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Home to 10,464 people, this town lies in Ain, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes.
Where it falls short is cost of living — at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 9.7 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Schools are weaker too (D): brevet results 8 points below the expected rate. Health is a strength: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 37% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Work and incomes are strong (A−): 0.4 jobs per working resident; 7.6% unemployment. The overall grade comes out at C+, #47 of 53 in Ain. That leaves it better than 43% of compared French towns.
Figures: deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · 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.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas. The overall grade uses the other six subjects.
The 2 things Divonne-les-Bains does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Divonne-les-Bains 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.
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Divonne-les-Bains has 1 historic monument on the Culture ministry’s list, none at the highest level (classé).
Wikidata records 2 people born in Divonne-les-Bains before 1900, the earliest Jean Étienne Philibert de Prez de Crassier, in 1733.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Divonne-les-Bains.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Life expectancy in Ain: 85.9 years for women and 82 for men (2025); France averages 85.9 and 80.3. From 2016 to 2025, 551 residents of Divonne-les-Bains died, against 798 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 31% fewer. Also worth knowing: the nearest emergency department to Divonne-les-Bains is Hopital Prive Pays de Savoie, 12.5 mi away. There are 9 general practitioners in the town.
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 · Allowing for care homes is a TownRatings estimate, not a published statistic.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Houses sell for €6,513/m² in Divonne-les-Bains, apartments for €5,802/m². This Ain town is the most expensive of the 60 towns in Ain: its median sale is €5,903/m². The median price, €5,903/m², comes from 536 sales of houses and apartments in the town from July 2023 to June 2026.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €6,513/m² | 116 |
| Apartments | €5,802/m² | 420 |
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.
Schools rank #53 of 54 in Ain. At the collèges within 5 km of Divonne-les-Bains, 86.0% passed the brevet, below Ain’s towns (91.0%) and compared French towns (87.5%) alike. General-bac pupils go 4.1 mi to the nearest lycée.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Marcel AnthoniozNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 112 | 86%−8 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Children under 15 make up 21%, above Ain’s towns (20%) and compared French towns (17%) alike. The share aged 15 to 24 is 8.4%. In addition, 17% of residents are 65 or over.
53% women, 47% men
About 88 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Ain 51.0%, France 51.8%.
| Divonne-les-Bains | Ain median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 21% | 20% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 8.4% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 28% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 26% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 17% | 19% | 22% |
| No diploma | 9.8% | 17% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 14% | 26% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 16% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 56% | 32% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Ain median and France median: the median of compared communes
Of those in the labour force, 7.6% are unemployed. 16.7% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train at the census, higher than both Ain’s towns (13.8%) and compared French towns (13.4%).
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
The Culture ministry lists 1 historic monument in Divonne-les-Bains, none of them classé, France’s highest protection.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Violence against people ran at 5.6 per 1,000 residents a year and the graded property crimes at 16.5 (2023–2025 average). The 2025 count: 253 offenses in Divonne-les-Bains. The graded crime recorded most in the town was criminal damage (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 · The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Other places to visit, heritage and family days out in and near Divonne-les-Bains. Best known first.
Divonne-les-Bains has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
Ancienne villa Beaulieu: Photo: Chabe01 · CC BY-SA 4.0
5 notable people were born in Divonne-les-Bains.
Jean Étienne Philibert de Prez de Crassier: Nicolas-François Le Vachez Père (publisher), Public domain · René Vidart: F.Vialatte, photographe à Oyonnax, Public domain
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Divonne-les-Bains | 10,464 | — | C+ | D− | B− | A+ |
| Gex | 13,627 | 4 | A− | C− | B− | A |
| Cessy | 5,832 | 4.1 | A+ | C− | A | A+ |
| Ségny | 2,941 | 5.2 | — | C− | — | A+ |
| Ornex | 5,082 | 6 | B− | D | B− | A+ |
| Chens-sur-Léman Haute-Savoie | 3,068 | 6.8 | B | D− | A− | A+ |
| Ferney-Voltaire | 12,094 | 7.2 | B− | D | C | A+ |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades B− for safety, #35 of 53 in Ain. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 60 burglaries and 75 acts of criminal damage.
They grade D, better than 11% of compared French towns. 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 €5,903/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Divonne-les-Bains grades D− for cost of living.
Commune in Ain, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Divonne-les-Bains is a commune of 10,464 people in the Communauté d'agglomération du Pays de Gex. 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.