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Only 11% of residents are 65 or over. A town in Haute-Savoie, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, home to 5,264 people.
Some subjects shine; others lag. Valleiry’s overall grade of B− puts it better than 51% of compared French towns, #32 of 57 in Haute-Savoie. On health it is strong — after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 21% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Walkability is another plus: just over four in five residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 13% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. School results trail most towns: brevet results 17 points below the expected rate. Cost of living is weaker too — at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 6.6 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality.
Figures: deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting, INSEE census 2023 · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas. The overall grade uses the other six subjects.
The 3 things Valleiry does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Valleiry 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 no building in Valleiry as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is église Saint-Étienne, in Clermont, 9.9 mi away.
2.3% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Valleiry.
21% are under 15, above both Haute-Savoie’s towns (19%) and compared French towns (17%). The 15-to-24 age group makes up 8.8% of residents. Residents of Valleiry have a median age of 36.8.
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Haute-Savoie 51.0%, France 51.8%.
| Valleiry | Haute-Savoie median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 21% | 19% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 8.8% | 9.8% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 34% | 28% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 25% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 11% | 17% | 22% |
| No diploma | 14% | 14% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 25% | 25% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 20% | 19% | 18% |
| Higher education | 37% | 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.
By results, schools here place #61 of 61 in Haute-Savoie. Collège pupils travel 1.4 mi to the nearest one. There is no general lycée within 5 km; one lies 5.3 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
For its 2,750 residents in work, Valleiry has 650 jobs: 0.2 each. Bus, tram or train carried 7.5% of working residents in Valleiry to work at the census. Unemployment stood at 8.7%, above Haute-Savoie’s towns (8.1%) but below compared French towns (10.1%).
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.
After the care-home adjustment, Valleiry’s deaths ran at 79 per 100 expected, about level with Haute-Savoie’s towns (83) and below compared French towns (88). From 2016 to 2025, 185 residents of Valleiry died, against 234 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 21% fewer. In Haute-Savoie, women can expect to live 86.6 years and men 81.8 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. 6 GPs practise in the town.
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. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from B− to A.
Valleiry’s tally for 2025: 90 recorded offenses. The yearly rates for 2023–2025: 5.1 violent offenses and 13.1 graded property crimes per 1,000 residents. More of the graded crimes here were criminal damage than anything else (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 sexual violence, this figure isn’t published when it’s small (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the index uses the département’s average instead, 1.5% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The split in Valleiry: €4,576/m² for houses, €4,250/m² for apartments. At the median, a home went for €4,347/m², close to Haute-Savoie’s towns (€4,342/m²) and above compared French towns (€2,430/m²). Between July 2023 and June 2026, buyers took 222 homes here.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €4,576/m² | 65 |
| Apartments | €4,250/m² | 157 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Nothing in Valleiry is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
One notable person was born in Valleiry.
Alphonse Chautemps: Henri Manuel, Public domain
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Valleiry | 5,264 | — | B− | C+ | B+ | B+ |
| Viry | 5,809 | 3.2 | B | C | B− | A |
| Saint-Julien-en-Genevois | 16,222 | 5.8 | B− | C | C | A |
| Péron Ain | 2,916 | 5.9 | A | C− | A | A |
| Beaumont | 3,097 | 6.8 | B | C− | C+ | A |
| Valserhône Ain | 16,712 | 7.5 | D | C− | C− | C |
| Cruseilles | 5,376 | 8.7 | A− | C+ | B− | B |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades B+ for safety, #22 of 57 in Haute-Savoie. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 12 burglaries and 29 acts of criminal damage.
They grade D−, better than 1% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Valleiry grades C+ for cost of living.
Commune in Haute-Savoie, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Valleiry is a commune of 5,264 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
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.
