Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
A town of 2,372 in Savoie, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes.
Vimines has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents. Its weakest subject is cost of living (D): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 9.5 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Its strongest is health (A): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 31% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
The 3 things Vimines does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Vimines 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.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
The Culture ministry lists no building in Vimines as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Hôtel-Dieu (ancien), in Chambéry, 2.8 mi away.
Explore the history →Heritage, other places to visit and museums in and near Vimines. Best known first.
MuseumMuséum d'histoire naturelle de Chambéry4.7 km northeast, in ChambéryMonastery or conventMonastery or conventCouvent des Bernardines de Chambéry4.8 km northeast, in ChambéryAttractionAttractionRue de Boigne4.9 km northeast, in ChambéryFortFortChâteau de Montcharvin2.4 km northeast, in CogninChâteauChâteauChâteau de Montfort2.9 km north, in Saint-SulpicePhotos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Vimines.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
In the comparison, Vimines comes below both Savoie’s towns (86) and compared French towns (88). From 2016 to 2025, 106 residents of Vimines died, against 153 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 31% fewer. The care-home adjustment is a TownRatings modeling step, not an official statistic.
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
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
That is the middle of 48 sales of houses and apartments in Vimines from July 2023 to June 2026, against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns and €3,542/m² for the median of compared towns in Savoie.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €3,904/m² | 34 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
For Vimines, that is above both Savoie’s towns (€28,360) and compared French towns (€25,970). Unemployment stands at 5.1%. Vimines has 200 jobs for 1,150 working residents, 0.2 per worker.
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.
Vimines sits below Savoie’s towns (88.9%) and close to compared French towns (87.5%) on this measure.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Henry BordeauxNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 105 | 95%+1 pt |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
That puts Vimines above both Savoie’s towns (37%) and compared French towns (30%). 21% of residents are children under 15.
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Savoie 51.5%, France 51.8%.
| Vimines | Savoie median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 21% | 17% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 9.4% | 10% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 25% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 26% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 19% | 22% | 22% |
| No diploma | 7.2% | 14% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 23% | 24% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 19% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 48% | 37% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Savoie median and France median: the median of compared communes
Nothing in Vimines 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 Vimines 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vimines | 2,372 | — | — | D | — | A |
| Cognin | 6,954 | 2 | C | D | C | B+ |
| Jacob-Bellecombette | 4,499 | 2.6 | B− | D | A+ | C+ |
| Chambéry | 59,964 | 3.4 | C− | D | D | B |
| La Motte-Servolex | 12,067 | 3.8 | B | D | B | B+ |
| Barberaz | 5,306 | 4.1 | B− | D | C+ | A− |
| Saint-Baldoph | 2,949 | 4.3 | — | D | — | B+ |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Vimines has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 2.5 recorded violent incidents and 6.9 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
They grade C−, better than 22% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Estimated advertised apartment rents are €13.74/m² a month, charges included. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Vimines grades D for cost of living.
Commune in Savoie, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Vimines is a commune of 2,372 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 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.