Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
With 17,319 residents, it is a town in Haute-Savoie, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes.
Much to like here, and you pay for it. Households here earn well: 1 job per working resident; 6.2% unemployment. Sallanches grades B+ overall, better than nearly two thirds of compared French towns, and ranks #14 of 57 in Haute-Savoie. Getting around on foot or by bus is easy: 78% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 19% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Housing is expensive: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 9.2 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. The rest of its grades are middling: B− for safety and C+ for health.
Figures: employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · recorded crime, SSMSI (Ministry of the Interior) · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025).
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas. The overall grade uses the other six subjects.
The 2 things Sallanches does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Sallanches 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.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
The Culture ministry lists 1 historic monument in Sallanches, none of them classé, France’s highest protection.
The oldest protected part dates from the 17th century; the first monument here was protected in 1986.
Wikidata records 3 people born in Sallanches before 1900, the earliest Jacques de Monfort, in 1770.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Sallanches.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Houses in Sallanches sell for €4,490/m² and apartments for €3,736/m². The estimated advertised rent is €15.52/m² a month, between Haute-Savoie’s towns (€18.15/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²). Sales locally from July 2023 to June 2026: 784 houses and apartments.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €4,490/m² | 135 |
| Apartments | €3,736/m² | 649 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Nearly a fifth of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train at the census, above both Haute-Savoie’s towns (15.5%) and compared French towns (13.4%). The unemployment rate comes to 6.2%. Jobs located in Sallanches: 8,300, for 8,500 residents in work (1 each).
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
The bac pass rate near Sallanches is 99.3%, above Haute-Savoie’s towns (93.9%) and compared French towns (92.9%) alike. On results, collèges and lycées here come #9 of 61 in Haute-Savoie.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège privé Saint-Joseph PrivateNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 101 | 100%+3 pts |
| Lycée général et technologique privé Saint-Joseph PrivateNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 81 | 100%+3 pts |
| Lycée professionnel - Centre technique du Mont-Blanc PrivateBest against expectations: 10 points above the expected rateVocational lycée | Vocational lycée | 42 | 98%+10 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Its heritage reaches back to the 17th century. 5.3% of its homes were built before 1919, between Haute-Savoie’s towns (4.9%) and 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.
Sallanches has 24 family doctors. Women in Haute-Savoie live to 86.6 on average and men to 81.8 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. France’s death rates at each age would predict 1,505 deaths locally from 2016 to 2025; there were 1,542, 2% more.
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.
Graded property crimes ran at 14.1 per 1,000 residents a year, and violence against people at 8 (2023–2025 average). The 2025 count: 369 offenses in Sallanches. The graded crime recorded most locally was criminal damage (2025).
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, the count isn’t published when it’s small (five or fewer in a year of the last three), so the index uses the département’s average, 0.2% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Retirement age and beyond: just over a fifth of residents are 65 or older. Residents of Sallanches have a median age of 44. Degrees are held by 34% of adults, lower than Haute-Savoie’s towns (37%) yet higher than compared French towns (30%).
52% women, 48% men
About 91 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Haute-Savoie 51.0%, France 51.8%.
| Sallanches | Haute-Savoie median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 16% | 19% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 9.8% | 9.8% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 26% | 28% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 27% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 22% | 17% | 22% |
| No diploma | 18% | 14% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 25% | 25% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 18% | 19% | 18% |
| Higher education | 34% | 37% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Haute-Savoie median and France median: the median of compared communes
Other places to visit, museums and heritage in and near Sallanches. Best known first.
MuseumChâteau des Rubinsin townAttractionAttractionCascade de Glace de Reninge Arvetin townAttractionAttractionPierre Fenduein townChâteauChâteauChâteau de Charousse3.4 km east, in PassyPhotos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
Sallanches has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
53 notable people were born in Sallanches.
Coline Mattel: Manuguf, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Loris Baz: Eric HOUDAS, CC BY-SA 4.0 · François Ponchaud: Yanndefond, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Clara Direz: Tournasol7, CC BY 4.0 · Alain Penz: Franc Perdan, Public domain · Christophe Barbier: Rvcamel, CC BY-SA 4.0
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sallanches | 17,319 | — | B+ | D | B− | C+ |
| Passy | 10,856 | 3.6 | B− | D | B | B |
| Magland | 3,220 | 4.7 | B | C− | A | C |
| Saint-Gervais-les-Bains | 5,755 | 5.1 | B | D− | B+ | B+ |
| Megève | 2,893 | 6 | B− | D− | C | B+ |
| Les Houches | 3,515 | 8.4 | — | D− | — | B+ |
| Scionzier | 9,162 | 9.2 | C− | C− | C | C |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades B− for safety, #32 of 57 in Haute-Savoie. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 33 burglaries and 142 acts of criminal damage.
They grade B+, better than 74% of compared French towns and #9 of 61 in Haute-Savoie. The lycée stands out: 100% of 81 candidates passed the bac at Lycée général et technologique privé Saint-Joseph in 2025, 3 points above 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 Sallanches grades D for cost of living.
Commune in Haute-Savoie, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Sallanches is a commune of 17,319 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
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 4, 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.