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Population 1,184: a town in Haute-Savoie, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes.
People here tend to be in good health (A): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 28% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Few people walk, cycle or take the bus to work (D). Housing is expensive: A year’s estimated rent on a 70 m² apartment is 41% of the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Just 13% of residents are 65 or older.
Figures: deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting, INSEE census 2023 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi. Cernex 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 Cernex 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.
Cernex has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
The 2 things Cernex does most differently from other towns.
The Culture ministry lists no building in Cernex as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is église Saint-Étienne, in Clermont, 9 mi away.
16% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Nothing in Cernex 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 Cernex.
Cernex has 100 jobs for 600 working residents, 0.1 per worker. Unemployment stands at 5.3%. At the census, 5.0% went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport, below both Haute-Savoie’s towns (15.5%) and compared French towns (13.4%).
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Children under 15 count for nearly a quarter of the people here. People 65 and over make up 13% of the town, below both Haute-Savoie’s towns (17%) and compared French towns (22%). Residents of Cernex have a median age of 38.1.
49% women, 51% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Haute-Savoie 51.0%, France 51.8%.
| Cernex | Haute-Savoie median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 23% | 19% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 10% | 9.8% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 29% | 28% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 24% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 13% | 17% | 22% |
| No diploma | 8.3% | 14% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 18% | 25% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 20% | 19% | 18% |
| Higher education | 51% | 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.
Women in Haute-Savoie live to 86.6 on average and men to 81.8 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. 44 deaths in Cernex between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 61: 28% below. The nearest emergency department to Cernex is Ch Annecy Genevois site St Julien En Genevois, 5.8 mi away.
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 care-home adjustment is a TownRatings modeling step, not an official statistic. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from C+ to A+.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The sales split: 80% houses, the rest apartments. From July 2023 to June 2026, 25 homes were sold in Cernex.
Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Other places to visit, heritage and museums in and near Cernex. Best known first.
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Cernex yet.
Commune in Haute-Savoie, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Cernex is a commune of 1,184 people in the Communauté de communes du Pays de Cruseilles. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cernex | 1,184 | — | — | C− | — | A |
| Viry | 5,809 | 3.7 | B | C | B− | A |
| Beaumont | 3,097 | 4 | B | C− | C+ | A |
| Cruseilles | 5,376 | 4 | A− | C+ | B− | B |
| Valleiry | 5,264 | 4.7 | B− | C+ | B+ | B+ |
| Saint-Julien-en-Genevois | 16,222 | 5.8 | B− | C | C | A |
| La Balme-de-Sillingy | 5,336 | 6.7 | B− | C− | A+ | B |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Cernex has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 5.2 recorded violent incidents and 8.9 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
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 8, 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.