Haute-Savoie median and France median: the median of compared communes
Each year (2023–2025 average), violence against people came to 2.2 per 1,000 residents and the graded property crimes to 9.6. Chavanod’s tally for 2025: 26 recorded offenses. Jobs outnumber working residents in Chavanod (2,850 to 1,450): it draws people in from around. 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, 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, 33.5% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses. Crimes are counted in the commune where they happen, then divided by its residents, so a town that draws people in from around can look higher.
Nothing in Chavanod 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 Chavanod 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chavanod | 3,135 | — | — | D | — | A |
| Poisy | 9,291 | 2.3 | B− | D− | B+ | B+ |
| Annecy | 132,117 | 3.2 | C+ | D− | C | B+ |
| Epagny Metz-Tessy | 8,925 | 4.1 | C− | D− | C | C− |
| Sillingy | 5,826 | 4.3 | B+ | D | A | A |
| Sevrier | 4,333 | 4.5 | A− | D− | A | A |
| Alby-sur-Chéran | 2,664 | 5.2 | — | C− | — | B− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Chavanod has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average.
They grade D, better than 11% of compared French towns and #50 of 61 in Haute-Savoie. 94% of 405 candidates passed the bac at Lycée général et technologique Baudelaire in 2025, 3 points below 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 Chavanod grades D for cost of living.
Commune in Haute-Savoie, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Chavanod is a commune of 3,135 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 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.