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Nancy-sur-ClusesHaute-Savoie

463 people call this town in Haute-Savoie, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes home.

Is Nancy-sur-Cluses a good place to live?

There are no grades for Nancy-sur-Cluses: French towns need 1,000 residents for them. Holiday and other second homes account for nearly a third of homes. Just 14% of residents are 65 or older.

What makes Nancy-sur-Cluses stand out

The 2 things Nancy-sur-Cluses does most differently from other towns.

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Nancy-sur-Cluses’ story

No historic monuments in Nancy-sur-Cluses

The Culture ministry lists no building in Nancy-sur-Cluses as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.

The nearest classé monument is Ancienne chartreuse, actuellement couvent de Carmélites, in Le Reposoir, 3.2 mi away.

18% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.

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The data

Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Nancy-sur-Cluses.

Who lives here

Nancy-sur-Cluses has fewer young adults than Haute-Savoie’s towns or compared French towns: 7.6% are 15 to 24

People 65 and over make up 14% of the town, below Haute-Savoie’s towns (17%) and compared French towns (22%) alike. Among adults, 37% have a degree. Residents of Nancy-sur-Cluses have a median age of 42.1.

42.1median age
Nancy-sur-ClusesHaute-Savoie medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma10%
CAP or BEP27%
Baccalauréat21%
Higher education37%

Women and men · all residents

47% women, 53% men

About 112 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Haute-Savoie 51.0%, France 51.8%.

Ages and diplomas in Nancy-sur-Cluses
Nancy-sur-ClusesHaute-Savoie medianFrance median
Under 1518%19%17%
15–247.6%9.8%11%
25–4427%28%23%
45–6433%26%26%
65+14%17%22%
No diploma9.5%14%19%
CAP or BEP27%25%26%
Baccalauréat21%19%18%
Higher education37%37%30%

INSEE, census 2023 · Haute-Savoie median and France median: the median of compared communes

Work & commute

Fewer people in Nancy-sur-Cluses are out of work than in Haute-Savoie’s towns or across compared French towns: 4.1%

The median disposable income was €31,770 a year per consumption unit, lower than Haute-Savoie’s towns (€33,240) yet higher than compared French towns (€25,970). Jobs located in Nancy-sur-Cluses: 50, for 250 residents in work (0.2 each). On foot, by bike or by bus and train: that was how 4.6% of commuters travelled at the census.

5%walk, cycle or take transit

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving94%
On foot3%
Public transport2%
Bicycle0%
Motorbike or scooter0%
50
jobs based in Nancy-sur-Cluses, 0.2 per working resident
4.1%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€31,770
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
2%
worked without traveling (at or from home)

Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte

Schools

82.2% of candidates passed the brevet at the three collèges within 5 km, 4.1 points below the expected rate

Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.

Collège pupils travel 1.2 mi to the nearest one. At the lycées within 5 km of Nancy-sur-Cluses, 93.9% passed the bac, about level with both Haute-Savoie’s towns (93.9%) and compared French towns (92.9%).

96%passed the bac (general and technological)

Brevet pass rate · collèges within 5 km

Nancy-sur-Cluses82.2%
Median of towns87.5%

Bac pass rate · lycées within 5 km

Nancy-sur-Cluses93.9%
Median of towns92.9%
SchoolLevelCandidatesPassed, 2025
Collège privé Saint-Jean Bosco PrivateNearest collègeCollègeCollège14799%+3 pts
Lycée polyvalent Saint-Jean Bosco - Les Cordeliers PrivateNearest lycéeGeneral lycéeGeneral lycée88100%+1 pt
Lycée polyvalent Charles PoncetBest against expectations: a point above the expected rateGeneral lycéeGeneral lycée39795%+1 pt

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96%
passed the general and technological bac, +1 pt against the expected rate
84%
passed the vocational bac, ±0 pts against the expected rate
82.2%
passed the brevet at the collèges, −4.1 pts against the expected rate
1.2 mi
to the nearest collège from the town center

Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte

Housing

Renting in Nancy-sur-Cluses costs an estimated advertised €15.15/m² a month, against €18.15/m² in Haute-Savoie’s towns and €12.41/m² in compared French towns

Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.

From July 2023 to June 2026, 21 homes were sold in Nancy-sur-Cluses.

€15.15/m²estimated apartment rent a month

Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month

Nancy-sur-Cluses€15.15/m²
Median of towns€12.41/m²
Haute-Savoie median€18.15/m²
€15.15/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€12.22 to €18.78/m² a month)
€14.46/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included

Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte

Nearby attractions

Château de Châtillon-sur-Cluses and 5 more in and around Nancy-sur-Cluses

Heritage, other places to visit and museums in and near Nancy-sur-Cluses. Best known first.

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Places: © OpenStreetMap contributors · Wikidata
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Everything we know about Nancy-sur-Cluses

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Landmarks

Nothing in Nancy-sur-Cluses is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.

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Famous people from Nancy-sur-Cluses

Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Nancy-sur-Cluses yet.

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Nancy-sur-Cluses’ neighbors

The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →

All towns in Haute-Savoie →
ScionzierClusesMarnazMaglandThyezTaningesScionzierClusesMarnazMaglandThyezTaningesNancy-sur-Cluses
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
Nancy-sur-Cluses463—————
Scionzier9,1621.8C−C−CC
Cluses17,7951.9C−CC−C
Marnaz5,9642.8B−C−A−C−
Magland3,2203.1BC−AC
Thyez6,3093.4B+DBA
Taninges3,4914.7BDAC−

People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.

About Nancy-sur-Cluses

Commune in Haute-Savoie, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes

Nancy-sur-Cluses is a commune of 463 people in the Communauté de communes Cluses-Arve et Montagnes. 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

Population
463 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes Cluses-Arve et Montagnes
Département
Haute-Savoie (74)
Région
Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Area
5.5 sq mi (14.2 km²)
INSEE code
74196

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 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.