Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
2,948 people live in this town in Savoie, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes.
Buying in is costly: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 8.9 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Schools lag (C): brevet results 5.5 points below the expected rate. The median home sells for €3,769/m².
Figures: employment, INSEE census 2023 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education. La Biolle has no overall grade because safety isn’t graded here.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
The 2 things La Biolle does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares La Biolle 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.
La Biolle has no overall grade because safety isn’t graded here.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
The Culture ministry lists no building in La Biolle as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Site archéologique de Grésine-est immergé dans le lac du Bourget, in Brison-Saint-Innocent, 2.4 mi away.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in La Biolle.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The sales split: 63% houses, the rest apartments. Sales in La Biolle from July 2023 to June 2026: 65 houses and apartments. A house rents for an estimated €14.38/m² a month.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €4,307/m² | 41 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
At the census, 5.4% went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport, below Savoie’s towns (19.2%) and compared French towns (13.4%) alike. Per consumption unit, the median disposable income is €28,950 a year.
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.
There is no general lycée within 5 km; one lies 6.4 mi away. On school results, the town ranks #29 of 34 in Savoie. A collège lies 2.3 mi away.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Jacques PrévertNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 125 | 88%−5 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Just over two in five adults hold a degree. People 65 and over make up 17% of the town, below Savoie’s towns (22%) and compared French towns (22%) alike. Young adults of 15 to 24 are 9.2% of the population.
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Savoie 51.5%, France 51.8%.
| La Biolle | Savoie median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 22% | 17% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 9.2% | 10% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 27% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 26% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 17% | 22% | 22% |
| No diploma | 10% | 14% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 27% | 24% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 18% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 41% | 37% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Savoie median and France median: the median of compared communes
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Average lifespans in Savoie: 86.6 years for women, 81.2 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 nationally. 148 deaths in La Biolle between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 163: 9% below. The nearest emergency department to La Biolle is Centre hospitalier Metropole Savoie site Aix Grand Port, 4.4 mi away.
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. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from C− to B+.
Heritage and other places to visit in and near La Biolle. Best known first.
AttractionGorges du Sierroz4.3 km south, in Grésy-sur-AixChâteauChâteauChâteau de Montfalconin townFortFortChâteau de Grésy3.9 km south, in Grésy-sur-AixChâteauChâteauChâteau de Loche2 km south, in Grésy-sur-AixChâteauChâteauChâteau Brachet3.6 km south, in Grésy-sur-AixPhotos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
Nothing in La Biolle is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
Wikidata places 1 person here, but the articles don’t both confirm La Biolle 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| La Biolle | 2,948 | — | — | D | — | C+ |
| Entrelacs | 6,461 | 1.8 | B+ | D | A+ | B+ |
| Grésy-sur-Aix | 4,740 | 2.6 | A− | D | A+ | A− |
| Aix-les-Bains | 32,406 | 4.6 | C− | D | C | B− |
| Tresserve | 2,909 | 5.7 | B− | D | B− | A |
| Alby-sur-Chéran Haute-Savoie | 2,664 | 5.9 | — | C− | — | B− |
| Drumettaz-Clarafond | 3,012 | 6.7 | B− | D | A− | B− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
La Biolle has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 2.1 recorded violent incidents and 8.2 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 9 burglaries and 21 acts of criminal damage.
They grade C, better than 26% of compared French towns and #29 of 34 in Savoie. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so La Biolle grades D for cost of living.
Commune in Savoie, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
La Biolle is a commune of 2,948 people in the Communauté d'agglomération Grand Lac. 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.