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A town of 2,328 in Ain, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes.
Échenevex 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 8.4 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 44% 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 Échenevex does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Échenevex 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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The Culture ministry lists no building in Échenevex as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Château de Voltaire, in Ferney-Voltaire, 4.8 mi away.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Échenevex.
The 65-and-over age group makes up just over one in ten residents. Nearly one in ten residents are 15 to 24, lower than both Ain’s towns (11%) and compared French towns (11%). Graduates make up 59% of adults.
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Ain 51.0%, France 51.8%.
| Échenevex | Ain median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 25% | 20% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 8.9% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 30% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 25% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 12% | 19% | 22% |
| No diploma | 6.5% | 17% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 15% | 26% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 17% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 59% | 32% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Ain median and France median: the median of compared communes
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. 61 deaths in Échenevex between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 108: 44% below. The nearest emergency department to Échenevex is Centre hospitalier Louis Jaillon de Saint Claude, 9.7 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.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The estimated advertised rent is €25.09/m² a month, above both Ain’s towns (€12.27/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²). Houses made up 80% of the homes sold; apartments the rest. House rents are put at about €23.95/m² a month.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €5,121/m² | 67 |
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 lycées within 5 km of Échenevex, 99.4% passed the bac, higher than both Ain’s towns (94.2%) and compared French towns (92.9%). A collège lies 1.7 mi away.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Jeanne d'Arc PrivateNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 196 | 100%+1 pt |
| Lycée polyvalent Jeanne d'Arc PrivateNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 114 | 100%±0 pts |
| Collège Georges CharpakBest against expectations: a point above the expected rateCollège | Collège | 165 | 91%+1 pt |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
At the census, 7.0% went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport, lower than both Ain’s towns (13.8%) and compared French towns (13.4%). Per resident in work, Échenevex counts 0.1 jobs (150 jobs, 1,150 workers). Unemployment runs at 7.5%.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Each year (2023–2025 average), violence against people came to 3.4 per 1,000 residents and the graded property crimes to 12.6. Police and gendarmerie recorded 22 offenses in Échenevex in 2025. The commonest graded crime locally 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 · For family violence, other physical violence, sexual violence, vehicle theft and theft from vehicles, 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, 26.7% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Nothing in Échenevex 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 Échenevex 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Échenevex | 2,328 | — | — | D | — | A+ |
| Cessy | 5,832 | 1.7 | A+ | C− | A | A+ |
| Ségny | 2,941 | 1.9 | — | C− | — | A+ |
| Gex | 13,627 | 2 | A− | C− | B− | A |
| Ornex | 5,082 | 3.4 | B− | D | B− | A+ |
| Prévessin-Moëns | 9,153 | 4.1 | B | D | B− | A+ |
| Saint-Genis-Pouilly | 14,432 | 4.2 | A | C− | B | A+ |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Échenevex has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 10 burglaries and 12 acts of criminal damage.
They grade A, better than 90% of compared French towns. 100% of 114 candidates passed the bac at Lycée polyvalent Jeanne d'Arc in 2025, at the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Échenevex grades D for cost of living.
Commune in Ain, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Échenevex is a commune of 2,328 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 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.