Prévessin-Moëns grades B overall: better than 56% of compared French towns, and #36 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 49% 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.
Each subject compares Prévessin-Moëns 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.
INSEE, census 2023 · Ain median and France median: the median of compared communes
HealthHealth A+
Allowing for age and care homes, Prévessin-Moëns sees fewer deaths than Ain’s towns or compared French towns: 51 per 100 expected
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
For Prévessin-Moëns, that is below both Ain’s towns (82) and compared French towns (88). From 2016 to 2025, 177 residents of Prévessin-Moëns died, against 348 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 49% fewer. The care-home adjustment is a TownRatings modeling step, not an official statistic.
−49%deaths against expected, after care homesA+Health Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw51
Adjusted51
Median town88
Expected100
5
GPs in Prévessin-Moëns · 1.7 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
7.8 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Ch Annecy Genevois site St Julien En Genevois
7.8 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Ch Annecy Genevois site St Julien En Genevois
85.9 · 82
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Ain, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Buying in Prévessin-Moëns costs more than in Ain’s towns or across compared French towns: the median sale is €5,435/m²
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Prévessin-Moëns sits above both Ain’s towns (€2,641/m²) and compared French towns (€2,430/m²) on this measure. Only one of the 60 towns in Ain costs more to buy into than Prévessin-Moëns, whose median sale is €5,435/m². Houses in Prévessin-Moëns sell for €5,701/m² and apartments for €5,313/m².
€5,435/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Prévessin-Moëns€5,435/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Ain median€2,641/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€5,701/m²
149
Apartments
€5,313/m²
197
€24.64/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€18.85 to €32.20/m² a month)
8.9
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€24.43/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€42,570
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté d'agglomération du Pays de Gex
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Work & commuteJobs & income B−
Prévessin-Moëns is better off than Ain’s towns or compared French towns: the median disposable income is €47,980 a year per consumption unit
That puts Prévessin-Moëns above both Ain’s towns (€27,670) and compared French towns (€25,970). At the census, 20.7% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train. Prévessin-Moëns has 1,300 jobs for 4,450 working residents, 0.3 per worker.
21%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving73%
Public transport10%
Bicycle9%
Motorbike or scooter4%
On foot2%
1,300
jobs based in Prévessin-Moëns, 0.3 per working resident
10.1%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€47,980
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
2%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
A−
Walkability: better than 75% of compared French towns
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
History
1 historic monument, none of them classé
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
The Culture ministry lists 1 historic monument in Prévessin-Moëns, 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
Safety
Prévessin-Moëns has less crime per resident than 54% of compared French towns
Police and gendarmerie recorded 142 offenses in the graded categories in Prévessin-Moëns in 2025. For 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, 0.3% of the index here.
4.9recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a yearB−Safety Grade
Recorded by type · 2025
Criminal damage55
Burglary30
Family violence18
Vehicle theft11
Theft from vehicles11
Sexual violence9
Other physical violence8
Fraud45
Theft without violence32
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.
4.9
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
15.7
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
142
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
0.3%
of the index rests on the département’s average, used where small counts aren’t published
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Prévessin-Moëns
Is Prévessin-Moëns safe?
It grades B− for safety, #28 of 53 in Ain. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 30 burglaries and 55 acts of criminal damage.
Are schools in Prévessin-Moëns good?
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.
Is Prévessin-Moëns expensive to live in?
Estimated advertised apartment rents are €24.64/m² a month, charges included. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Prévessin-Moëns grades D for cost of living.
About Prévessin-Moëns
Commune in Ain, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Prévessin-Moëns is a commune of 9,153 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
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.
