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Some 10,075 people live in this town, in Haute-Savoie, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes.
A well-rated place to live, with prices to match. Its strongest subject is safety — an average of 3.5 recorded violent incidents and 6.9 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. With an A− overall, Fillière is better than 80% of compared French towns. In the ranking it comes #7 of 57 in Haute-Savoie. Buying in is costly: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 10.7 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality.
Figures: recorded crime, SSMSI (Ministry of the Interior) · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas. The overall grade uses the other six subjects.
The 2 things Fillière does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Fillière 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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Fillière has 1 historic monument on the Culture ministry’s list, none at the highest level (classé).
The oldest protected part dates from the 15th century; the first monument here was protected in 1960.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Fillière.
On the Safety Grade, Fillière ranks 2nd of the 57 compared towns in Haute-Savoie. In all, 109 offenses reached the police record in the town in 2025. The graded crime recorded most here was criminal damage (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 · For vehicle theft, 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, 3.3% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The estimated advertised rent is €18.02/m² a month, about level with Haute-Savoie’s towns (€18.15/m²) and above compared French towns (€12.41/m²). The split in Fillière: €4,688/m² for houses, €4,995/m² for apartments. For a house, the estimated advertised rent is €16.61/m² a month.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €4,688/m² | 177 |
| Apartments | €4,995/m² | 97 |
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.
The nearest general lycée is 5.1 mi away. Collège pupils travel 1.6 mi to the nearest one. By results, schools here place #5 of 61 in Haute-Savoie.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège du ParmelanNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 216 | 94%±0 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
People 65 and over make up 16% of the town, lower than both Haute-Savoie’s towns (17%) and compared French towns (22%). A fifth of residents are children under 15. The 15-to-24 age group makes up 9% of residents.
49% women, 51% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Haute-Savoie 51.0%, France 51.8%.
| Fillière | Haute-Savoie median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 20% | 19% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 9% | 9.8% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 27% | 28% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 28% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 16% | 17% | 22% |
| No diploma | 9.3% | 14% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 22% | 25% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 17% | 19% | 18% |
| Higher education | 49% | 37% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Haute-Savoie median and France median: the median of compared communes
At the census, 7.2% of commuters got to work without a car. 5.7% of the labour force were unemployed, below Haute-Savoie’s towns (8.1%) and compared French towns (10.1%) alike. Jobs located in Fillière: 1,750, for 5,100 residents in work (0.3 each).
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Protection here reaches back to the 15th century. Nearly one in ten homes were built before 1919.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
From 2016 to 2025, 520 residents of Fillière died, against 608 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 15% fewer. In Haute-Savoie, women can expect to live 86.6 years and men 81.8 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. For a family doctor, residents of Fillière can choose among 9 GPs.
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.
Heritage in and near Fillière. Best known first.
ChâteauChâteau de Thorensin townChâteauChâteauChâteau de Salesin townChâteauChâteauChâteau de Groisy3.1 km northwest, in GroisyPhotos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
Fillière has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
Château de Thorens, appelé par erreur Château de Sales: Photo: Anthony Levrot · CC BY-SA 4.0
Wikidata places 3 people here, but for none of them do the articles confirm Fillière as the birthplace, so nobody is listed.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fillière | 10,075 | — | A− | D | A+ | B |
| Groisy | 4,082 | 2 | — | D | — | B+ |
| Villaz | 3,607 | 3 | — | D− | — | A+ |
| Argonay | 3,807 | 4.5 | B | D− | C+ | A |
| Cruseilles | 5,376 | 5.3 | A− | C+ | B− | B |
| Epagny Metz-Tessy | 8,925 | 6.4 | C− | D− | C | C− |
| La Roche-sur-Foron | 11,348 | 6.9 | A− | C | B− | B− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades A+ for safety, #2 of 57 in Haute-Savoie. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 24 burglaries and 29 acts of criminal damage.
They grade A−, better than 79% of compared French towns and #5 of 61 in Haute-Savoie. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Fillière grades D for cost of living.
Commune in Haute-Savoie, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Fillière is a commune of 10,075 people in the Communauté d'agglomération du Grand Annecy. 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.