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Home to 273 people, this town lies in Savoie, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes.
There are no grades for Billième: French towns need 1,000 residents for them.
On the Culture ministry’s list, Billième counts 5 historic monuments: 5 classé at the top level of protection and 0 inscrit at the second.
The oldest protected part dates from prehistory; the first monument here was protected in 1939.
16% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Heritage and other places to visit in and near Billième. Best known first.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Billième.
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
The protected list starts in prehistory. Among the classé monuments in Billième is Bloc cupulaire. Most of the list is tombs and funerary monuments: 5 of 5.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Graduates make up 39% of adults. Children under 15 make up 21%, higher than both Savoie’s towns (17%) and compared French towns (17%). What’s more, the 65-and-over age group makes up a quarter of residents.
48% women, 52% men
About 109 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Savoie 51.5%, France 51.8%.
| Billième | Savoie median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 21% | 17% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 3.7% | 10% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 23% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 28% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 25% | 22% | 22% |
| No diploma | 12% | 14% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 29% | 24% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 16% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 39% | 37% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Savoie median and France median: the median of compared communes
Half of residents lived on more than €28,710 a year per consumption unit, about level with Savoie’s towns (€28,360) and above compared French towns (€25,970). Billième has 50 jobs for 100 working residents, 0.3 per worker. Unemployment runs at 6.8%.
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.
General-bac pupils go 6.2 mi to the nearest lycée. The nearest collège is 2.8 mi away.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Charles DullinNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 85 | 84%−8 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
A house rents for an estimated €12.39/m² a month. The market in Billième: 6 sales of houses and apartments between July 2023 and June 2026.
Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
On the Culture ministry’s list, Billième counts 5 historic monuments: 5 classé at the top level of protection and 0 inscrit at the second.
Wikidata places 1 person here, but the articles don’t both confirm Billième as the birthplace, so nobody is listed.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Billième | 273 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Yenne | 3,026 | 2.5 | B− | C+ | A | C− |
| Aix-les-Bains | 32,406 | 5.2 | C− | D | C | B− |
| Tresserve | 2,909 | 5.2 | B− | D | B− | A |
| Le Bourget-du-Lac | 5,216 | 5.5 | A− | D | B+ | A− |
| Grésy-sur-Aix | 4,740 | 5.8 | A− | D | A+ | A− |
| La Biolle | 2,948 | 6.2 | — | D | — | C+ |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Commune in Savoie, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Billième is a commune of 273 people in the Communauté de communes de Yenne. 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) · 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.