Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
A town of 5,082 in Ain, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes.
Ornex grades B− overall: better than 54% of compared French towns, and #39 of 53 in Ain. Its weakest subject is cost of living (D): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 8.9 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 45% 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 overall grade uses the other six subjects.
The 3 things Ornex does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Ornex 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 1 historic monument in Ornex, none of them classé, France’s highest protection.
The oldest protected part dates from the 15th century; the first monument here was protected in 2014.
2.2% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Ornex.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
In the comparison, Ornex comes below both Ain’s towns (82) and compared French towns (88). From 2016 to 2025, 236 residents of Ornex died, against 307 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 23% 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
For Ornex, that is above both Ain’s towns (32%) and compared French towns (30%). People 65 and over make up 12% of the town.
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Ain 51.0%, France 51.8%.
| Ornex | Ain median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 21% | 20% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 10% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 31% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 26% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 12% | 19% | 22% |
| No diploma | 11% | 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
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Ornex sits above both Ain’s towns (€2,641/m²) and compared French towns (€2,430/m²) on this measure. Houses in Ornex sell for €5,558/m² and apartments for €5,349/m².
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €5,558/m² | 58 |
| Apartments | €5,349/m² | 106 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
That puts Ornex above both Ain’s towns (€27,670) and compared French towns (€25,970). At the census, 27.4% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train. Ornex has 700 jobs for 2,550 working residents, 0.3 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.
On this, Ornex is above both Ain’s towns (91.0%) and compared French towns (87.5%).
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège le JoranNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 173 | 95%+1 pt |
| Lycée polyvalent international site de Saint-Genis-PouillyNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 718 | 91%−6 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
The Culture ministry lists 1 historic monument in Ornex, none of them classé, France’s highest protection. 2.2% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Police and gendarmerie recorded 129 offenses in the graded categories in Ornex in 2025. For sexual violence and armed robbery, this figure isn’t published when it’s small (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the index uses the département’s average instead, 3.4% of the index here.
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
Heritage, museums and other places to visit in and near Ornex. Best known first.
ChâteauChâteau de Voltaire2.3 km south, in Ferney-VoltaireChâteauChâteauChâteau de Prévessin2.9 km southwest, in Prévessin-MoënsAttractionAttractionCERN Control Centre3.8 km southwest, in Prévessin-MoënsPhotos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
Ornex has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Ornex 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ornex | 5,082 | — | B− | D | B− | A+ |
| Prévessin-Moëns | 9,153 | 1.6 | B | D | B− | A+ |
| Ségny | 2,941 | 1.6 | — | C− | — | A+ |
| Ferney-Voltaire | 12,094 | 1.7 | B− | D | C | A+ |
| Cessy | 5,832 | 3.1 | A+ | C− | A | A+ |
| Saint-Genis-Pouilly | 14,432 | 3.7 | A | C− | B | A+ |
| Gex | 13,627 | 4.2 | A− | C− | B− | 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 22 burglaries and 45 acts of criminal damage.
They grade C+, better than 40% of compared French towns and #38 of 54 in Ain. 91% of 718 candidates passed the bac at Lycée polyvalent international site de Saint-Genis-Pouilly in 2025, 6 points below the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Estimated advertised apartment rents are €22.99/m² a month, charges included. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Ornex grades D for cost of living.
Commune in Ain, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Ornex is a commune of 5,082 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.