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In Haute-Savoie, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, this town has 1,384 residents.
Health is its strong suit (A−): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 25% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Housing is expensive: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 6.9 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Walkability is weaker too: 47% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 7% 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 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025. Val de Chaise 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.
The 2 things Val de Chaise does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Val de Chaise 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.
Val de Chaise has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
The Culture ministry lists no building in Val de Chaise as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Thermes antiques, in Faverges-Seythenex, 1.8 mi away.
13% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Other places to visit, museums and heritage in and near Val de Chaise. Best known first.
ChâteauChâteau de Faverges3.5 km southwest, in Faverges-Seythenex
AttractionGrotte et cascade de Seythenex4.3 km southwest, in Faverges-SeythenexAttractionAttractionBanc du Droitin townAttractionAttractionFours à Chauxin townFortFortFort de la batterie Marthod3.2 km southeast, in MarthodPhotos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Val de Chaise.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
France’s death rates at each age would predict 104 deaths in Val de Chaise from 2016 to 2025; there were 78, 25% fewer. The nearest emergency department to Val de Chaise is Centre hospitalier D Albertville, 6.7 mi away. 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.
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. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from B− to A+.
7.2% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train at the census, below both Haute-Savoie’s towns (15.5%) and compared French towns (13.4%). The typical income here, after tax and benefits, is €29,740 a year per consumption unit.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Behind the median of €2,833/m²: 33 houses and apartments sold in Val de Chaise between July 2023 and June 2026. Among the homes sold, 79% were houses.
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Near Val de Chaise, 99.0% of lycée candidates passed the bac, above both Haute-Savoie’s towns (93.9%) and compared French towns (92.9%). The town’s pupils have a collège 2.5 mi away. The closest lycée for the general bac is 3.9 mi off.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Jean LachenalNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 115 | 84%−4 pts |
| Lycée professionnel privé La Fontaine PrivateNearest lycéeVocational lycée | Vocational lycée | 77 | 99%+4 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Those 65 and older account for 22% of residents. Degrees are held by 31% of adults, about level with compared French towns (30%) and below Haute-Savoie’s towns (37%). At 45.5, the median resident of Val de Chaise sits in the middle of the age range.
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Haute-Savoie 51.0%, France 51.8%.
| Val de Chaise | Haute-Savoie median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 17% | 19% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 8.6% | 9.8% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 23% | 28% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 29% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 22% | 17% | 22% |
| No diploma | 12% | 14% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 31% | 25% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 21% | 19% | 18% |
| Higher education | 31% | 37% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Haute-Savoie median and France median: the median of compared communes
Nothing in Val de Chaise is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Val de Chaise yet.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Val de Chaise | 1,384 | — | — | C− | — | A− |
| Faverges-Seythenex | 7,545 | 2.3 | A | C+ | A− | B+ |
| Ugine Savoie | 7,154 | 3.9 | A | B | A− | B− |
| Doussard | 3,751 | 5.9 | A− | D | A+ | A− |
| Mercury Savoie | 3,495 | 6 | — | D | — | B+ |
| Albertville Savoie | 19,978 | 6.8 | C− | C | C | C+ |
| Gilly-sur-Isère Savoie | 3,149 | 7.1 | A− | D | A− | A |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Val de Chaise has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 4.9 recorded violent incidents and 6.4 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 63% 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 €2,833/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Val de Chaise grades C− for cost of living.
Commune in Haute-Savoie, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Val de Chaise is a commune of 1,384 people in the Communauté de communes des Sources du Lac d'Annecy. 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 9, 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.