Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
9,291 people call this town in Haute-Savoie, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes home.
Some subjects shine; others lag. The local economy does well (A): 0.6 jobs per working resident; 6.3% unemployment. Health is another plus — after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 19% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Where it falls short is cost of living: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 11.9 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Schools are weaker too — bac results 1.6 points below the expected rate; brevet results 6.5 points below the expected rate. Put together, the subjects come to a B− overall, ranking #29 of 57 in Haute-Savoie. On that grade it does better than 53% of compared French towns.
Figures: employment, INSEE census 2023 · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas. The overall grade uses the other six subjects.
Each subject compares Poisy 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 2 things Poisy does most differently from other towns.
The Culture ministry lists no building in Poisy as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Edifice gallo-romain dit Basilique de Boutae, in Annecy, 2.6 mi away.
2% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Nothing in Poisy 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 Poisy.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
A house in Poisy goes for €5,847/m², an apartment for €5,256/m². The estimated advertised rent is €19.39/m² a month, above both Haute-Savoie’s towns (€18.15/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²). Of the homes sold, 28% were houses.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €5,847/m² | 80 |
| Apartments | €5,256/m² | 208 |
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: 84% of 381 candidates passed at the 4 vocational lycées within 5 km. Near Poisy, 85.8% of collège pupils passed the brevet, close to Haute-Savoie’s towns (87.3%) and below compared French towns (87.5%). By results, schools here place #40 of 61 in Haute-Savoie.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Simone VeilNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 134 | 91%−5 pts |
| Lycée général et technologique BaudelaireNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 405 | 94%−3 pts |
| Lycée polyvalent privé les Bressis PrivateBest against expectations: 5 points above the expected rateVocational lycée | Vocational lycée | 58 | 97%+5 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Life expectancy in Haute-Savoie: 86.6 years for women and 81.8 for men (2025); France averages 85.9 and 80.3. France’s death rates at each age would predict 617 deaths in Poisy from 2016 to 2025; there were 555, 10% fewer. For a family doctor, residents of Poisy can choose among 11 GPs.
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 · That adjustment for care homes is a model of TownRatings’ own, not official data.
More of the graded crimes in Poisy were criminal damage than anything else (2025). Its tally for 2025: 204 recorded offenses. The yearly rates for 2023–2025: 5 violent offenses and 12.7 graded property crimes per 1,000 residents.
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 · For armed robbery, this figure isn’t published when it’s small (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the index uses the département’s average instead, 0.8% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
18% of residents are 65 or over, close to Haute-Savoie’s towns (17%) and below compared French towns (22%). The share aged 15 to 24 is 11%. Line up the people of Poisy by age and the one in the middle is 39.9.
51% women, 49% men
About 95 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Haute-Savoie 51.0%, France 51.8%.
| Poisy | Haute-Savoie median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 18% | 19% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 11% | 9.8% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 29% | 28% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 25% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 18% | 17% | 22% |
| No diploma | 10% | 14% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 21% | 25% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 18% | 19% | 18% |
| Higher education | 48% | 37% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Haute-Savoie median and France median: the median of compared communes
Half of residents lived on more than €33,240 a year per consumption unit, close to Haute-Savoie’s towns (€33,240) and above compared French towns (€25,970). Public transport took 6.2% of Poisy’s working residents to work at the census.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Museums, heritage and other places to visit in and near Poisy. Best known first.
ChâteauMaison Lambert5 km southeast, in Annecy
Manor houseHôtel de Sales5 km southeast, in AnnecyCathedralCathedralCathédrale Saint-Pierre d'Annecy5 km southeast, in AnnecyChâteauChâteauChâteau de Montrottier3.2 km southwest, in LovagnyAttractionAttractionGorges du Fier3.5 km southwest, in LovagnyPhotos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
One notable person was born in Poisy.
Anne Nivat: Julien Damelet, CC BY-SA 4.0
Commune in Haute-Savoie, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Poisy is a commune of 9,291 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Poisy | 9,291 | — | B− | D− | B+ | B+ |
| Epagny Metz-Tessy | 8,925 | 1.9 | C− | D− | C | C− |
| Chavanod | 3,135 | 2.3 | — | D | — | A |
| Sillingy | 5,826 | 2.3 | B+ | D | A | A |
| Annecy | 132,117 | 2.6 | C+ | D− | C | B+ |
| La Balme-de-Sillingy | 5,336 | 3.6 | B− | C− | A+ | B |
| Argonay | 3,807 | 4 | B | D− | C+ | A |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades B+ for safety, #20 of 57 in Haute-Savoie. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 26 burglaries and 63 acts of criminal damage.
They grade C−, better than 24% of compared French towns and #40 of 61 in Haute-Savoie. 94% of 405 candidates passed the bac at Lycée général et technologique Baudelaire in 2025, 3 points below 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 Poisy grades D− 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 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.
