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With 1,381 residents, it is a town in Haute-Savoie, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes.
Jobs & income is its strong suit — 0.3 jobs per working resident; 5.9% unemployment. Health is a strength: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 18% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Walkability is its weak spot: 76% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 6% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. It lags on cost of living as well (C+): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 6.9 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality.
Figures: employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi. Peillonnex 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.
The 2 things Peillonnex does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Peillonnex 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.
Peillonnex has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
The Culture ministry’s list holds 1 historic monument in Peillonnex; none is classé, France’s top protection.
The oldest protected part dates from the 12th century; the first monument here was protected in 1971.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Peillonnex.
9% of the population is aged 15 to 24, below Haute-Savoie’s towns (9.8%) and compared French towns (11%) alike. One measure of family life: 20% of residents are under 15. Graduates make up just over two in five adults.
49% women, 51% men
About 105 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Haute-Savoie 51.0%, France 51.8%.
| Peillonnex | Haute-Savoie median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 20% | 19% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 9% | 9.8% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 26% | 28% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 29% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 16% | 17% | 22% |
| No diploma | 11% | 14% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 24% | 25% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 20% | 19% | 18% |
| Higher education | 41% | 37% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Haute-Savoie median and France median: the median of compared communes
6.5% of commuters went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport at the census. Unemployment stood at 5.9%, below Haute-Savoie’s towns (8.1%) and compared French towns (10.1%) alike. At the census, 3.8% of working residents in Peillonnex didn’t travel to work at all.
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.
Adjusted for age and care homes, Peillonnex records 82 deaths per 100 expected, near Haute-Savoie’s towns (83) and lower than compared French towns (88). 68 deaths in the town between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 83: 18% below. Women in Haute-Savoie live to 86.6 on average and men to 81.8 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France.
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 · Allowing for care homes is a TownRatings estimate, not a published statistic. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from C− to A.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
At the median, a home went for €3,611/m², lower than Haute-Savoie’s towns (€4,342/m²) yet higher than compared French towns (€2,430/m²). Of the homes sold, 77% were houses. A house rents for an estimated €18.80/m² a month.
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Homes built before 1919 account for nearly a tenth of the housing. The protected list starts in the 12th century.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Heritage, museums and other places to visit in and near Peillonnex. Best known first.
Peillonnex has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Peillonnex yet.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Peillonnex | 1,381 | — | — | C+ | — | B+ |
| Viuz-en-Sallaz | 4,681 | 2 | B | C− | A+ | C |
| Fillinges | 3,671 | 2.8 | A− | C− | A− | A− |
| Bonneville | 13,335 | 3.9 | C− | C− | C+ | C |
| Bonne | 3,267 | 3.9 | C+ | D | B | B+ |
| Saint-Jeoire | 3,457 | 4 | A− | B− | A | C− |
| Saint-Pierre-en-Faucigny | 7,865 | 4.5 | B | C | A− | B− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Peillonnex has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 5 recorded violent incidents and 7 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Peillonnex grades C+ for cost of living.
Commune in Haute-Savoie, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Peillonnex is a commune of 1,381 people in the Communauté de communes des Quatre Rivières. 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.