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The town, home to 1,041 people, lies in Haute-Savoie, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes.
Where it does best is health (A−) — after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 24% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Households here earn well: 0.2 jobs per working resident; 5.5% unemployment. Its weakest is schools: brevet results 17 points below the expected rate. It also trails on walkability — 30% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 5% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work.
Figures: deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025. Savigny 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 Savigny 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.
Savigny has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
The 2 things Savigny does most differently from other towns.
The Culture ministry lists no building in Savigny as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is église Saint-Étienne, in Clermont, 7.2 mi away.
17% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Nothing in Savigny 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 Savigny.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Collège pupils travel 2.5 mi to the nearest one. The nearest general lycée is 7.3 mi away.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège du VuacheNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 131 | 75%−17 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Those 65 and older account for 12% of residents. 9.2% of the population is aged 15 to 24, below both Haute-Savoie’s towns (9.8%) and compared French towns (11%). Among adults, 43% have a degree.
51% women, 49% men
About 95 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Haute-Savoie 51.0%, France 51.8%.
| Savigny | Haute-Savoie median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 24% | 19% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 9.2% | 9.8% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 29% | 28% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 25% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 12% | 17% | 22% |
| No diploma | 8.9% | 14% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 23% | 25% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 20% | 19% | 18% |
| Higher education | 43% | 37% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Haute-Savoie median and France median: the median of compared communes
Unemployment stood at 5.5%, below Haute-Savoie’s towns (8.1%) and compared French towns (10.1%) alike. On foot, by bike or by bus and train: that was how 5.4% of commuters travelled at the census.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Life expectancy at birth in Haute-Savoie is 86.6 years for women and 81.8 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. France’s death rates at each age would predict 49 deaths in Savigny from 2016 to 2025; there were 37, 24% fewer. The nearest emergency department to Savigny is Ch Annecy Genevois site St Julien En Genevois, 7.8 mi away.
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 · This figure includes a care-home adjustment that TownRatings models; no official statistic exists. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from C− to A+.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
From July 2023 to June 2026, 25 homes were sold in Savigny. Houses accounted for 92% of sales, apartments for the rest.
Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Heritage and other places to visit in and near Savigny. Best known first.
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Savigny yet.
Commune in Haute-Savoie, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Savigny is a commune of 1,041 people in the Communauté de communes du Genevois. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Savigny | 1,041 | — | — | B− | — | A− |
| Valleiry | 5,264 | 2.8 | B− | C+ | B+ | B+ |
| Viry | 5,809 | 4.9 | B | C | B− | A |
| Beaumont | 3,097 | 7.5 | B | C− | C+ | A |
| Valserhône Ain | 16,712 | 7.6 | D | C− | C− | C |
| Saint-Julien-en-Genevois | 16,222 | 7.7 | B− | C | C | A |
| Cruseilles | 5,376 | 7.7 | A− | C+ | B− | B |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Savigny has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 4.6 recorded violent incidents and 10.1 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
They grade D−, better than 1% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Sources: INSEE, census 2023 (population, employment, commuting) · INSEE, Filosofi 2023 (income per consumption unit, poverty) · 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.