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Home to 1,311 people, this town lies in Haute-Savoie, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes.
School results are strong (A+): brevet results 3 points above the expected rate. The weak point is cost of living (D−) — at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 12.7 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Holiday and other second homes account for three quarters of homes.
Figures: brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · employment, INSEE census 2023 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi. Praz-sur-Arly 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 Praz-sur-Arly 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.
Praz-sur-Arly has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
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The 2 things Praz-sur-Arly does most differently from other towns.
The Culture ministry lists no building in Praz-sur-Arly as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Borne frontière romaine dite Fines, in Cordon, 3.2 mi away.
3.4% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Nothing in Praz-sur-Arly 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 Praz-sur-Arly.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The estimated advertised rent is €19.21/m² a month, above both Haute-Savoie’s towns (€18.15/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²). Sales in Praz-sur-Arly from July 2023 to June 2026: 229 houses and apartments. House rents are put at about €14.35/m² a month.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Apartments | €5,250/m² | 211 |
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 brevet pass rate near Praz-sur-Arly is 100.0%, above both Haute-Savoie’s towns (87.3%) and compared French towns (87.5%). A collège lies 2.6 mi away.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège privé Saint-Jean-Baptiste PrivateNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 44 | 100%+3 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
The median disposable income is €30,170 a year per consumption unit. 4.3% of Praz-sur-Arly’s working residents had no journey to work at the census.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
The 65-and-over age group makes up nearly a quarter of residents. People aged 15 to 24 make up 7.6% of the town, below Haute-Savoie’s towns (9.8%) and compared French towns (11%) alike. Graduates make up 33% of adults.
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Haute-Savoie 51.0%, France 51.8%.
| Praz-sur-Arly | Haute-Savoie median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 13% | 19% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 7.6% | 9.8% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 25% | 28% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 31% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 24% | 17% | 22% |
| No diploma | 14% | 14% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 26% | 25% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 22% | 19% | 18% |
| Higher education | 33% | 37% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Haute-Savoie median and France median: the median of compared communes
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
France’s death rates at each age would predict 110 deaths in Praz-sur-Arly from 2016 to 2025; there were 97, 12% fewer. The nearest emergency department to Praz-sur-Arly is Hopitaux du Mont Blanc site Sallanches, 7.8 mi away. For a family doctor, residents of Praz-sur-Arly can choose among 9 GPs. 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−.
Family days out, heritage and museums in and near Praz-sur-Arly. Best known first.
Wikidata places 1 person here, but the articles don’t both confirm Praz-sur-Arly as the birthplace, so nobody is listed.
Commune in Haute-Savoie, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Praz-sur-Arly is a commune of 1,311 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
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Praz-sur-Arly | 1,311 | — | — | D− | — | B− |
| Megève | 2,893 | 2.7 | B− | D− | C | B+ |
| Saint-Gervais-les-Bains | 5,755 | 7.7 | B | D− | B+ | B+ |
| Sallanches | 17,319 | 7.9 | B+ | D | B− | C+ |
| Passy | 10,856 | 9 | B− | D | B | B |
| Ugine Savoie | 7,154 | 9.2 | A | B | A− | B− |
| Les Houches | 3,515 | 12 | — | D− | — | B+ |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Praz-sur-Arly has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 5.2 recorded violent incidents and 12.3 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
They grade A+, better than 97% of compared French towns. At the collège (Collège privé Saint-Jean-Baptiste), 100.0% passed the brevet, 3 points above the expected rate. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Praz-sur-Arly 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.