Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
With 1,086 residents, it is a town in Haute-Savoie, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes.
Residents are healthier than most: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 30% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. It also does well on jobs & income (A−) — 0.2 jobs per working resident; 3.9% unemployment. Buying in is costly: A year’s estimated rent on a 70 m² apartment is 47% of the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Getting around depends on the car: 43% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 2% 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. Vaulx 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 Vaulx 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.
Vaulx has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
The 2 things Vaulx does most differently from other towns.
The Culture ministry lists no building in Vaulx as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is église Saint-Étienne, in Clermont, 5.4 mi away.
14% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Nothing in Vaulx 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 Vaulx.
Households’ median disposable income: €33,310 a year per consumption unit. At the census, 2.2% went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport, lower than both Haute-Savoie’s towns (15.5%) and compared French towns (13.4%).
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.
Houses were 91% of what sold. The market in Vaulx: 22 sales of houses and apartments between July 2023 and June 2026.
Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
In Haute-Savoie, women can expect to live 86.6 years and men 81.8 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. Adjusted mortality in Vaulx: 70 deaths for every 100 expected. From 2016 to 2025, 36 residents of Vaulx died, against 51 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 30% fewer.
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 · That adjustment for care homes is a model of TownRatings’ own, not official data. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from C+ to A+.
Degrees are held by 37% of adults, near Haute-Savoie’s towns (37%) and higher than compared French towns (30%). Retirement age and beyond: 14% of residents are 65 or older. Young adults of 15 to 24 are 11% of the population.
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Haute-Savoie 51.0%, France 51.8%.
| Vaulx | Haute-Savoie median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 21% | 19% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 11% | 9.8% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 24% | 28% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 30% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 14% | 17% | 22% |
| No diploma | 8.9% | 14% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 31% | 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.
For collège, the closest is 2.4 mi away.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège la MandallazNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 164 | 85%−7 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Other places to visit, heritage and museums in and near Vaulx. Best known first.
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Vaulx yet.
Commune in Haute-Savoie, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Vaulx is a commune of 1,086 people in the Communauté de communes Rumilly Terre de Savoie. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vaulx | 1,086 | — | — | D | — | A |
| Sillingy | 5,826 | 2.4 | B+ | D | A | A |
| Poisy | 9,291 | 3.3 | B− | D− | B+ | B+ |
| La Balme-de-Sillingy | 5,336 | 3.3 | B− | C− | A+ | B |
| Vallières-sur-Fier | 2,860 | 3.4 | — | C− | — | B |
| Chavanod | 3,135 | 3.9 | — | D | — | A |
| Epagny Metz-Tessy | 8,925 | 4.7 | C− | D− | C | C− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Vaulx has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 6.3 recorded violent incidents and 9.6 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
They grade C−, better than 20% 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.