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1,561 people live in this town in Haute-Savoie, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes.
Jobs and pay hold up well: 0.7 jobs per working resident; 4.6% unemployment. Add health to its strengths: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 21% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Cost of living is its weak spot (D): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 12.8 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Holiday and other second homes account for 55% of homes.
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. Saint-Jean-de-Sixt 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 Saint-Jean-de-Sixt 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.
Saint-Jean-de-Sixt has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
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The 2 things Saint-Jean-de-Sixt does most differently from other towns.
The Culture ministry lists no building in Saint-Jean-de-Sixt as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Croix de chemin, in Le Grand-Bornand, 4.5 mi away.
Explore the history →Nothing in Saint-Jean-de-Sixt 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 Saint-Jean-de-Sixt.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
A house in Saint-Jean-de-Sixt goes for €6,217/m², an apartment for €5,312/m². Advertised rents are estimated at €15.04/m² a month, lower than Haute-Savoie’s towns (€18.15/m²) yet higher than compared French towns (€12.41/m²). The town recorded 114 home sales from July 2023 to June 2026.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €6,217/m² | 30 |
| Apartments | €5,312/m² | 84 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
The nearest emergency department to Saint-Jean-de-Sixt is Hopitaux du Mont Blanc site Sallanches, 11.1 mi away. France’s death rates at each age would predict 99 deaths here from 2016 to 2025; there were 78, 21% fewer. 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 · Care-home places are adjusted for by TownRatings, using a model rather than an official statistic. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from C to A.
People 65 and over make up a fifth of the town, higher than Haute-Savoie’s towns (17%) yet lower than compared French towns (22%). Young adults of 15 to 24 are nearly a tenth of the population. Line up the people of Saint-Jean-de-Sixt by age and the one in the middle is 42.7.
48% women, 52% men
About 107 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Haute-Savoie 51.0%, France 51.8%.
| Saint-Jean-de-Sixt | Haute-Savoie median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 17% | 19% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 9.1% | 9.8% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 26% | 28% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 28% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 20% | 17% | 22% |
| No diploma | 12% | 14% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 26% | 25% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 19% | 19% | 18% |
| Higher education | 39% | 37% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Haute-Savoie median and France median: the median of compared communes
Nearly one in ten commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train at the census, below Haute-Savoie’s towns (15.5%) and compared French towns (13.4%) alike. The median disposable income is €29,450 a year per consumption unit. At the census, 6.6% of working residents in Saint-Jean-de-Sixt didn’t travel to work at all.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Heritage, family days out and museums in and near Saint-Jean-de-Sixt. Best known first.
One notable person was born in Saint-Jean-de-Sixt.
Commune in Haute-Savoie, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Saint-Jean-de-Sixt is a commune of 1,561 people in the Communauté de communes des Vallées de Thônes. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Jean-de-Sixt | 1,561 | — | — | D | — | A− |
| Thônes | 6,654 | 4.9 | A | D | A+ | B+ |
| Saint-Pierre-en-Faucigny | 7,865 | 9.9 | B | C | A− | B− |
| Bonneville | 13,335 | 11 | C− | C− | C+ | C |
| La Roche-sur-Foron | 11,348 | 11 | A− | C | B− | B− |
| Villaz | 3,607 | 11 | — | D− | — | A+ |
| Sallanches | 17,319 | 11 | B+ | D | B− | C+ |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Saint-Jean-de-Sixt has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 4.4 recorded violent incidents and 6.7 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 Saint-Jean-de-Sixt 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.