Sixt-Fer-à-Cheval has no grades yet: French towns are graded from 1,000 residents up. Holiday and other second homes account for three in five homes. The median home sells for €3,606/m².
What makes Sixt-Fer-à-Cheval stand out
The 2 things Sixt-Fer-à-Cheval does most differently from other towns.
Oratoire de Maison-Neuve · Classé · Photo: Ce fichier est l’œuvre de Xavier Caré . Merci de créditer : Xavier Caré / Wikimedia Commons / CC-BY-SA . Si vous souhaitez une permission spéciale pour utiliser cette photo, ou la vendre en dehors des termes de la licence ci-dessous, merci de me contacter · CC BY-SA 3.0
Sixt-Fer-à-Cheval’s story
Sixt-Fer-à-Cheval in pictures
The Culture ministry lists 2 historic monuments in Sixt-Fer-à-Cheval: 1 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 1 inscrit (the second level).
The oldest protected part dates from the 13th century; the first monument here was protected in 1943.
17% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Georges-Marie Allamand, born in 1788, is the one person born in Sixt-Fer-à-Cheval before 1900 that Wikidata records.
1943First protected: Oratoire de Maison-Neuve
1997Most recently protected: Ancienne abbaye de Sixt
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Sixt-Fer-à-Cheval.
History
Old homes shape Sixt-Fer-à-Cheval: 17% were built before 1919, more than in Haute-Savoie’s towns or compared French towns
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Its heritage reaches back to the 13th century. Among the classé monuments in Sixt-Fer-à-Cheval is Oratoire de Maison-Neuve. The Culture ministry lists 2 historic monuments in the town: 1 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 1 inscrit (the second level).
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Who lives here
Few people in Sixt-Fer-à-Cheval are 15 to 24: 8.3%, fewer than in Haute-Savoie’s towns and compared French towns
The under-15s are 17% of the population here. People 65 and over make up 24% of the town. Degrees are held by nearly a third of adults, between Haute-Savoie’s towns (37%) and compared French towns (30%).
46median age
Sixt-Fer-à-ChevalHaute-Savoie medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
24%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma15%
CAP or BEP27%
Baccalauréat22%
Higher education32%
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 104 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Haute-Savoie 51.0%, France 51.8%.
INSEE, census 2023 · Haute-Savoie median and France median: the median of compared communes
Work & commute
Unemployment in Sixt-Fer-à-Cheval, 4.2%, runs below Haute-Savoie’s towns and compared French towns
200 jobs are based in Sixt-Fer-à-Cheval, for 350 working residents (0.6 per worker). Households’ median disposable income: €27,080 a year per consumption unit. Just over 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.
11%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving84%
On foot6%
Bicycle3%
Public transport2%
Motorbike or scooter1%
200
jobs based in Sixt-Fer-à-Cheval, 0.6 per working resident
4.2%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€27,080
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Housing
The estimated advertised rent in Sixt-Fer-à-Cheval is €14.98/m² a month, against €18.15/m² in Haute-Savoie’s towns and €12.41/m² in compared French towns
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Among the homes sold, 81% were houses. 42 houses and apartments changed hands in Sixt-Fer-à-Cheval from July 2023 to June 2026.
€3,606/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Sixt-Fer-à-Cheval€3,606/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Haute-Savoie median€4,342/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€3,400/m²
34
€14.98/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€11.33 to €19.80/m² a month)
€13.01/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
The Culture ministry lists 2 historic monuments in Sixt-Fer-à-Cheval: 1 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 1 inscrit (the second level).
Ancienne abbaye de Sixt: Photo: Sido74500 · CC0 · Oratoire de Maison-Neuve: Photo: Ce fichier est l’œuvre de Xavier Caré . Merci de créditer : Xavier Caré / Wikimedia Commons / CC-BY-SA . Si vous souhaitez une permission spéciale pour utiliser cette photo, ou la vendre en dehors des termes de la licence ci-dessous, merci de me contacter · CC BY-SA 3.0
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
About Sixt-Fer-à-Cheval
Commune in Haute-Savoie, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Sixt-Fer-à-Cheval is a commune of 736 people in the Communauté de communes des Montagnes du Giffre. 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
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.
