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A town of 11,423 in Haute-Savoie, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes.
Gaillard grades low on several counts. Crime runs high: an average of 10.7 recorded violent incidents and 35.7 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. At D overall, Gaillard ranks #55 of 57 in Haute-Savoie. Set against the rest, it does better than 6% of compared French towns. Its schools fall short: bac results 2.7 points below the expected rate; brevet results 5.4 points below the expected rate. Homes sell for a median €3,690/m²: 70 m² comes to 8.1 years of the median income per consumption unit in the Communauté d'agglomération Annemasse-Les Voirons-Agglomération. Where it does best is walkability: 99% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 51% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Its remaining grades are unremarkable: B− for health and C+ for jobs & income.
Figures: amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting and employment, INSEE census 2023 · recorded crime, SSMSI (Ministry of the Interior) · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025).
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 Gaillard does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Gaillard 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.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
The Culture ministry lists no building in Gaillard 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, 5.4 mi away.
1.2% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Other places to visit, heritage and museums in and near Gaillard. Best known first.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Gaillard.
Criminal damage topped the graded crimes in Gaillard (2025). The town’s tally for 2025: 600 recorded offenses.
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 · When armed robbery number five or fewer in a recent year, the figure is withheld, and the index uses the département’s average instead (0.2% of the index here). The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
3,050 jobs are based in Gaillard, for 5,100 working residents (0.6 per worker). Half of residents lived on more than €30,180 a year per consumption unit, lower than Haute-Savoie’s towns (€33,240) yet higher than compared French towns (€25,970). Bus, tram or train carried 32.8% of working residents in Gaillard to work at the census.
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.
Near Gaillard, 89.7% of lycée candidates passed the bac, below Haute-Savoie’s towns (93.9%) and compared French towns (92.9%) alike. The bac pro: 66% of 117 candidates passed at the 2 vocational lycées within 5 km. On school results, the town ranks #52 of 61 in Haute-Savoie.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Jacques PrévertNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 130 | 59%−20 pts |
| Lycée polyvalent des GlièresNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 319 | 94%+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
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The estimated advertised rent is €17.71/m² a month, near Haute-Savoie’s towns (€18.15/m²) and higher than compared French towns (€12.41/m²). In Gaillard, houses go for €4,938/m² and apartments for €3,617/m². Houses made up 12% of the homes sold; apartments the rest.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €4,938/m² | 75 |
| Apartments | €3,617/m² | 545 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Children under 15 make up 16%, below both Haute-Savoie’s towns (19%) and compared French towns (17%). Retirement age and beyond: 16% of residents are 65 or older. Graduates make up 31% of adults.
49% women, 51% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Haute-Savoie 51.0%, France 51.8%.
| Gaillard | Haute-Savoie median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 16% | 19% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 12% | 9.8% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 31% | 28% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 25% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 16% | 17% | 22% |
| No diploma | 26% | 14% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 20% | 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
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Its care home for older people (93 places) counts its residents as Gaillard’s; allowing for it, deaths were 14% below expected. France’s death rates at each age would predict 830 deaths locally from 2016 to 2025; there were 795, 4% 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 figures behind this are our own model (TownRatings), not official statistics.
Nothing in Gaillard is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
One notable person was born in Gaillard.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gaillard | 11,423 | — | D | D | D− | B− |
| Ambilly | 6,355 | 1 | D− | D | D− | B |
| Étrembières | 2,679 | 1.3 | D | D− | D | A |
| Annemasse | 37,628 | 1.6 | D− | D | D− | B |
| Ville-la-Grand | 9,514 | 2.3 | C− | C− | D− | B+ |
| Vétraz-Monthoux | 10,949 | 2.5 | C− | D | C− | A− |
| Collonges-sous-Salève | 3,832 | 4.2 | B− | C | D | A |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades D− for safety, #55 of 57 in Haute-Savoie. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 125 burglaries and 143 acts of criminal damage.
They grade D, better than 9% of compared French towns and #52 of 61 in Haute-Savoie. The lycée stands out: 94% of 319 candidates passed the bac at Lycée polyvalent des Glières 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 Gaillard grades D for cost of living.
Commune in Haute-Savoie, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Gaillard is a commune of 11,423 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
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.