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This town in Haute-Savoie, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes has a population of 7,762.
Cranves-Sales’s grades pull in different directions. Homes are dear (D−): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 9.9 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. School results trail most towns: bac results 2.7 points below the expected rate; brevet results 4.9 points below the expected rate. Where it does best is health — after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 31% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. The overall grade lands at C, better than 29% of compared French towns. It ranks #45 of 57 in Haute-Savoie. The rest of its grades are middling: B− for safety, B for jobs & income and B for walkability.
Figures: 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 · recorded crime, SSMSI (Ministry of the Interior) · employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas. The overall grade uses the other six subjects.
Each subject compares Cranves-Sales 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.
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The 2 things Cranves-Sales does most differently from other towns.
The Culture ministry lists no building in Cranves-Sales as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Dolmen dit La Cave ou Chambre aux Fées, in Saint-Cergues, 2.1 mi away.
4.1% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Nothing in Cranves-Sales 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 Cranves-Sales.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
In Cranves-Sales, houses go for €4,709/m² and apartments for €4,309/m². Half the homes sold went for more than €4,508/m², about level with Haute-Savoie’s towns (€4,342/m²) and above compared French towns (€2,430/m²). Also worth knowing: a house rents for an estimated €22.37/m² a month.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €4,709/m² | 140 |
| Apartments | €4,309/m² | 63 |
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.
There are 5 general practitioners in Cranves-Sales. 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 482 deaths in the town from 2016 to 2025; there were 332, 31% fewer.
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.
At the 2 vocational lycées within 5 km, 66% of 117 candidates passed the bac pro. Its schools’ results rank #51 of 61 in Haute-Savoie. For collège, the closest is 0.7 mi away.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Paul-Émile VictorNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 226 | 77%−12 pts |
| Lycée général privé Saint-François PrivateNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 131 | 100%+1 pt |
| Collège privé Saint-François PrivateBest against expectations: a point above the expected rateCollège | Collège | 232 | 98%+1 pt |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Retirement age and beyond: 16% of residents are 65 or older. Degrees are held by 38% of adults, about level with Haute-Savoie’s towns (37%) and above compared French towns (30%). Young adults of 15 to 24 are 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%.
| Cranves-Sales | Haute-Savoie median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 21% | 19% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 9.7% | 9.8% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 27% | 28% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 25% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 16% | 17% | 22% |
| No diploma | 13% | 14% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 26% | 25% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 20% | 19% | 18% |
| Higher education | 38% | 37% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Haute-Savoie median and France median: the median of compared communes
Per resident in work, Cranves-Sales counts 0.3 jobs (1,150 jobs, 3,600 workers). At the census, 8.6% of working residents in Cranves-Sales went to work by public transport. A tenth of the labour force were unemployed, above Haute-Savoie’s towns (8.1%) and close to compared French towns (10.1%).
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Per 1,000 residents a year, there were 6 cases of violence against people and 15.9 graded property crimes (2023–2025 average). The police record for Cranves-Sales lists 166 offenses in 2025. More of the graded crimes in the town were criminal damage than anything else (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 · The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Heritage, museums and other places to visit in and near Cranves-Sales. Best known first.
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Cranves-Sales yet.
Commune in Haute-Savoie, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Cranves-Sales is a commune of 7,762 people in the Communauté d'agglomération Annemasse-Les Voirons-Agglomération. 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
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cranves-Sales | 7,762 | — | C | D− | B− | A |
| Bonne | 3,267 | 1.9 | C+ | D | B | B+ |
| Vétraz-Monthoux | 10,949 | 2 | C− | D | C− | A− |
| Ville-la-Grand | 9,514 | 2.6 | C− | C− | D− | B+ |
| Annemasse | 37,628 | 2.9 | D− | D | D− | B |
| Fillinges | 3,671 | 3 | A− | C− | A− | A− |
| Saint-Cergues | 3,869 | 3.1 | C− | D | C+ | B |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades B− for safety, #31 of 57 in Haute-Savoie. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 33 burglaries and 46 acts of criminal damage.
They grade D, better than 11% of compared French towns and #51 of 61 in Haute-Savoie. The lycée stands out: 100% of 131 candidates passed the bac at Lycée général privé Saint-François 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 Cranves-Sales grades D− 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.