Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
It is a town of 1,076 residents in Haute-Savoie, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes.
Fessy’s strongest is jobs & income (B+) — 0.2 jobs per working resident; 6.2% unemployment. Schools are its weak spot (C−): brevet results 6 points below the expected rate. Getting around depends on the car: 11% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 8% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Its remaining grades are unremarkable: B− for cost of living and B for health.
Figures: employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · 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). Fessy 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 Fessy 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.
Fessy has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
The 2 things Fessy does most differently from other towns.
The Culture ministry lists no building in Fessy as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Pierre à cupules dite Pierre-du-Carreau, in Sciez, 3.1 mi away.
Explore the history →Nothing in Fessy 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 Fessy.
Children under 15 make up 20%, higher than both Haute-Savoie’s towns (19%) and compared French towns (17%). Graduates make up 36% of adults. The middle age in Fessy is 38.
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Haute-Savoie 51.0%, France 51.8%.
| Fessy | Haute-Savoie median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 20% | 19% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 10% | 9.8% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 29% | 28% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 27% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 13% | 17% | 22% |
| No diploma | 11% | 14% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 26% | 25% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 22% | 19% | 18% |
| Higher education | 36% | 37% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Haute-Savoie median and France median: the median of compared communes
Walking, cycling and public transport carried 7.8% of commuters at the census. Unemployment stood at 6.2%, lower than both Haute-Savoie’s towns (8.1%) and compared French towns (10.1%).
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
The closest collège is 2.9 mi off. General-bac pupils go 6.5 mi to the nearest lycée. Near Fessy, 88.0% of collège pupils passed the brevet, near both Haute-Savoie’s towns (87.3%) and compared French towns (87.5%).
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège François MugnierNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 165 | 88%−6 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.
The nearest emergency department to Fessy is Hopitaux du Leman, 6.3 mi away. From 2016 to 2025, 42 residents of Fessy died, against 49 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 15% 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.
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 A.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Houses accounted for 83% of sales, apartments for the rest. Between July 2023 and June 2026, buyers took 23 homes in Fessy.
Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Heritage and museums in and near Fessy. Best known first.
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Fessy yet.
Commune in Haute-Savoie, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Fessy is a commune of 1,076 people in the Communauté d'agglomération Thonon 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fessy | 1,076 | — | — | B− | — | B |
| Bons-en-Chablais | 6,343 | 2.8 | C+ | C− | C+ | B+ |
| Sciez | 6,447 | 4.1 | C | C− | B− | B |
| Allinges | 5,019 | 4.7 | — | C | — | A− |
| Saint-Cergues | 3,869 | 5.7 | C− | D | C+ | B |
| Douvaine | 6,796 | 6 | C | D | C+ | A |
| Thonon-les-Bains | 37,928 | 7 | C | C− | C | C+ |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Fessy has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 6.4 recorded violent incidents and 9.7 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 21% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Sources: INSEE, census 2023 (population, employment, commuting) · INSEE, Filosofi 2023 (income per consumption unit, poverty) · 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.