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A town of 2,325 in Haute-Savoie, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes.
Housing is expensive (D): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 9.4 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. It is hard to get around without a car (D): just over two in five residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 5% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. The rest of its grades are middling: B− for schools and C+ for health.
Figures: employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025). Sales 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 Sales 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 3 things Sales does most differently from other towns.
The Culture ministry’s list holds 1 historic monument in Sales; none is classé, France’s top protection.
The oldest protected part dates from the 17th century; the first monument here was protected in 2015.
Sales has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
Pont Coppet: Photo: Alexbu-74 · CC0
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Sales.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The median sale price was €3,888/m², between Haute-Savoie’s towns (€4,342/m²) and compared French towns (€2,430/m²). Apartments in Sales sell for €3,951/m², houses for €3,821/m². Houses were 57% of what sold.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €3,821/m² | 51 |
| Apartments | €3,951/m² | 39 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
The median disposable income was €30,690 a year per consumption unit, lower than Haute-Savoie’s towns (€33,240) yet higher than compared French towns (€25,970). At the census, 4.5% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
The 65-and-over age group makes up 17% of residents. Sales has a median age of 40.2.
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Haute-Savoie 51.0%, France 51.8%.
| Sales | Haute-Savoie median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 20% | 19% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 9.9% | 9.8% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 27% | 28% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 26% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 17% | 17% | 22% |
| No diploma | 10% | 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
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
The oldest protected building goes back to the 17th century. 7.4% of its homes were built before 1919, higher than Haute-Savoie’s towns (4.9%) and near compared French towns (7.4%).
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
133 deaths in Sales between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 147: 10% below. The nearest emergency department to Sales is Clinique Generale D Annecy, 8.3 mi away. There are 2 general practitioners locally. Also worth knowing: in Haute-Savoie, life expectancy at birth reaches 86.6 years for women and 81.8 for men (2025), next to 85.9 and 80.3 for 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 B+.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Vocational results within 5 km: 85% passed the bac pro, of 136 candidates at 2 lycées. Collège pupils travel 0.9 mi to the nearest one. The bac pass rate near Sales is 94.1%, near both Haute-Savoie’s towns (93.9%) and compared French towns (92.9%).
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège privé Demotz de la Salle PrivateNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 161 | 98%+4 pts |
| Lycée polyvalent privé Demotz de la Salle PrivateNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 106 | 96%−2 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Heritage, museums and family days out in and near Sales. Best known first.
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Sales yet.
Commune in Haute-Savoie, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Sales is a commune of 2,325 people in the Communauté de communes Rumilly Terre de Savoie. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sales | 2,325 | — | — | D | — | C+ |
| Rumilly | 16,442 | 1.2 | B− | C− | B | C+ |
| Vallières-sur-Fier | 2,860 | 2.3 | — | C− | — | B |
| Chavanod | 3,135 | 4.8 | — | D | — | A |
| Alby-sur-Chéran | 2,664 | 5.1 | — | C− | — | B− |
| Poisy | 9,291 | 6 | B− | D− | B+ | B+ |
| Sillingy | 5,826 | 6.2 | B+ | D | A | A |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Sales has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 2.9 recorded violent incidents and 4.5 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
They grade B−, better than 48% of compared French towns. 96% of 106 candidates passed the bac at Lycée polyvalent privé Demotz de la Salle 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.
Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Sales 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 8, 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.