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Over-65s are only 12% of the population. A town in Haute-Savoie, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, home to 1,705 people.
Jobs and pay hold up well (A−): 0.2 jobs per working resident; 5.0% unemployment. It is hard to get around without a car (D−). Cost of living is weaker too — at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 8.3 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Residents’ health trails most towns (C−).
Figures: employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025). Chilly 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 Chilly does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Chilly 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.
Chilly 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 Chilly as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is église Saint-Étienne, in Clermont, 2.6 mi away.
15% 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 Chilly.
Unemployment stands at 5.0%. 2.5% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train at the census, lower than both Haute-Savoie’s towns (15.5%) and compared French towns (13.4%). Also worth knowing: at the census, 4.4% of working residents in Chilly didn’t travel to work at all.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
People 65 and over make up 12% of the town, below both Haute-Savoie’s towns (17%) and compared French towns (22%). Young adults of 15 to 24 are 9.3% of the population. Among adults, 37% have a degree.
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Haute-Savoie 51.0%, France 51.8%.
| Chilly | Haute-Savoie median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 25% | 19% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 9.3% | 9.8% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 30% | 28% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 23% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 12% | 17% | 22% |
| No diploma | 10% | 14% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 28% | 25% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 21% | 19% | 18% |
| Higher education | 37% | 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.
At the median, a home went for €3,970/m², lower than Haute-Savoie’s towns (€4,342/m²) yet higher than compared French towns (€2,430/m²). Houses made up 84% of the homes sold; apartments the rest. From July 2023 to June 2026, 64 homes were sold in Chilly.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €4,000/m² | 54 |
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.
The nearest emergency department to Chilly is Centre hospitalier Annecy Genevois site Annecy, 8.5 mi away. Ages and care homes taken into account, deaths in Chilly come to 100 per 100 predicted. France’s death rates at each age would predict 73 deaths in the town from 2016 to 2025; there were 73, about as many. 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 · Care-home places are adjusted for by TownRatings, using a model rather than an official statistic. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from D− to B.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
The town’s pupils have a collège 2.4 mi away. For the general bac, the closest lycée is 8.2 mi away.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Val des UssesNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 137 | 89%−4 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Heritage, family days out and museums in and near Chilly. Best known first.
Nothing in Chilly 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 Chilly 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chilly | 1,705 | — | — | C− | — | C− |
| La Balme-de-Sillingy | 5,336 | 3.9 | B− | C− | A+ | B |
| Sillingy | 5,826 | 4.8 | B+ | D | A | A |
| Vallières-sur-Fier | 2,860 | 5.7 | — | C− | — | B |
| Poisy | 9,291 | 7 | B− | D− | B+ | B+ |
| Epagny Metz-Tessy | 8,925 | 7.4 | C− | D− | C | C− |
| Cruseilles | 5,376 | 7.8 | A− | C+ | B− | B |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Chilly has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 4 recorded violent incidents and 6.8 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
They grade C, better than 33% 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 Chilly grades C− for cost of living.
Commune in Haute-Savoie, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Chilly is a commune of 1,705 people in the Communauté de communes Usses et Rhône. 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.