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A town in Haute-Savoie, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, home to 1,472 people.
Bernex’s strongest subject is jobs & income: 0.4 jobs per working resident; 6.0% unemployment. Residents are healthier than most: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 18% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Prices are high against local incomes: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 7.6 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. 53% of its homes are second homes.
Figures: 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. Bernex 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.
Each subject compares Bernex 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.
Bernex has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
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The 2 things Bernex does most differently from other towns.
The Culture ministry lists no building in Bernex as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Sculpture tricéphale, in Lugrin, 2.8 mi away.
Explore the history →Nothing in Bernex 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 Bernex.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The estimated advertised rent is €16.91/m² a month, lower than Haute-Savoie’s towns (€18.15/m²) yet higher than compared French towns (€12.41/m²). A house in Bernex goes for €4,558/m², an apartment for €3,638/m². For a house, the estimated advertised rent is €16.45/m² a month.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €4,558/m² | 46 |
| Apartments | €3,638/m² | 83 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Adjusted for age and care homes, Bernex records 82 deaths per 100 expected, near Haute-Savoie’s towns (83) and lower than compared French towns (88). From 2016 to 2025, 83 residents of Bernex died, against 101 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 18% fewer. The nearest emergency department to Bernex is Hopitaux du Leman, 9.6 mi away. In Haute-Savoie, life expectancy at birth reaches 86.6 years for women and 81.8 for men (2025), next to 85.9 and 80.3 for 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 · The adjustment for care homes is TownRatings’ own modeling, not an official figure. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from C to A.
38% of adults hold a degree, about level with Haute-Savoie’s towns (37%) and above compared French towns (30%). People 65 and over make up 20% of the town. Line up the people of Bernex by age and the one in the middle is 41.7.
49% women, 51% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Haute-Savoie 51.0%, France 51.8%.
| Bernex | Haute-Savoie median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 18% | 19% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 9% | 9.8% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 28% | 28% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 25% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 20% | 17% | 22% |
| No diploma | 11% | 14% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 28% | 25% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 19% | 19% | 18% |
| Higher education | 38% | 37% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Haute-Savoie median and France median: the median of compared communes
The census found 10.2% of commuters going to work on foot, by bike or by public transport. Half of residents lived on more than €33,080 a year per consumption unit, close to Haute-Savoie’s towns (€33,240) and above compared French towns (€25,970). At the census, 4.1% of working residents in Bernex didn’t travel to work at all.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Heritage and museums in and near Bernex. Best known first.
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Bernex yet.
Commune in Haute-Savoie, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Bernex is a commune of 1,472 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
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bernex | 1,472 | — | — | C− | — | B+ |
| Saint-Paul-en-Chablais | 2,613 | 2.3 | — | C | — | B− |
| Lugrin | 2,614 | 2.9 | — | D | — | C |
| Neuvecelle | 3,256 | 4.1 | — | D | — | A |
| Évian-les-Bains | 9,267 | 5.1 | B− | D | C | A− |
| Publier | 7,864 | 7 | B | D | B+ | B− |
| Thonon-les-Bains | 37,928 | 9.6 | C | C− | C | C+ |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Bernex has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 4.7 recorded violent incidents and 9.1 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Bernex grades C− 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 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.