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It is a town of 3,772 residents in Savoie, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes. It skews young: 19% of residents are 15 to 24.
Barby ranks #12 of 32 in Savoie, with a B+ overall. Set against the rest, it does better than 72% of compared French towns. Walking, cycling and public transport work well here (A): 93% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 20% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. The catch is cost of living (D): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 8.6 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Its other grades sit near the middle: B− for schools and B for health.
Figures: amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting, INSEE census 2023 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · 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.
The 2 things Barby does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Barby 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 →
Barby has 1 historic monument on the Culture ministry’s list, none at the highest level (classé).
The oldest protected part dates from Antiquity; the first monument here was protected in 2023.
2.8% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Heritage, other places to visit and museums in and near Barby. Best known first.
MuseumMusée des Beaux-Arts de Chambéry4.7 km west, in Chambéry
MuseumLes Charmettes4.4 km southwest, in Chambéry
ChâteauChâteau des Comtes de Challes2 km south, in Challes-les-EauxAttractionAttractionCathédrale Saint-François-de-Sales4.5 km west, in ChambéryAttractionAttractionChâteau des ducs de Savoie4.9 km west, in ChambéryPhotos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Barby.
6.8% of people in the labour force have no job. Jobs located in Barby: 2,000, for 2,000 residents in work (1 each). Half of residents lived on more than €26,900 a year per consumption unit, about level with compared French towns (€25,970) and below Savoie’s towns (€28,360).
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.
The estimated advertised rent is €15.20/m² a month, about level with Savoie’s towns (€14.73/m²) and above compared French towns (€12.41/m²). Renting a house costs an estimated €12.27/m² a month. Of the homes sold, 25% were houses.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Apartments | €3,236/m² | 83 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Graded property crimes ran at 13.1 per 1,000 residents a year, and violence against people at 3.8 (2023–2025 average). The police record for Barby lists 67 offenses in 2025. Among the graded crimes locally, the most frequent was criminal damage (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 · Small counts of family violence, sexual violence, armed robbery, vehicle theft and theft from vehicles go unpublished (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the département’s average stands in, 11.8% of the index here. With more than 10% of the index estimated that way, this Safety Grade is less sure than most. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
The protected list starts in Antiquity. 2.8% of its homes were built before 1919, below Savoie’s towns (5.9%) and compared French towns (7.4%) alike.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Its two care homes for older people (85 places) count their residents as Barby’s; allowing for them, deaths were 15% below expected. 415 deaths in the town between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 398: 4% above. Life expectancy at birth in Savoie is 86.6 years for women and 81.2 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. This Savoie town has 6 family doctors.
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 · Care-home places are adjusted for by TownRatings, using a model rather than an official statistic.
Degrees are held by 38% of adults, close to Savoie’s towns (37%) and above compared French towns (30%). One measure of family life: 14% of residents are under 15. At 36.6, the median resident of Barby sits in the middle of the age range.
45% women, 55% men
About 120 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Savoie 51.5%, France 51.8%.
| Barby | Savoie median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 14% | 17% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 19% | 10% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 27% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 20% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 21% | 22% | 22% |
| No diploma | 13% | 14% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 20% | 24% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 25% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 38% | 37% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Savoie median and France median: the median of compared communes
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Its schools’ results rank #11 of 34 in Savoie. Near Barby, 94.4% of lycée candidates passed the bac, about level with Savoie’s towns (94.3%) and above compared French towns (92.9%).
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Jean MermozNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 114 | 96%+2 pts |
| Lycée général et technologique du GranierNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 405 | 96%−2 pts |
| Lycée professionnel privé Sainte-Geneviève - Assomption Chambéry PrivateBest against expectations: 4 points above the expected rateVocational lycée | Vocational lycée | 81 | 96%+4 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Barby has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
Château de la Bâtie: Photo: Pascal Blachier from Savoie, France · CC BY 2.0
One notable person was born in Barby.
Louis Besson: Pierre73, CC BY-SA 4.0
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barby | 3,772 | — | B+ | D | B+ | B |
| La Ravoire | 9,332 | 1.1 | B | D | B− | A− |
| Saint-Alban-Leysse | 6,734 | 1.2 | A− | C− | B+ | A |
| Challes-les-Eaux | 5,630 | 1.6 | B | D | B− | B |
| Barberaz | 5,306 | 1.8 | B− | D | C+ | A− |
| Bassens | 5,175 | 1.9 | B− | D | B | C+ |
| Saint-Baldoph | 2,949 | 3 | — | D | — | B+ |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades B+ for safety, #12 of 32 in Savoie. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 11 burglaries and 48 acts of criminal damage.
They grade B−, better than 47% of compared French towns and #11 of 34 in Savoie. 96% of 405 candidates passed the bac at Lycée général et technologique du Granier 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.
Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Barby grades D for cost of living.
Commune in Savoie, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Barby is a commune of 3,772 people in the Communauté d'agglomération du Grand Chambéry. 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 October 30, 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.
