Aix-les-Bains’s grades pull in different directions. Where it falls short is cost of living: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 10 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. It is easy to get around without a car (A): 90% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 26% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Overall, that makes a C−, good for #29 of 32 in Savoie. Set against the rest, it does better than nearly a quarter of compared French towns. Its other grades sit near the middle: B− for health and B for jobs & income.
Figures: amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting and employment, INSEE census 2023 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025).
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas. The overall grade uses the other six subjects.
Each subject compares Aix-les-Bains 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.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Aix-les-Bains.
Work & commuteJobs & income B
Aix-les-Bains is easier to get around on foot than 94% of compared French towns
Just over a quarter of commuters left the car at home at the census, walking, cycling or taking public transport. Unemployment stood at 11.5%, above both Savoie’s towns (7.2%) and compared French towns (10.1%). Jobs located in Aix-les-Bains: 13,450, for 13,800 residents in work (1 each).
26%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving69%
On foot11%
Public transport10%
Bicycle5%
Motorbike or scooter1%
13,450
jobs based in Aix-les-Bains, 1 per working resident
11.5%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€27,690
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
4%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
A
Walkability: better than 94% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
HousingCost of living D
Buying in Aix-les-Bains costs more than in Savoie’s towns or across compared French towns: the median sale is €4,238/m²
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The estimated advertised rent is €14.76/m² a month, near Savoie’s towns (€14.73/m²) and higher than compared French towns (€12.41/m²). Apartments in Aix-les-Bains sell for €4,165/m², houses for €4,637/m². Houses accounted for 14% of sales, apartments for the rest.
€4,238/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Aix-les-Bains€4,238/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Savoie median€3,542/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€4,637/m²
260
Apartments
€4,165/m²
1,655
€14.76/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€11.49 to €18.97/m² a month)
10
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€16.29/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€29,670
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté d'agglomération Grand Lac
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Schools
88.5% of candidates passed the brevet at the five collèges within 5 km, 5.4 points below the expected rate
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Schools rank #31 of 34 in Savoie. At the lycées within 5 km of Aix-les-Bains, 94.3% passed the bac, about level with Savoie’s towns (94.3%) and above compared French towns (92.9%).
96%passed the bac (general and technological)C−School Grade
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Safety
For crime per resident, Aix-les-Bains sits above 75% of compared French towns
Per 1,000 residents a year, there were 8 cases of violence against people and 19.9 graded property crimes (2023–2025 average). All told, Aix-les-Bains had 1,012 recorded offenses in 2025. Criminal damage topped the graded crimes in Aix-les-Bains (2025).
8recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a yearCSafety Grade
Recorded by type · 2025
Criminal damage427
Burglary163
Other physical violence117
Theft from vehicles104
Family violence100
Vehicle theft52
Sexual violence49
Theft without violence469
Fraud251
Drug use148
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.
8
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
19.9
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
1,012
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
0.1%
of the index rests on the département’s average, used where small counts aren’t published
Source: SSMSI (Interior Ministry), recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 · Licence Ouverte · For armed robbery, the count isn’t published when it’s small (five or fewer in a year of the last three), so the index uses the département’s average, 0.1% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
History
Aix-les-Bains has 18 historic monuments, the oldest from Antiquity
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Among the classé monuments in Aix-les-Bains is Temple romain dit de Diane. Per 10,000 residents, Aix-les-Bains counts 5.6 protected monuments, above both Savoie’s towns (2.6) and compared French towns (2.5). The oldest protected building goes back to Antiquity.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Who lives here
Fewer children live in Aix-les-Bains than in Savoie’s towns or compared French towns: 13% are under 15
28% of residents have reached 65. Degrees are held by 38% of adults, close to Savoie’s towns (37%) and above compared French towns (30%). Typical age in Aix-les-Bains: 48.5, the median.
48.5median age
Aix-les-BainsSavoie medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
28%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma17%
CAP or BEP22%
Baccalauréat18%
Higher education38%
Women and men · all residents
54% women, 46% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 87 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Savoie 51.5%, France 51.8%.
INSEE, census 2023 · Savoie median and France median: the median of compared communes
HealthHealth B−
Aix-les-Bains’ death rate, adjusted for age and care homes, is lower than in 54% of compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
44 GPs practise in Aix-les-Bains. Its five care homes for older people (434 places) count their residents as Aix-les-Bains’; allowing for them, deaths were 14% below expected. From 2016 to 2025, 3,818 residents of Aix-les-Bains died, against 4,001 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 5% fewer. In Savoie, women can expect to live 86.6 years and men 81.2 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France.
−14%deaths against expected, after care homesB−Health Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw95
Adjusted86
Median town88
Expected100
44
GPs in Aix-les-Bains · 3.8 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
0.3 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier Metropole Savoie site Aix Grand Port
8.9 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Centre hospitalier Metropole Savoie site Chambery Mco
86.6 · 81.2
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Savoie, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Temple romain dit de Diane: Photo: E.mil.mil · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Ancien Hôtel Splendide ou Palace Splendide: Photo: Florian Pépellin · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Palais du Casino dit du Grand Cercle, ancien Palais de Savoie: Photo: Florian Pépellin · CC BY-SA 3.0
Hervé Renard: Кирилл Венедиктов, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Matthieu Ricard: Jon Schmidt, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Victor Muffat-Jeandet: VateGV, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Alain Soral: Torpegiggio, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Gilles Bernheim: Olevy, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Jean Claude Nicolas Forestier: Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain
Aix-les-Bains’ neighbors
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Aix-les-Bains
Is Aix-les-Bains safe?
It grades C for safety, #27 of 32 in Savoie. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 163 burglaries and 427 acts of criminal damage.
Are schools in Aix-les-Bains good?
They grade C−, better than 25% of compared French towns and #31 of 34 in Savoie. 96% of 302 candidates passed the bac at Lycée polyvalent Marlioz in 2025, 2 points below the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Aix-les-Bains expensive to live in?
Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Aix-les-Bains grades D for cost of living.
About Aix-les-Bains
Commune in Savoie, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Aix-les-Bains is a commune of 32,406 people in the Communauté d'agglomération Grand Lac. 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.
