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Annecy

Metropolis · 74000 · Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes

👥 Population
132 117
2023 · INSEE
🏠 Median price /m²
5 128 €
📈 9% since 2015
💰 Gross yield
4.8 %
rent / purchase price
⚡ Avg. energy rating
E
🔴 19.6 % energy sieves (F-G) (F-G)
🎯 Investment score Average

Annecy — Score 49/100.

Why this score? This score is penalized mainly by a high purchase price for the area (5/100) and a weak rental yield (20/100).
49
💰 Yield20
🌳 Quality of life85
📊 Dynamism100
💸 Affordability5
🛡️ Safety41
⚡ Energy rating60
🧮 Simulate your rental yield

🏠 Property prices

DVF · 1 539 Transactions · Annecy

🏢 Apt. /m²
5 128 €
🏡 House /m²
6 418 €
📋 Transactions
1 539
📈 Price per m² evolution (2020 — 2024)
📊 Annual transaction volume
📊 Nearby municipalities
CityApt.HouseTrans.Pop.
Annecy5 128 €6 418 €1713132 117
Thonon-les-Bains3 730 €4 662 €66937 928
Annemasse3 613 €4 571 €76637 628
Cluses2 385 €3 294 €22917 795
Sallanches3 801 €4 750 €29617 319
Rumilly3 208 €3 567 €25916 442

💰 Rental yield

Calculated from DVF prices and observed rents

🏠 Average rent
20.45 €/m²
monthly
💰 Gross yield
4.8 %
⏳ Payback period
20.9 years

🏘️ Rental market & tension

INSEE Housing Stock 2021 · Pinel ABC zoning · Tense areas

🏠 Main residences
86.4 %
🏖️ Secondary homes
6.6 %
🚪 Vacant homes
7.0 %
🏢 Apartments
85.9 %
12.5 % houses
🎯 Pinel zoneOfficial Pinel zoning. A Bis = very high tension (Paris, French Riviera), A = high tension (metropolises), B1 = moderate, B2 = low, C = relaxed market.
A
Strong tension
⚖️ Tense area (ALUR law)Tense area under article 232 of the French Tax Code (CGI) / ALUR law. Enables rent control and applies the vacant housing tax.
Yes
Rent control possible
🏢 Social housing units
13 425
RPLS source

💶 Local taxation

REI · DGFIP · Exercice 2024

🏠 Property tax (built)Municipal property tax rate on built properties (TFB). Applied to the cadastral rental value to calculate the owner's annual property tax.
36.010 %
Global rate 2024
🌾 Property tax (unbuilt)Municipal property tax rate on unbuilt properties (TFNB): land, fields, forests.
78.390 %
🏘️ Housing tax
22.390 %
Secondary homes
🗑️ Waste collection taxTEOM — Household Waste Collection Tax. Applied by the municipality or intermunicipality to finance waste collection and treatment.
6.710 %
🌾 Land tax (unbuilt) REI
38.70 %

👥 Demographics

API Geo + INSEE

🧑‍🤝‍🧑 Inhabitants
132 117
2023
📐 Area
69.87 km²
1891 inh/km²
💶 Median income
26 250 €
📊 Median age
40.0 yrs
35.5% under 30
💼 Activity rate
79.1 %
ages 15-64
📉 Unemployment rate
9.1 %
2021 census
🎯 Poverty rateShare of population living below the poverty line (60% of national median income). Source FILOSOFI 2021, calculated only for municipalities ≥ 2,000 inhabitants.
10.0 %
60% FILOSOFI threshold

🏢 Local economy & dynamism

SIRENE · INSEE

🏢 Active businesses
41 860
SIRENE database 2026
✨ 2024 creations
4 070
+15.0% vs 2023
📊 2023 creations
3 540
💼 Economic density
317
Businesses / 1,000 pop.

🚉 Transport & accessibility

SNCF Open Data · INSEE Urban Areas 2020

🚆 Nearest train station
Annecy
À 0.36 km · Segment A
🏙️ Urban attraction areaUrban Attraction Areas (INSEE 2020): municipal classification based on commuting relationships with urban hubs. Main hub / secondary / suburban crown / outside.
Annecy
Main hub
🏛️ IntercommunalityEPCI — Public Establishment for Intermunicipal Cooperation. Community of communes, agglomeration, urban or metropolitan community grouping the municipality with its neighbors.
CA du Grand Annecy
EPCI
📍 Rail access
Excellent
Station distance

🎓 Education

National Education API

📚 Schools
10
🏫 Middle schools
12
🎓 High schools
5
🏆 Baccalaureate results
High schoolTypePass rateHonorsV.A.
LYCEE SAINT MICHELprivé sous contrat100.0 %+1.0
LYCEE CLAUDE LOUIS BERTHOLLETpublic98.0 %+0.0
LYCEE LES BRESSIS (GENERAL ET TECHNO.)privé sous contrat97.0 %+2.0
LYCEE CHARLES BAUDELAIREpublic96.0 %-1.0
LYCEE GABRIEL FAUREpublic93.0 %-4.0
🎯 Brevet exam (2021)Brevet (DNB) — French middle school exam. The rate shown is the average across public and private middle schools in the municipality, latest published session.
87.6 %
Average pass rate · 16 middle schools

📊 Niveau social des établissements

Indicateur Éducation nationale du milieu social des élèves (moyenne nationale ≈ 103). Plus élevé = plus favorisé.

🏫 Middle school IPS
Middle schoolSectorIPS
COLLEGE PRIVE SAINT MICHELprivé sous contrat138.7
COLLEGE PRIVE LA SALLEprivé sous contrat137.6
COLLEGE PRIVE LA SALLEprivé sous contrat126.4
COLLEGE LES BARATTESpublic126.4
COLLEGE PRIVE LES TILLEULSprivé sous contrat119.1
COLLEGE PRIVE SAINT FRANCOIS LES CORDELIERSprivé sous contrat119.0
COLLEGE LES BALMETTESpublic113.5
COLLEGE JACQUES PREVERTpublic109.2
COLLEGE LE SEMNOZpublic103.4
COLLEGE RAOUL BLANCHARDpublic102.8
COLLEGE BEAUREGARDpublic100.5
COLLEGE EVIREpublic97.7

🏥 Healthcare

BPE · FINESS

🏥 Hospitals
4
💊 Pharmacies
41
🔬 Laboratories
12
🏥 Établissements de santé
228
Source FINESS
👵 EHPAD
11
💊 Pharmacies
41

🏪 Amenities & services

BPE · INSEE

📋 Services_publics
3181
📋 Commerce
1108
📋 Enseignement
142
🏥 Sante
1714
🚆 Transport
85
⚽ Sport
260
🎭 Culture
113

🏛️ Public services

Public Service Directory API · 9 services

CategoryQtyExamples
📋 service public5Commissariat de police d'Annecy, Paierie départementale - Haute-Savoie - Annecy, Crédit municipal - Annecy
📋 Établissement public1Service départemental d'incendie et de secours (SDIS) - Haute-Savoie
📋 Service déconcentré1Groupement de gendarmerie départementale - Haute-Savoie
🏢 Collectivité locale1Archives départementales - Haute-Savoie
📋 Direction départementale interministérielle1Direction départementale de la protection des populations (DDPP) - Haute-Savoie

🛡️ Safety

SSMSI · SSMSI · Ministry of the Interior

IndicatorIncidentsRate ‰Nat. averageGap
Vols sans violence contre des personnes2 21616.80 ‰7.3 ‰+130 % vs moy.
Destructions et dégradations volontaires1 2139.20 ‰7.2 ‰+28 % vs moy.
Escroqueries et fraudes aux moyens de paiement9397.10 ‰6.3 ‰Dans la moyenne
Usage de stupéfiants8506.40 ‰8.4 ‰-24 % vs moy.
Cambriolages de logement6058.00 ‰7.5 ‰Dans la moyenne
Usage de stupéfiants (AFD)5954.50 ‰7.5 ‰-40 % vs moy.
Vols dans les véhicules5344.00 ‰5.2 ‰-23 % vs moy.
Violences physiques hors cadre familial4593.50 ‰4.0 ‰Dans la moyenne
Violences physiques intrafamiliales4283.20 ‰4.2 ‰-24 % vs moy.
Vols de véhicule2702.00 ‰2.4 ‰-17 % vs moy.
Violences sexuelles2301.70 ‰2.4 ‰-29 % vs moy.
Trafic de stupéfiants1411.10 ‰2.2 ‰-50 % vs moy.
Vols d'accessoires sur véhicules1030.80 ‰3.7 ‰-78 % vs moy.
Vols violents sans arme720.50 ‰1.0 ‰-50 % vs moy.
Vols avec armes170.10 ‰0.6 ‰-83 % vs moy.

⚡ Energy performance

907 DPE · ADEME

📊 Energy rating distribution
A
0.4 %
B
15.7 %
15.7 %
C
8.5 %
8.5 %
D
23.4 %
23.4 %
E
32.4 %
32.4 %
F
14.2 %
14.2 %
G
5.4 %

19.6 % energy sieves (F-G) (F+G) — Nat. average : 17 %

💶 Energy rating impact on price per m²

🏛️ Historical heritage

Mérimée database · 25 protected monuments

BuildingEra
monument19e siècle
église15e siècle;16e siècle
magasin de commerce4e quart 19e siècle
église17e siècle
cathédrale16e siècle;17e siècle
magasin de commerce1er quart 19e siècle
fontaine18e siècle
palais épiscopal4e quart 18e siècle
château12e siècle;16e siècle
manoir14e siècle;15e siècle

⚠️ Natural and technological risks

Géorisques API · 14 risks identified

Transport de marchandises dangereuses
Effet de surpression
Engins de guerre
Glissement de terrain
Par remontées de nappes naturelles
Par une crue torrentielle ou à montée rapide de cours d'eau
Radon
Eboulement ou chutes de pierres et de blocs
Mouvement de terrain
Par lave torrentielle (torrent et talweg)
Inondation
Par ruissellement et coulée de boue
Risque industriel
Séisme

📡 Digital coverage

ARCEP

📶 Ultra-fast broadband
100.0 %

💧 Drinking water quality

API Hub'Eau · 74 796 analyses · CA DU GRAND ANNECY

⚗️ Physicochemistry
✅ Compliant
📋 analyses
74 796

⚡ EV charging stations

IRVE

🔌 Stations
180
⚡ Charge points
869
🚀 Incl. fast charging
76

🎯 Municipalities with a similar score

Same region, score close to

📍 Nearby municipalities

Nearest geographically

CityDistanceScorePop.
Sevrier 5.1 km 37/100 4 333
Argonay 5.3 km 35/100 3 807
Veyrier-du-Lac 4.2 km 20/100 2 320
Epagny Metz-Tessy 5.2 km 35/100 8 925
Poisy 5.3 km 36/100 9 291
Menthon-Saint-Bernard 6.4 km 23/100 1 891
Nâves-Parmelan 6.4 km 32/100 1 000
Cuvat 8.3 km 30/100 1 665

❓ Frequently asked questions about Annecy

What is the price per m² in Annecy?

The median price per m² in Annecy is 5 128 €.

What is the rental yield in Annecy?

The gross rental yield in Annecy is 4.8%.

Is Annecy a good real estate investment?

Annecy has a ScorCity score of 49/100, making it a moderate investment.

What is the average energy rating in Annecy?

The most common energy rating class in Annecy is E.

What are the natural risks in Annecy?

14 risks are identified in Annecy: Transport de marchandises dangereuses, Effet de surpression, Engins de guerre.