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It is a town of 10,856 residents in Haute-Savoie, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes.
Households here earn well: 0.8 jobs per working resident; 6.4% unemployment. Passy grades B− overall, better than 52% of compared French towns. In the ranking it comes #30 of 57 in Haute-Savoie. Getting around on foot or by bus is easy: 68% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 12% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. The weak point is cost of living: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 9 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Schools are weaker too — bac results 2.4 points below the expected rate; brevet results 4 points below the expected rate. Elsewhere it is close to typical: B for safety and B for health.
Figures: employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · recorded crime, SSMSI (Ministry of the Interior) · 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 3 things Passy does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Passy 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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The Culture ministry lists 2 historic monuments in Passy: 1 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 1 inscrit (the second level).
The oldest protected part dates from the 20th century; the first monument here was protected in 2004.
Museums, other places to visit and heritage in and near Passy. Best known first.
MuseumTramway du Mont-Blanc3 km south, in Saint-Gervais-les-Bains
MuseumPetit Train du Parc Thermal2.6 km south, in Saint-Gervais-les-BainsAttractionAttractionSanatorium Martel de Janvillein townFortFortMontagne des Guresin townMuseumMuseumPile Pont Expo3.5 km south, in Saint-Gervais-les-BainsPhotos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Passy.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
396 sales of houses and apartments in Passy, from July 2023 to June 2026, give the median of €3,750/m². In Passy, houses go for €4,305/m² and apartments for €3,414/m². Houses made up 37% of the homes sold; apartments the rest.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €4,305/m² | 146 |
| Apartments | €3,414/m² | 250 |
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 bac pro: 79% of 43 candidates passed at the vocational lycée within 5 km. The town’s schools place #37 of 61 in Haute-Savoie on results. Collège pupils travel 0.7 mi to the nearest one.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège de VarensNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 172 | 90%−4 pts |
| Lycée polyvalent Mont-Blanc René DayveNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 317 | 95%−2 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
6.4% of the labour force were unemployed, below both Haute-Savoie’s towns (8.1%) and compared French towns (10.1%). Walking, cycling and public transport carried just over one in ten commuters at the census. At the census, 4.5% of working residents in Passy didn’t travel to work at all.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
More of the graded crimes in Passy were criminal damage than anything else (2025). Over 2025, Passy logged 243 recorded offenses. Violence against people ran at 7.2 per 1,000 residents a year and the graded property crimes at 11.8 (2023–2025 average).
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 (0.5% of the index here). The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
France’s death rates at each age would predict 994 deaths in Passy from 2016 to 2025; there were 1,013, 2% more. Its two care homes for older people (178 places) count their residents as Passy’s; allowing for them, deaths were 16% below expected. In Haute-Savoie, women can expect to live 86.6 years and men 81.8 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. 9 GPs practise here.
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.
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Among the classé monuments in Passy is Église Notre-Dame-de-Toute-Grâce. The oldest protected building goes back to the 20th century. 5.3% of its homes were built before 1919, higher than Haute-Savoie’s towns (4.9%) yet lower than compared French towns (7.4%).
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
21% of residents are 65 or over, about level with compared French towns (22%) and above Haute-Savoie’s towns (17%). The median resident of Passy is 45.2 years old. Those aged 15 to 24 account for one in ten residents.
51% women, 49% men
About 94 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Haute-Savoie 51.0%, France 51.8%.
| Passy | Haute-Savoie median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 16% | 19% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 9.6% | 9.8% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 24% | 28% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 29% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 21% | 17% | 22% |
| No diploma | 17% | 14% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 26% | 25% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 20% | 19% | 18% |
| Higher education | 32% | 37% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Haute-Savoie median and France median: the median of compared communes
The Culture ministry lists 2 historic monuments in Passy: 1 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 1 inscrit (the second level).
Wikidata places 2 people here, but for none of them do the articles confirm Passy 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Passy | 10,856 | — | B− | D | B | B |
| Saint-Gervais-les-Bains | 5,755 | 2.5 | B | D− | B+ | B+ |
| Sallanches | 17,319 | 3.6 | B+ | D | B− | C+ |
| Les Houches | 3,515 | 4.9 | — | D− | — | B+ |
| Megève | 2,893 | 6.4 | B− | D− | C | B+ |
| Magland | 3,220 | 7 | B | C− | A | C |
| Chamonix-Mont-Blanc | 8,705 | 8 | B | D− | C− | B |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades B for safety, #24 of 57 in Haute-Savoie. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 17 burglaries and 73 acts of criminal damage.
They grade C, better than 27% of compared French towns and #37 of 61 in Haute-Savoie. 95% of 317 candidates passed the bac at Lycée polyvalent Mont-Blanc René Dayve in 2025, 2 points below the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Homes cost more than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €3,750/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Passy grades D for cost of living.
Commune in Haute-Savoie, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Passy is a commune of 10,856 people in the Communauté de communes Pays du Mont-Blanc. 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.