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This town in Haute-Savoie, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes has a population of 1,550.
Jobs & income is its strong suit (A−): 0.2 jobs per working resident; 5.7% unemployment. Prices are high against local incomes (C−): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 7.8 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Schools lag: brevet results 5 points below the expected rate. It also trails on walkability (C−) — 44% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 8% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work.
Figures: employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025. Féternes 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 Féternes 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.
Féternes has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
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The 3 things Féternes does most differently from other towns.
The Culture ministry lists no building in Féternes as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Buvette Prouvé-Novarina, in Évian-les-Bains, 3.7 mi away.
Part of the town has been a protected historic area, a site patrimonial remarquable, since 2005.
Nothing in Féternes 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 Féternes.
Children under 15 make up 20% of residents. The 65-and-over age group makes up 15% of residents. The age that splits Féternes in two is 40.5.
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Haute-Savoie 51.0%, France 51.8%.
| Féternes | Haute-Savoie median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 20% | 19% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 7% | 9.8% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 28% | 28% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 30% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 15% | 17% | 22% |
| No diploma | 13% | 14% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 33% | 25% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 19% | 19% | 18% |
| Higher education | 31% | 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.
At the median, a home went for €3,888/m², between Haute-Savoie’s towns (€4,342/m²) and compared French towns (€2,430/m²). The sales split: 84% houses, the rest apartments. Féternes recorded 32 home sales from July 2023 to June 2026.
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.
Collège pupils travel 2.6 mi to the nearest one. The brevet pass rate near Féternes is 87.4%, near both Haute-Savoie’s towns (87.3%) and compared French towns (87.5%).
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège du pays de GavotNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 132 | 88%−5 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
The median disposable income was €33,870 a year per consumption unit, about level with Haute-Savoie’s towns (€33,240) and above compared French towns (€25,970). 8.3% of commuters went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport at the census.
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.
Life expectancy in Haute-Savoie: 86.6 years for women and 81.8 for men (2025); France averages 85.9 and 80.3. From 2016 to 2025, 82 residents of Féternes died, against 97 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 15% fewer. After the care-home adjustment, Féternes’ deaths ran at 85 per 100 expected, near both Haute-Savoie’s towns (83) and compared French towns (88).
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. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from C− to A.
Heritage and other places to visit in and near Féternes. Best known first.
ChâteauChâteau de Blonay4.9 km northwest, in PublierChâteauChâteauChâteau de Féternesin townAttractionAttractionAncienne carrière de tufin townMonastery or conventMonastery or conventPrieuré Saint-François de Sales4.5 km north, in Évian-les-BainsChâteauChâteauChâteau de La Chapelle-Marin4.8 km northwest, in MarinPhotos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Féternes yet.
Commune in Haute-Savoie, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Féternes is a commune of 1,550 people in the Communauté de communes Pays d'Évian Vallée d'Abondance. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Féternes | 1,550 | — | — | C− | — | B |
| Publier | 7,864 | 2.9 | B | D | B+ | B− |
| Évian-les-Bains | 9,267 | 3.3 | B− | D | C | A− |
| Saint-Paul-en-Chablais | 2,613 | 3.8 | — | C | — | B− |
| Neuvecelle | 3,256 | 3.8 | — | D | — | A |
| Thonon-les-Bains | 37,928 | 4.1 | C | C− | C | C+ |
| Allinges | 5,019 | 4.5 | — | C | — | A− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Féternes has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 5 recorded violent incidents and 6.8 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 24% 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 Féternes 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.