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The town has 5,630 residents and lies in Savoie, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes.
Good on most counts; one lags. Jobs and pay hold up well (A): 1.2 jobs per working resident; 7.8% unemployment. It is easy to get around without a car: nine in ten residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 17% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Homes are dear: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 9.7 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Put together, the subjects come to a B overall, better than 58% of compared French towns. The ranking puts it #17 of 32 in Savoie. The rest of its grades are middling: B− for safety, C+ for schools and B for health.
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 · recorded crime, SSMSI (Ministry of the Interior) · 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 Challes-les-Eaux does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Challes-les-Eaux 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 Culture ministry lists no building in Challes-les-Eaux as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Maison des Charmettes, in Chambéry, 2.7 mi away.
4.2% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Heritage, museums and other places to visit in and near Challes-les-Eaux. Best known first.
ChâteauChâteau des Comtes de Challesin town
MuseumLes Charmettes4.3 km west, in ChambéryChâteauChâteauChâteau de Triviersin townChâteauChâteauChâteau de Corognain townAttractionAttractionLavoirin townChâteauChâteauChâteau de la Bâtie3.5 km north, in BarbyPhotos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Challes-les-Eaux.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Houses sell for €4,107/m² in Challes-les-Eaux, apartments for €3,646/m². Advertised rents are estimated at €14.80/m² a month, close to Savoie’s towns (€14.73/m²) and above compared French towns (€12.41/m²). A house rents for an estimated €12.27/m² a month.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €4,107/m² | 77 |
| Apartments | €3,646/m² | 171 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Households’ median disposable income: €30,190 a year per consumption unit. 7.8% of the labour force were unemployed, above Savoie’s towns (7.2%) but below compared French towns (10.1%). At the census, 4.3% of working residents in Challes-les-Eaux didn’t travel to work at all.
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.
Collège pupils travel 1.2 mi to the nearest one. Ranked by results, schools here are #13 of 34 in Savoie. At the two general lycées, 94% of 789 candidates passed the bac, 3.5 points below the expected rate.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Edmond RostandNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 64 | 92%−5 pts |
| Lycée général et technologique du GranierNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 405 | 96%−2 pts |
| Collège privé Notre-Dame de la Villette PrivateBest against expectations: 3 points above the expected rateCollège | Collège | 112 | 99%+3 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.
At birth, a girl in Savoie can expect 86.6 years and a boy 81.2 (2025); across France, 85.9 and 80.3. France’s death rates at each age would predict 497 deaths in Challes-les-Eaux from 2016 to 2025; there were 427, 14% fewer. For a family doctor, residents of Challes-les-Eaux can choose among 27 GPs.
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 · The care-home figures behind this are our own model (TownRatings), not official statistics.
Among adults, 41% have a degree. 11% of residents are 15 to 24, about level with compared French towns (11%) and above Savoie’s towns (10%). Challes-les-Eaux has a median age of 47.2.
52% women, 48% men
About 94 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Savoie 51.5%, France 51.8%.
| Challes-les-Eaux | Savoie median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 13% | 17% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 11% | 10% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 23% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 29% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 23% | 22% | 22% |
| No diploma | 12% | 14% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 25% | 24% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 18% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 41% | 37% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Savoie median and France median: the median of compared communes
In 2025, criminal damage led the graded crimes in Challes-les-Eaux. The yearly rates for 2023–2025: 5.5 violent offenses and 15.4 graded property crimes per 1,000 residents. The police record for Challes-les-Eaux lists 103 offenses in 2025. Jobs outnumber working residents in Challes-les-Eaux (3,150 to 2,550): it draws people in from around.
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 · For sexual violence and vehicle theft, 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, 2.6% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses. Crimes are counted in the commune where they happen, then divided by its residents, so a town that draws people in from around can look higher.
Nothing in Challes-les-Eaux is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Challes-les-Eaux yet.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Challes-les-Eaux | 5,630 | — | B | D | B− | B |
| La Ravoire | 9,332 | 1.4 | B | D | B− | A− |
| Barby | 3,772 | 1.6 | B+ | D | B+ | B |
| Saint-Baldoph | 2,949 | 1.9 | — | D | — | B+ |
| Barberaz | 5,306 | 2.2 | B− | D | C+ | A− |
| Saint-Alban-Leysse | 6,734 | 2.5 | A− | C− | B+ | A |
| Bassens | 5,175 | 2.9 | B− | D | B | C+ |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades B− for safety, #20 of 32 in Savoie. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 18 burglaries and 30 acts of criminal damage.
They grade C+, better than 43% of compared French towns and #13 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 Challes-les-Eaux grades D for cost of living.
Commune in Savoie, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Challes-les-Eaux is a commune of 5,630 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 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.