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In Haute-Savoie, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, this town has 1,504 residents.
Work and incomes are strong: 0.3 jobs per working resident; 5.1% unemployment. School results are strong: brevet results at the expected rate. Its lowest grade is for cost of living — at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 9.3 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. It lags on walkability as well: 72% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 6% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work.
Figures: employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · 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. Gruffy 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 Gruffy 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.
Gruffy has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
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The one thing Gruffy does most differently from other towns.
The Culture ministry lists no building in Gruffy as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Site archéologique des Mongets immergé dans le lac d'Annecy, in Sevrier, 6.6 mi away.
17% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Nothing in Gruffy 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 Gruffy.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
The nearest general lycée is 7.7 mi away. Collège pupils travel 2.3 mi to the nearest one.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège René LongNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 140 | 96%±0 pts |
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.
At the median, a home went for €4,241/m², near Haute-Savoie’s towns (€4,342/m²) and higher than compared French towns (€2,430/m²). Of the homes sold, 63% were houses. 43 houses and apartments changed hands in Gruffy from July 2023 to June 2026.
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
After tax and benefits, the median income is €33,630 a year per consumption unit. At the census, 6.1% went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport, lower than both Haute-Savoie’s towns (15.5%) and compared French towns (13.4%).
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.
Its care home for older people (64 places) counts its residents as Gruffy’s; allowing for it, deaths were 14% below expected. 210 deaths in the town between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 158: 33% above. The nearest emergency department to Gruffy is Clinique Generale D Annecy, 8.3 mi away. There are 2 general practitioners in the town.
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 adjustment is a TownRatings modeling step, not an official statistic. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from C to A−.
21% of residents are 65 or over, between Haute-Savoie’s towns (17%) and compared French towns (22%). Those aged 15 to 24 account for 7.8% of residents. Half of Gruffy is older than 45.9, half younger.
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Haute-Savoie 51.0%, France 51.8%.
| Gruffy | Haute-Savoie median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 17% | 19% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 7.8% | 9.8% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 24% | 28% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 30% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 21% | 17% | 22% |
| No diploma | 12% | 14% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 18% | 25% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 19% | 19% | 18% |
| Higher education | 48% | 37% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Haute-Savoie median and France median: the median of compared communes
On average over 2023–2025, every 1,000 residents saw 2.8 violent offenses and 6.1 graded property crimes a year. Of the graded crimes in Gruffy, other physical violence came up most often (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 · Small counts of family violence, sexual violence, burglary, theft from vehicles and criminal damage go unpublished (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the département’s average stands in, 100.0% of the index here.
Heritage, museums and gardens in and near Gruffy. Best known first.
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Gruffy yet.
Commune in Haute-Savoie, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Gruffy is a commune of 1,504 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
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gruffy | 1,504 | — | — | C− | — | B |
| Alby-sur-Chéran | 2,664 | 2.7 | — | C− | — | B− |
| Entrelacs Savoie | 6,461 | 5.6 | B+ | D | A+ | B+ |
| Saint-Jorioz | 6,390 | 6 | A− | D− | A | B |
| Sevrier | 4,333 | 6.4 | A− | D− | A | A |
| La Biolle Savoie | 2,948 | 6.5 | — | D | — | C+ |
| Chavanod | 3,135 | 6.9 | — | D | — | A |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Gruffy has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average.
They grade A−, better than 84% 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 Gruffy 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.