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With 2,355 residents, it is a town in Savoie, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes.
Viviers-du-Lac’s strongest subject is jobs & income — 0.8 jobs per working resident; 8.2% unemployment. Health is another plus — after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 19% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Prices are high against local incomes (D): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 9.9 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. It lags on schools as well — bac results 2.4 points below the expected rate; brevet results 4.6 points below the expected rate.
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 · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education. Viviers-du-Lac 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 Viviers-du-Lac 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.
Viviers-du-Lac has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
The 2 things Viviers-du-Lac does most differently from other towns.
The Culture ministry lists no building in Viviers-du-Lac as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Château de Thomas de Savoie (ruines), in Le Bourget-du-Lac, 1.9 mi away.
4.7% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Nothing in Viviers-du-Lac is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Viviers-du-Lac.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Behind the median of €4,216/m²: 81 houses and apartments sold in Viviers-du-Lac between July 2023 and June 2026. Houses sell for €4,476/m² locally, apartments for €4,000/m². Among the homes sold, 62% were houses.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €4,476/m² | 50 |
| Apartments | €4,000/m² | 31 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
At the vocational lycée within 5 km, 84% of 49 candidates passed the bac pro. Near Viviers-du-Lac, 90.1% of collège pupils passed the brevet, near Savoie’s towns (88.9%) and higher than compared French towns (87.5%). The town’s pupils have a collège 1.2 mi away.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège MarliozNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 131 | 85%−10 pts |
| Lycée polyvalent MarliozNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 302 | 96%−2 pts |
| Collège Jean Jacques PerretBest against expectations: a point above the expected rateCollège | Collège | 134 | 96%+1 pt |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
9.6% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train at the census, lower than both Savoie’s towns (19.2%) and compared French towns (13.4%). The unemployment rate here is 8.2%.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
From 2016 to 2025, 136 residents of Viviers-du-Lac died, against 167 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 19% fewer. At birth, a girl in Savoie can expect 86.6 years and a boy 81.2 (2025); across France, 85.9 and 80.3. 4 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 · The care-home adjustment is a TownRatings modeling step, not an official statistic. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from C+ to A.
The 15-to-24 age group: 9.5%, below Savoie’s towns (10%) and compared French towns (11%) alike. Just over a fifth of residents are 65 or over. The age that splits Viviers-du-Lac in two is 43.4.
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Savoie 51.5%, France 51.8%.
| Viviers-du-Lac | Savoie median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 17% | 17% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 9.5% | 10% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 25% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 28% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 21% | 22% | 22% |
| No diploma | 12% | 14% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 23% | 24% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 18% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 42% | 37% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Savoie median and France median: the median of compared communes
In all, 62 offenses reached the police record in Viviers-du-Lac in 2025. Violence against people ran at 3 per 1,000 residents a year and the graded property crimes at 17.8 (2023–2025 average). The graded crime recorded most here was theft from vehicles (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 · For other physical violence, 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, 13.6% 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.
Other places to visit, heritage and family days out in and near Viviers-du-Lac. Best known first.
ChâteauChâteau de Bonport2.5 km north, in Tresserve
AttractionCasino Grand Cercle4.4 km north, in Aix-les-BainsChâteauChâteauChâteau de la Roche du Roi3.5 km north, in Aix-les-BainsAttractionAttractionTemple de Diane d'Aix-les-Bains4.4 km north, in Aix-les-BainsAttractionAttractionHôtel Excelsior4.2 km north, in Aix-les-BainsPhotos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Viviers-du-Lac yet.
Commune in Savoie, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Viviers-du-Lac is a commune of 2,355 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
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Viviers-du-Lac | 2,355 | — | — | D | B− | B+ |
| Drumettaz-Clarafond | 3,012 | 1.2 | B− | D | A− | B− |
| Tresserve | 2,909 | 2 | B− | D | B− | A |
| Le Bourget-du-Lac | 5,216 | 2.5 | A− | D | B+ | A− |
| Aix-les-Bains | 32,406 | 3 | C− | D | C | B− |
| La Motte-Servolex | 12,067 | 4 | B | D | B | B+ |
| Grésy-sur-Aix | 4,740 | 5.1 | A− | D | A+ | A− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades B− for safety. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 7 burglaries and 15 acts of criminal damage.
They grade C, better than 29% of compared French towns. 96% of 302 candidates passed the bac at Lycée polyvalent Marlioz 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.
Homes cost more than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €4,216/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Viviers-du-Lac grades D for cost of living.
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.