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This town in Haute-Savoie, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes has a population of 37,628. Only 14% of residents are 65 or over.
Safety is its weak spot: an average of 15.1 recorded violent incidents and 34.8 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Its strongest is walkability (A+): 99% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 46% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. A 70 m² home at the median €3,533/m² costs 7.7 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the Communauté d'agglomération Annemasse-Les Voirons-Agglomération. Put together, the subjects come to a D− overall, better than 3% of compared French towns. It also trails on schools (D): bac results 2.7 points below the expected rate; brevet results 6.8 points below the expected rate.
Figures: amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting, INSEE census 2023 · recorded crime, SSMSI (Ministry of the Interior) · 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.
Each subject compares Annemasse 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.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
The 3 things Annemasse does most differently from other towns.
The Culture ministry lists no building in Annemasse as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Dolmen dit La Cave ou Chambre aux Fées, in Saint-Cergues, 3.9 mi away.
1% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Nothing in Annemasse is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Annemasse.
Per resident in work, Annemasse counts 0.8 jobs (13,300 jobs, 16,500 workers). Half of residents lived on more than €26,220 a year per consumption unit, lower than Haute-Savoie’s towns (€33,240) and near compared French towns (€25,970). Bus, tram or train carried 29.5% of working residents in Annemasse to work at the census.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Annemasse comes 55th of the 57 compared towns in Haute-Savoie on the Safety Grade. For 2025, the figures show 2,034 offenses in the town. Among the graded crimes here, the most frequent 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.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Vocational results within 5 km: 66% passed the bac pro, of 117 candidates at 2 lycées. The bac pass rate near Annemasse is 89.7%, lower than both Haute-Savoie’s towns (93.9%) and compared French towns (92.9%). Results rank its schools #53 of 61 in Haute-Savoie.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Michel ServetNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 259 | 73%−4 pts |
| Lycée polyvalent des GlièresNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 319 | 94%+1 pt |
| Collège privé Saint-François PrivateBest against expectations: a point above the expected rateCollège | Collège | 232 | 98%+1 pt |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Behind the median of €3,533/m²: 1,702 houses and apartments sold in Annemasse between July 2023 and June 2026. The split in the town: €5,167/m² for houses, €3,514/m² for apartments. Houses accounted for 3% of sales, apartments for the rest.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €5,167/m² | 57 |
| Apartments | €3,514/m² | 1,645 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Over-65s are 14% of the population. Children under 15 make up 20%, above Haute-Savoie’s towns (19%) and compared French towns (17%) alike. Graduates make up 32% of adults.
52% women, 48% men
About 94 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Haute-Savoie 51.0%, France 51.8%.
| Annemasse | Haute-Savoie median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 20% | 19% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 12% | 9.8% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 34% | 28% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 20% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 14% | 17% | 22% |
| No diploma | 22% | 14% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 20% | 25% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 20% | 19% | 18% |
| Higher education | 32% | 37% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Haute-Savoie median and France median: the median of compared communes
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
36 GPs practise in Annemasse. Its care home for older people (68 places) counts its residents as Annemasse’s; allowing for it, deaths were 14% below expected. 1,989 deaths here between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 2,249: 12% below. At birth, a girl in Haute-Savoie can expect 86.6 years and a boy 81.8 (2025); across France, 85.9 and 80.3.
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 adjustment for care homes is TownRatings’ own modeling, not an official figure.
Other places to visit, heritage and museums in and near Annemasse. Best known first.
36 notable people were born in Annemasse.
Tessa Worley: Jmex, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Jérôme Coppel: Thomas Ducroquet, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Jean-Marc Gaillard: Iso76, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Valentin Paret-Peintre: Johann Conus, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Marvin O'Connor: Clément Bucco-Lechat, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Roger Menetrey: Ludovic Péron, CC BY-SA 3.0
Commune in Haute-Savoie, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Annemasse is a commune of 37,628 people in the Communauté d'agglomération Annemasse-Les Voirons-Agglomération. 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
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Annemasse | 37,628 | — | D− | D | D− | B |
| Ambilly | 6,355 | 0.8 | D− | D | D− | B |
| Ville-la-Grand | 9,514 | 1 | C− | C− | D− | B+ |
| Vétraz-Monthoux | 10,949 | 1.1 | C− | D | C− | A− |
| Gaillard | 11,423 | 1.6 | D | D | D− | B− |
| Étrembières | 2,679 | 2.2 | D | D− | D | A |
| Cranves-Sales | 7,762 | 2.9 | C | D− | B− | A |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades D− for safety, #55 of 57 in Haute-Savoie. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 256 burglaries and 525 acts of criminal damage.
They grade D, better than 8% of compared French towns and #53 of 61 in Haute-Savoie. The lycée stands out: 94% of 319 candidates passed the bac at Lycée polyvalent des Glières in 2025, a point above the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. 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 €3,533/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Annemasse grades D for cost of living.
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 9, 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.