Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
1,195 people live in this town in Savoie, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes.
Residents’ health trails most towns: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 5% above expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. At the median price of €2,605/m², a 70 m² home costs 6.8 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the Communauté d'agglomération Arlysère.
Figures: employment, INSEE census 2023 · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi. Grésy-sur-Isère 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 Grésy-sur-Isère 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.
Grésy-sur-Isère has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
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The Culture ministry lists no building in Grésy-sur-Isère as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Château de Miolans, in Saint-Pierre-d'Albigny, 3.5 mi away.
13% 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 Grésy-sur-Isère.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
After the care-home adjustment, Grésy-sur-Isère’s deaths ran at 105 per 100 expected, above Savoie’s towns (86) and compared French towns (88) alike. 88 deaths in the town between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 84: 5% above. The nearest emergency department to Grésy-sur-Isère is Centre hospitalier D Albertville, 7.3 mi away. 2 GPs practise locally.
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 adjustment for care homes is TownRatings’ own modeling, not an official figure. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from D− to B−.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Advertised rents are estimated at €12.51/m² a month, lower than Savoie’s towns (€14.73/m²) and near compared French towns (€12.41/m²). Grésy-sur-Isère recorded 55 home sales from July 2023 to June 2026. Houses are advertised at an estimated €13.03/m² a month.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,645/m² | 44 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
7.4% of the labour force are out of work. The median disposable income was €28,180 a year per consumption unit, near Savoie’s towns (€28,360) and higher than compared French towns (€25,970). Bus, tram or train carried 3.3% of working residents in Grésy-sur-Isère to work at the census.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Over-65s are 20% of the population. The 15-to-24 age group makes up 9.9% of residents. Children under 15 count for 17% of the people here.
53% women, 47% men
About 90 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Savoie 51.5%, France 51.8%.
| Grésy-sur-Isère | Savoie median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 17% | 17% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 9.9% | 10% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 22% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 31% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 20% | 22% | 22% |
| No diploma | 14% | 14% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 32% | 24% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 18% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 28% | 37% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Savoie median and France median: the median of compared communes
The commonest graded crime in Grésy-sur-Isère was criminal damage (2025). The 2025 count: 17 offenses in the town. The yearly rates for 2023–2025: 9.5 violent offenses and 11.8 graded property crimes per 1,000 residents.
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 other physical violence, sexual violence, burglary, vehicle theft and theft from vehicles number five or fewer in a recent year, the figure is withheld, and the index uses the département’s average instead (33.0% of the index here). The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Heritage, museums and family days out in and near Grésy-sur-Isère. Best known first.
Nothing in Grésy-sur-Isère is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
One notable person was born in Grésy-sur-Isère.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grésy-sur-Isère | 1,195 | — | — | C | — | D |
| Saint-Pierre-d'Albigny | 4,217 | 5.2 | A− | C+ | B | B |
| Gilly-sur-Isère | 3,149 | 6.3 | A− | D | A− | A |
| Mercury | 3,495 | 6.9 | — | D | — | B+ |
| Albertville | 19,978 | 7.9 | C− | C | C | C+ |
| Faverges-Seythenex Haute-Savoie | 7,545 | 10 | A | C+ | A− | B+ |
| La Léchère | 2,538 | 11 | — | C+ | — | C− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Grésy-sur-Isère has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average.
Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Grésy-sur-Isère grades C for cost of living.
Commune in Savoie, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Grésy-sur-Isère is a commune of 1,195 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 November 9, 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.