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1,128 people live in this town in Haute-Savoie, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes.
Brenthonne’s strongest subject is health: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 31% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. The local economy does well: 0.2 jobs per working resident; 5.3% unemployment. Where it falls short is schools: brevet results 6 points below the expected rate. The rest of its grades are middling: B− for cost of living and C+ for walkability.
Figures: deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025. Brenthonne 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 one thing Brenthonne does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Brenthonne 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.
Brenthonne has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
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Brenthonne has 1 historic monument on the Culture ministry’s list, none at the highest level (classé).
The oldest protected part dates from the 14th century; the first monument here was protected in 1974.
12% 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 Brenthonne.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
France’s death rates at each age would predict 72 deaths in Brenthonne from 2016 to 2025; there were 50, 31% fewer. The nearest emergency department to Brenthonne is Hopitaux du Leman, 7.4 mi away. There are 3 general practitioners here. Women in Haute-Savoie live to 86.6 on average and men to 81.8 (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 · This figure includes a care-home adjustment that TownRatings models; no official statistic exists. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from B− to A+.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
The nearest general lycée is 7.5 mi away. Collège pupils travel 1.6 mi to the nearest one. 88.0% of candidates passed the brevet at the collèges within 5 km of Brenthonne, near both Haute-Savoie’s towns (87.3%) and compared French towns (87.5%).
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège François MugnierNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 165 | 88%−6 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
People 65 and over make up 16% of the town, below both Haute-Savoie’s towns (17%) and compared French towns (22%). The 15-to-24 age group makes up 9.5% of residents. Degrees are held by nearly a third of adults.
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Haute-Savoie 51.0%, France 51.8%.
| Brenthonne | Haute-Savoie median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 20% | 19% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 9.5% | 9.8% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 26% | 28% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 28% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 16% | 17% | 22% |
| No diploma | 13% | 14% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 30% | 25% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 21% | 19% | 18% |
| Higher education | 32% | 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 oldest protected building goes back to the 14th century. Brenthonne has 1 historic monument on the Culture ministry’s list, none at the highest level (classé).
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Unemployment stood at 5.3%, below both Haute-Savoie’s towns (8.1%) and compared French towns (10.1%). No commute at all: 3.8% of working residents in Brenthonne at the census.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Of the homes sold, 83% were houses. Sales in Brenthonne from July 2023 to June 2026: 23 houses and apartments.
Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Heritage and museums in and near Brenthonne. Best known first.
Brenthonne has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
Château d'Avully (ruines): Photo: TarichaRivularis · CC BY-SA 3.0
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Brenthonne 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brenthonne | 1,128 | — | — | B− | — | A |
| Bons-en-Chablais | 6,343 | 1.5 | C+ | C− | C+ | B+ |
| Sciez | 6,447 | 4.3 | C | C− | B− | B |
| Saint-Cergues | 3,869 | 4.4 | C− | D | C+ | B |
| Douvaine | 6,796 | 5.1 | C | D | C+ | A |
| Allinges | 5,019 | 5.8 | — | C | — | A− |
| Veigy-Foncenex | 4,141 | 6.4 | B− | D− | B | A |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Brenthonne has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 6.1 recorded violent incidents and 12.2 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
They grade C−, better than 21% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Commune in Haute-Savoie, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Brenthonne is a commune of 1,128 people in the Communauté d'agglomération Thonon 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
Sources: INSEE, census 2023 (population, employment, commuting) · INSEE, Filosofi 2023 (income per consumption unit, poverty) · 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.