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1,583 people live in this town in Haute-Savoie, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes.
School results are strong: brevet results 5 points above the expected rate. Residents’ health trails most towns: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 3% above expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Prices are high against local incomes (C): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 7.8 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality.
Figures: brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · employment, INSEE census 2023 · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi. Abondance has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
The 2 things Abondance does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Abondance 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.
Abondance has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
On the Culture ministry’s list, Abondance counts 2 historic monuments: 1 classé at the top level of protection and 1 inscrit at the second.
The oldest protected part dates from the 12th century; the first monument here was protected in 1875.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Abondance.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
The closest lycée for the general bac is 10.7 mi off.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Val d'AbondanceNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 45 | 98%+5 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Weighed against its ages and care homes, Abondance records 103 deaths per 100 expected. France’s death rates at each age would predict 110 deaths locally from 2016 to 2025; there were 114, 3% more. Also worth knowing: the nearest emergency department to Abondance is Hopitaux du Leman, 13 mi away. Life expectancy at birth in Haute-Savoie is 86.6 years for women and 81.8 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France.
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 · Note: TownRatings models the care-home adjustment; it is not an official figure. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from D− to B−.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Homes sold for a median €3,873/m², below Haute-Savoie’s towns (€4,342/m²) but above compared French towns (€2,430/m²). Houses sell for €4,194/m² in Abondance, apartments for €3,774/m². House rents are put at about €14.46/m² a month.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €4,194/m² | 38 |
| Apartments | €3,774/m² | 82 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Graduates make up 29% of adults. Young adults of 15 to 24 are nearly one in ten residents, close to Haute-Savoie’s towns (9.8%) and below compared French towns (11%). Abondance has a median age of 41.6.
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Haute-Savoie 51.0%, France 51.8%.
| Abondance | Haute-Savoie median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 17% | 19% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 9.4% | 9.8% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 27% | 28% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 29% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 17% | 17% | 22% |
| No diploma | 15% | 14% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 29% | 25% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 21% | 19% | 18% |
| Higher education | 29% | 37% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Haute-Savoie median and France median: the median of compared communes
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
The pre-1919 share of homes is 11%. Among the classé monuments in Abondance is Ancienne abbaye. Its heritage reaches back to the 12th century.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Median disposable income comes to €29,420 a year per consumption unit. 6.0% of Abondance’s working residents had no journey to work at the census.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
The list names few of Abondance’s 2 monuments; beside them, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
Ancienne abbaye: Photo: Guides du patrimoine · CC BY-SA 4.0
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Abondance 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Abondance | 1,583 | — | — | C | — | C− |
| Morzine | 2,658 | 6.9 | C+ | D | D | A− |
| Saint-Paul-en-Chablais | 2,613 | 7.5 | — | C | — | B− |
| Lugrin | 2,614 | 8.7 | — | D | — | C |
| Neuvecelle | 3,256 | 9.6 | — | D | — | A |
| Évian-les-Bains | 9,267 | 10 | B− | D | C | A− |
| Publier | 7,864 | 12 | B | D | B+ | B− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Abondance has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 4.3 recorded violent incidents and 10.8 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
They grade A+, better than 97% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Abondance grades C for cost of living.
Commune in Haute-Savoie, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Abondance is a commune of 1,583 people in the Communauté de communes Pays d'Évian Vallée d'Abondance. 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.