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1,879 residents make their home in this town in Haute-Savoie, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes. Over-65s are only 14% of the population.
Health is a strength (B+): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 19% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. At €5,259/m², the median price, 70 m² costs 8 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the Communauté de communes du Genevois. Its weakest is schools — bac results 2.1 points below the expected rate; brevet results 5.8 points below the expected rate. Most journeys need a car: 46% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 9% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work.
Figures: deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting, INSEE census 2023. Feigères 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.
Each subject compares Feigères 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.
Feigères has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
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The 3 things Feigères does most differently from other towns.
The Culture ministry lists no building in Feigères as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Château de Voltaire, in Ferney-Voltaire, 10.2 mi away.
Explore the history →Nothing in Feigères 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 Feigères.
14% of residents are 65 or over, lower than both Haute-Savoie’s towns (17%) and compared French towns (22%). The share of residents under 15 is 21%. The 15-to-24 age group makes up 8.1% of residents.
52% women, 48% men
About 93 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Haute-Savoie 51.0%, France 51.8%.
| Feigères | Haute-Savoie median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 21% | 19% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 8.1% | 9.8% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 30% | 28% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 27% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 14% | 17% | 22% |
| No diploma | 8.8% | 14% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 25% | 25% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 18% | 19% | 18% |
| Higher education | 45% | 37% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Haute-Savoie median and France median: the median of compared communes
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Near Feigères, 94.6% of lycée candidates passed the bac, about level with Haute-Savoie’s towns (93.9%) and above compared French towns (92.9%). A collège lies 2.2 mi away.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège privé Présentation de Marie PrivateNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 147 | 99%+2 pts |
| Lycée général et technologique Madame de StaëlNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 322 | 93%−3 pts |
| Lycée général privé Présentation de Marie PrivateBest against expectations: a point above the expected rateGeneral lycée | General lycée | 94 | 100%+1 pt |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Behind the median of €5,259/m²: 58 houses and apartments sold in Feigères between July 2023 and June 2026. Of the homes sold, 55% were houses. Renting a house costs an estimated €21.04/m² a month.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €5,443/m² | 32 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
At the census, nearly one in ten commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train. Unemployment stood at 7.5%, below Haute-Savoie’s towns (8.1%) and compared French towns (10.1%) alike. 200 jobs are based in Feigères, for 950 working residents (0.2 per worker).
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.
After the care-home adjustment, Feigères’ deaths ran at 81 per 100 expected, close to Haute-Savoie’s towns (83) and below compared French towns (88). From 2016 to 2025, 75 residents of Feigères died, against 92 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 19% fewer. Average lifespans in Haute-Savoie: 86.6 years for women, 81.8 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 nationally.
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 step is TownRatings’ own calculation, not an official number. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from C to A.
The commonest graded crime in Feigères was burglary (2025). Recorded offenses locally came to 24 in 2025. Each year (2023–2025 average), violence against people came to 3.3 per 1,000 residents and the graded property crimes to 11.2.
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, 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, 47.2% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Heritage, other places to visit and family days out in and near Feigères. Best known first.
One notable person was born in Feigères.
Commune in Haute-Savoie, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Feigères is a commune of 1,879 people in the Communauté de communes du Genevois. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feigères | 1,879 | — | — | C | — | B+ |
| Beaumont | 3,097 | 1.8 | B | C− | C+ | A |
| Viry | 5,809 | 2.1 | B | C | B− | A |
| Saint-Julien-en-Genevois | 16,222 | 2.3 | B− | C | C | A |
| Collonges-sous-Salève | 3,832 | 4.1 | B− | C | D | A |
| Valleiry | 5,264 | 5.2 | B− | C+ | B+ | B+ |
| Cruseilles | 5,376 | 5.7 | A− | C+ | B− | B |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Feigères has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 15 burglaries and 9 acts of criminal damage.
They grade C−, better than 18% of compared French towns. 93% of 322 candidates passed the bac at Lycée général et technologique Madame de Staël 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.
Homes cost more than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €5,259/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Feigères grades C 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 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.