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Home to 2,403 people, this town lies in Haute-Savoie, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes.
Contamine-sur-Arve’s best grade is for jobs & income (A+): 2 jobs per working resident; 5.9% unemployment. Safety is another plus — an average of 6 recorded violent incidents and 11.8 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Homes are dear: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 9.4 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Few people walk, cycle or take the bus to work: 83% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 7% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work.
Figures: employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · recorded crime, SSMSI (Ministry of the Interior) · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025. Contamine-sur-Arve 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 Contamine-sur-Arve does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Contamine-sur-Arve 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.
Contamine-sur-Arve has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
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Contamine-sur-Arve has 3 historic monuments on the Culture ministry’s list: 1 classé, the highest protection, and 2 inscrit, the second level.
The oldest protected part dates from the 12th century; the first monument here was protected in 1909.
Heritage, other places to visit and museums in and near Contamine-sur-Arve. Best known first.
AttractionPierre-aux-Fées3.5 km west, in Reignier-ÉseryChâteauChâteauChâteau de Villyin townChâteauChâteauChâteau de Faucigny2.6 km southeast, in FaucignyChâteauChâteauMaison forte de Loëx4.2 km northwest, in BonneChâteauChâteauChâteau de Baudry4.8 km northwest, in Arthaz-Pont-Notre-DamePhotos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Contamine-sur-Arve.
41% of adults hold a degree, higher than both Haute-Savoie’s towns (37%) and compared French towns (30%). Retirement age and beyond: 11% of residents are 65 or older. People aged 15 to 24 are nearly a tenth of the population.
52% women, 48% men
About 93 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Haute-Savoie 51.0%, France 51.8%.
| Contamine-sur-Arve | Haute-Savoie median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 23% | 19% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 9.5% | 9.8% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 31% | 28% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 26% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 11% | 17% | 22% |
| No diploma | 12% | 14% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 26% | 25% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 18% | 19% | 18% |
| Higher education | 41% | 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.
Advertised rents are estimated at €17.23/m² a month, below Haute-Savoie’s towns (€18.15/m²) but above compared French towns (€12.41/m²). A house rents for an estimated €18.80/m² a month. The sales split: 63% houses, the rest apartments.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €4,180/m² | 33 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Criminal damage topped the graded crimes in Contamine-sur-Arve (2025). The 2025 count: 34 offenses locally. This Haute-Savoie town has 2,550 jobs for 1,250 working residents, so people come in from nearby communes to work.
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, sexual violence, vehicle theft and theft from vehicles, 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, 21.4% of the index here. Because that share is over 10%, this Safety Grade is less sure than most. 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.
Of those in the labour force, 5.9% are unemployed. At the census, 6.9% went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport, below Haute-Savoie’s towns (15.5%) and compared French towns (13.4%) alike.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
France’s death rates at each age would predict 118 deaths in Contamine-sur-Arve from 2016 to 2025; there were 100, 15% fewer. 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. One GP practises 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 · That adjustment for care homes is a model of TownRatings’ own, not official data. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from C− to A.
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Contamine-sur-Arve has 3 historic monuments on the Culture ministry’s list: 1 classé, the highest protection, and 2 inscrit, the second level. The earliest of these monuments dates from the 12th century. Homes from before 1919 make up 9.5% of the total, above both Haute-Savoie’s towns (4.9%) and compared French towns (7.4%).
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Contamine-sur-Arve has 3 historic monuments on the Culture ministry’s list: 1 classé, the highest protection, and 2 inscrit, the second level.
Cimetière (ancien): Photo: TarichaRivularis · CC BY-SA 3.0
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Contamine-sur-Arve 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Contamine-sur-Arve | 2,403 | — | — | D | B+ | B |
| Fillinges | 3,671 | 1.9 | A− | C− | A− | A− |
| Bonne | 3,267 | 2.5 | C+ | D | B | B+ |
| Reignier-Ésery | 8,464 | 3.4 | C+ | C | C− | C |
| Viuz-en-Sallaz | 4,681 | 3.6 | B | C− | A+ | C |
| Pers-Jussy | 3,245 | 3.8 | — | C | — | A |
| Amancy | 2,792 | 4.3 | A | D | A− | A |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades B+ for safety. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 10 burglaries and 14 acts of criminal damage.
Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Contamine-sur-Arve grades D for cost of living.
Commune in Haute-Savoie, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Contamine-sur-Arve is a commune of 2,403 people in the Communauté de communes Faucigny-Glières. 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 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.
