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A town in Haute-Savoie, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, home to 2,321 people.
Seyssel’s best grade is for jobs & income: 0.7 jobs per working resident; 8.1% unemployment. Add walkability to its strengths: 64% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 15% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Health outcomes fall short of most towns (C−): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 2% above expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Buying 70 m² at the median €2,971/m² takes 6.2 years of the median income per consumption unit in the Communauté de communes Usses et Rhône.
Figures: employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi. Seyssel 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 Seyssel 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.
Seyssel has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
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Seyssel has 1 historic monument on the Culture ministry’s list: 1 classé, the highest protection, and 0 inscrit, the second level.
The oldest protected part dates from Antiquity; the first monument here was protected in 1936.
13% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Seyssel has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
Inscription gallo-romaine: Photo: Chabe01 · CC BY-SA 4.0
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Seyssel.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
France’s death rates at each age would predict 232 deaths in Seyssel from 2016 to 2025; there were 286, 23% more. Ages and care homes taken into account, deaths in Seyssel come to 102 per 100 predicted. The nearest emergency department to Seyssel is Centre hospitalier Annecy Genevois site Annecy, 13.3 mi away. For a family doctor, residents of Seyssel have one GP on hand.
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 · Note: TownRatings models the care-home adjustment; it is not an official figure.
The unemployment rate comes to 8.1%. No commute at all: 4.1% of working residents in Seyssel at the census.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Among the classé monuments in Seyssel is Inscription gallo-romaine. Its heritage reaches back to Antiquity.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
The 65-and-over age group makes up a fifth of residents. Degrees are held by 30% of adults, about level with compared French towns (30%) and below Haute-Savoie’s towns (37%). The median resident of Seyssel is 42.6 years old.
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Haute-Savoie 51.0%, France 51.8%.
| Seyssel | Haute-Savoie median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 18% | 19% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 10% | 9.8% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 25% | 28% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 27% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 20% | 17% | 22% |
| No diploma | 16% | 14% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 29% | 25% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 20% | 19% | 18% |
| Higher education | 30% | 37% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Haute-Savoie median and France median: the median of compared communes
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
For the general bac, the closest lycée is 7.5 mi away.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège du Mont des PrincesNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 122 | 90%−2 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The median price, €2,971/m², comes from 104 sales of houses and apartments in Seyssel from July 2023 to June 2026. In Seyssel, houses go for €2,933/m² and apartments for €2,971/m². Renting a house costs an estimated €19.40/m² a month.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,933/m² | 56 |
| Apartments | €2,971/m² | 48 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Per 1,000 residents a year, there were 6.3 cases of violence against people and 6.8 graded property crimes (2023–2025 average). The police record for Seyssel lists 27 offenses in 2025. In 2025, other physical violence led the graded crimes here.
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 · When sexual violence, burglary, vehicle theft and theft from vehicles number five or fewer in a recent year, the figure is withheld, and the index uses the département’s average instead (36.2% of the index here). The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Heritage, museums and family days out in and near Seyssel. Best known first.
ChurchAncienne église Saint-André de Val-de-Fier4.8 km southeast, in Vallières-sur-FierMuseumMuseumMusée du bois de Seyssel800 m west, in SeysselChâteauChâteauChâteau de châteaufort3.2 km south, in MotzFortFortMaison forte de Motz3.6 km south, in MotzZooZooAcademy des perroquets4.9 km east, in ClermontPhotos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
Wikidata places 2 people here, but for none of them do the articles confirm Seyssel as the birthplace, so nobody is listed.
Commune in Haute-Savoie, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Seyssel is a commune of 2,321 people in the Communauté de communes Usses et Rhône. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Seyssel | 2,321 | — | — | B− | — | C− |
| Vallières-sur-Fier | 2,860 | 5.7 | — | C− | — | B |
| Culoz-Béon Ain | 3,453 | 8.1 | B | B | B− | C |
| Rumilly | 16,442 | 8.3 | B− | C− | B | C+ |
| La Balme-de-Sillingy | 5,336 | 9.3 | B− | C− | A+ | B |
| Sillingy | 5,826 | 9.5 | B+ | D | A | A |
| Valserhône Ain | 16,712 | 11 | D | C− | C− | C |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Seyssel has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average.
They grade B−, better than 53% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Homes cost more than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €2,971/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Seyssel grades B− 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 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.