Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
With 5,175 residents, it is a town in Savoie, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes.
Overall, Bassens earns a B−: better than nearly half of compared French towns, and #24 of 32 in Savoie. Homes are dear: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 9.4 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Its best grade is for jobs & income: 0.9 jobs per working resident; 6.2% unemployment. Walkability is another plus: 55% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 24% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work.
Figures: employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · 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.
Each subject compares Bassens 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.
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The 2 things Bassens does most differently from other towns.
The Culture ministry’s list holds 1 historic monument in Bassens; none is classé, France’s top protection.
The oldest protected part dates from the 19th century; the first monument here was protected in 1984.
2% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Bassens has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
Centre hospitalier specialisé: Photo: Florian Pépellin · CC BY-SA 3.0
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Bassens.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The median price, €3,669/m², comes from 225 sales of houses and apartments in Bassens from July 2023 to June 2026. The split locally: €4,354/m² for houses, €3,516/m² for apartments. House rents are put at about €12.27/m² a month.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €4,354/m² | 37 |
| Apartments | €3,516/m² | 188 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
At the census, 24.2% went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport, above both Savoie’s towns (19.2%) and compared French towns (13.4%). The unemployment rate comes to 6.2%. Also worth knowing: the median disposable income is €28,390 a year per consumption unit.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Vocational results within 5 km: 87% passed the bac pro, of 514 candidates at 7 lycées. Results rank its schools #20 of 34 in Savoie. For collège, the closest is 0.9 mi away.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège privé Saint-François de Sales PrivateNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 243 | 98%+2 pts |
| Lycée général et technologique privé Saint-Ambroise - Assomption Chambéry PrivateNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 267 | 100%+1 pt |
| 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
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
There are 8 general practitioners in Bassens. Average lifespans in Savoie: 86.6 years for women, 81.2 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 nationally. 367 deaths in the town between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 401: 8% below.
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 · TownRatings makes the care-home adjustment itself; it is a model, not an official statistic.
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
2% of homes were built before 1919. Its oldest listed monument dates from the 19th century.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
In 2025, criminal damage led the graded crimes in Bassens. Graded property crimes ran at 13.5 per 1,000 residents a year, and violence against people at 6.3 (2023–2025 average). The 2025 count: 122 offenses in the town.
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 · When armed robbery number five or fewer in a recent year, the figure is withheld, and the index uses the département’s average instead (0.6% of the index here). The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
People 65 and over make up a fifth of the town, below Savoie’s towns (22%) and compared French towns (22%) alike. The under-15s are 15% of the population here. Half of Bassens is older than 40.5, half younger.
51% women, 49% men
About 94 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Savoie 51.5%, France 51.8%.
| Bassens | Savoie median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 15% | 17% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 10% | 10% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 30% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 24% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 20% | 22% | 22% |
| No diploma | 11% | 14% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 20% | 24% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 20% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 44% | 37% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Savoie median and France median: the median of compared communes
Heritage, other places to visit and museums in and near Bassens. Best known first.
MuseumMusée des Beaux-Arts de Chambéry1.9 km southwest, in Chambéry
MuseumLes Charmettes2.8 km south, in Chambéry
ChâteauChâteau de Caramagne2.3 km northwest, in ChambéryAttractionAttractionChâteau des ducs de Savoie2.3 km southwest, in ChambéryChâteauChâteauChâteau de la Bâtie3.4 km east, in BarbyPhotos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
Wikidata places 2 people here, but for none of them do the articles confirm Bassens as the birthplace, so nobody is listed.
Commune in Savoie, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Bassens is a commune of 5,175 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
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bassens | 5,175 | — | B− | D | B | C+ |
| Saint-Alban-Leysse | 6,734 | 0.9 | A− | C− | B+ | A |
| Barberaz | 5,306 | 1 | B− | D | C+ | A− |
| Chambéry | 59,964 | 1.2 | C− | D | D | B |
| La Ravoire | 9,332 | 1.5 | B | D | B− | A− |
| Barby | 3,772 | 1.9 | B+ | D | B+ | B |
| Jacob-Bellecombette | 4,499 | 2 | B− | D | A+ | C+ |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades B for safety, #18 of 32 in Savoie. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 31 burglaries and 32 acts of criminal damage.
They grade C+, better than 38% of compared French towns and #20 of 34 in Savoie. The lycée stands out: 100% of 267 candidates passed the bac at Lycée général et technologique privé Saint-Ambroise - Assomption Chambéry in 2025, a point above the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. 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 €3,669/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Bassens grades D for cost of living.
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.