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This town in Savoie, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes has a population of 1,912.
Schools do well (A): brevet results 4 points above the expected rate. Walking, cycling and public transport work well here: 81% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 11% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. A 70 m² home at the median €2,543/m² costs 6.6 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the Communauté d'agglomération Arlysère. Its weakest is safety (C) — an average of 14.8 recorded violent incidents and 12.7 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Figures: prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi. Frontenex has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
Each subject compares Frontenex 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.
Frontenex has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
The Culture ministry lists no building in Frontenex as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Église Saint-Jean-Baptiste, in Cléry, 1.1 mi away.
3.5% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Frontenex.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
The closest lycée for the general bac is 4.7 mi off.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Joseph FontanetNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 88 | 94%+4 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Just over one in ten commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train at the census, below both Savoie’s towns (19.2%) and compared French towns (13.4%). 900 jobs are based in Frontenex, for 850 working residents (1.1 per worker). Median disposable income comes to €26,540 a year per consumption unit.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
More of the graded crimes in Frontenex were criminal damage than anything else (2025). In all, 47 offenses reached the police record here in 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 sexual violence, burglary, 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. Because that share is over 10%, this Safety Grade is less sure than most. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
308 deaths in Frontenex between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 241: 28% above. Average lifespans in Savoie: 86.6 years for women, 81.2 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 nationally. Also worth knowing: 5 GPs practise here.
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 · This figure includes a care-home adjustment that TownRatings models; no official statistic exists. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from C− to B+.
Nearly a tenth of the population is aged 15 to 24, below Savoie’s towns (10%) and compared French towns (11%) alike. Children under 15 count for 18% of the people here. At 47, the median resident of Frontenex sits in the middle of the age range.
51% women, 49% men
About 95 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Savoie 51.5%, France 51.8%.
| Frontenex | Savoie median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 18% | 17% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 8.7% | 10% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 21% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 29% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 24% | 22% | 22% |
| No diploma | 18% | 14% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 34% | 24% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 17% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 24% | 37% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Savoie median and France median: the median of compared communes
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Behind the median of €2,543/m²: 41 houses and apartments sold in Frontenex between July 2023 and June 2026. Of the homes sold, 54% were houses.
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Heritage and family days out in and near Frontenex. Best known first.
FortFort de Tamié4.2 km north, in MercuryChâteauChâteauChâteau de Sainte-Hélène-sur-Isère2.6 km south, in Sainte-Hélène-sur-IsèreFortFortTour Gaillarde3.7 km north, in PlancherineWater parkWater parkWAM Park4.2 km southwest, in MontailleurPhotos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
Nothing in Frontenex is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
One notable person was born in Frontenex.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frontenex | 1,912 | — | — | B− | C | C+ |
| Gilly-sur-Isère | 3,149 | 2.7 | A− | D | A− | A |
| Mercury | 3,495 | 3.3 | — | D | — | B+ |
| Albertville | 19,978 | 4.2 | C− | C | C | C+ |
| Faverges-Seythenex Haute-Savoie | 7,545 | 7.9 | A | C+ | A− | B+ |
| Saint-Pierre-d'Albigny | 4,217 | 8.8 | A− | C+ | B | B |
| Ugine | 7,154 | 9.8 | A | B | A− | B− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
They grade A, better than 92% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Prices are close to the median of compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €2,543/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Frontenex grades B− for cost of living.
Commune in Savoie, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Frontenex is a commune of 1,912 people in the Communauté d'agglomération Arlysère. 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.