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A town in Haute-Savoie, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, home to 2,093 people.
Prices are high against local incomes: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 14.6 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. It also trails on schools: brevet results 6 points below the expected rate. Holiday and other second homes account for 71% of homes.
Figures: employment, INSEE census 2023 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education. Combloux 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 Combloux does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Combloux 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.
Combloux has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
On the Culture ministry’s list, Combloux counts 2 historic monuments: 1 classé at the top level of protection and 1 inscrit at the second.
The oldest protected part dates from the 19th century; the first monument here was protected in 1971.
Claude Masse, born in 1651, is the one person born in Combloux before 1900 that Wikidata records.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Combloux.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The estimated advertised rent is €17.42/m² a month, near Haute-Savoie’s towns (€18.15/m²) and higher than compared French towns (€12.41/m²). A house in Combloux goes for €9,479/m², an apartment for €5,622/m². Houses made up nearly a quarter of the homes sold; apartments the rest.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €9,479/m² | 52 |
| Apartments | €5,622/m² | 177 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
A collège lies 2.7 mi away. No general lycée lies within 5 km; the nearest is 3.1 mi away. Also worth knowing: the brevet pass rate near Combloux is 86.3%, near both Haute-Savoie’s towns (87.3%) and compared French towns (87.5%).
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège du VerneyNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 118 | 81%−9 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
France’s death rates at each age would predict 173 deaths in Combloux from 2016 to 2025; there were 135, 22% fewer. Women in Haute-Savoie live to 86.6 on average and men to 81.8 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. There are 5 general practitioners in the town.
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 adjustment for care homes is TownRatings’ own modeling, not an official figure. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from B− to A.
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
The earliest of these monuments dates from the 19th century. Before 1919: that is when 7.1% of homes were built.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
At the census, 8.7% went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport, lower than both Haute-Savoie’s towns (15.5%) and compared French towns (13.4%). Jobs based in Combloux number 1,000, against 1,050 residents in work (1 per worker). The typical income here, after tax and benefits, is €32,420 a year per consumption unit.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
People 65 and over make up just over a fifth of the town, above Haute-Savoie’s towns (17%) and close to compared French towns (22%). Aged 15 to 24: nearly one in ten residents. Combloux has a median age of 45 years.
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Haute-Savoie 51.0%, France 51.8%.
| Combloux | Haute-Savoie median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 18% | 19% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 8.9% | 9.8% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 23% | 28% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 28% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 22% | 17% | 22% |
| No diploma | 12% | 14% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 23% | 25% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 18% | 19% | 18% |
| Higher education | 42% | 37% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Haute-Savoie median and France median: the median of compared communes
Museums, other places to visit and heritage in and near Combloux. Best known first.
MuseumPetit Train du Parc Thermal4.9 km east, in Saint-Gervais-les-Bains
MuseumChâteau des Rubins4.7 km north, in SallanchesAttractionAttractionLuge 4S4 km southwest, in MegèveAttractionAttractionMont d'Arbois Astronomie4.7 km south, in Saint-Gervais-les-BainsPhotos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
The list names few of Combloux’s 2 monuments; beside them, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
Ferme Martinelli dite ferme à Isidore: Photo: Eric Giammattei · CC BY-SA 3.0
2 notable people were born in Combloux.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Combloux | 2,093 | — | — | D− | — | A− |
| Megève | 2,893 | 3.1 | B− | D− | C | B+ |
| Sallanches | 17,319 | 3.1 | B+ | D | B− | C+ |
| Saint-Gervais-les-Bains | 5,755 | 3.2 | B | D− | B+ | B+ |
| Passy | 10,856 | 3.5 | B− | D | B | B |
| Les Houches | 3,515 | 7.4 | — | D− | — | B+ |
| Magland | 3,220 | 7.9 | B | C− | A | C |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Combloux has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 4.8 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 C−, better than 17% 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 Combloux grades D− for cost of living.
Commune in Haute-Savoie, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Combloux is a commune of 2,093 people in the Communauté de communes Pays du Mont-Blanc. 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.