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Population 1,048: a town in Haute-Savoie, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes.
Work and incomes are strong: 0.1 jobs per working resident; 7.0% unemployment. Its weakest is health: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 1% above expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Few people walk, cycle or take the bus to work: 44% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 6% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. It lags on cost of living as well: A year’s estimated rent on a 70 m² apartment is two fifths of the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality.
Figures: employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi. La Muraz 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 3 things La Muraz does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares La Muraz 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.
La Muraz has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
The Culture ministry lists no building in La Muraz as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Dolmen dit La-Pierre-aux-Fées, in Reignier-Ésery, 4.3 mi away.
Explore the history →Other places to visit, heritage and museums in and near La Muraz. Best known first.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in La Muraz.
Degrees are held by 35% of adults, below Haute-Savoie’s towns (37%) but above compared French towns (30%). La Muraz has a median age of 38.8 years. Children are 18% of the town.
48% women, 52% men
About 108 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Haute-Savoie 51.0%, France 51.8%.
| La Muraz | Haute-Savoie median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 18% | 19% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 11% | 9.8% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 30% | 28% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 28% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 13% | 17% | 22% |
| No diploma | 12% | 14% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 29% | 25% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 21% | 19% | 18% |
| Higher education | 35% | 37% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Haute-Savoie median and France median: the median of compared communes
5.9% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train at the census, below Haute-Savoie’s towns (15.5%) and compared French towns (13.4%) alike. The jobless rate is 7.0%. At the census, 3.4% of working residents in La Muraz didn’t travel to work at all.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
54 deaths in La Muraz between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 54: 1% above. After the care-home adjustment, the town’s deaths ran at 101 per 100 expected, higher than both Haute-Savoie’s towns (83) and compared French towns (88). 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 · The care-home step is TownRatings’ own calculation, not an official number. 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.
From July 2023 to June 2026, 25 homes were sold in La Muraz. Of the homes sold, 72% were houses.
Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
The commonest graded crime in La Muraz was theft from vehicles (2025). The 2025 count: 11 offenses locally. Each year (2023–2025 average), violence against people came to 6.5 per 1,000 residents and the graded property crimes to 14.9.
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 · Small counts of family violence, other physical violence, sexual violence, vehicle theft and criminal damage go unpublished (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the département’s average stands in, 62.9% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Nothing in La Muraz is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
Wikidata places 1 person here, but the articles don’t both confirm La Muraz as the birthplace, so nobody is listed.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| La Muraz | 1,048 | — | — | C | — | C− |
| Collonges-sous-Salève | 3,832 | 3 | B− | C | D | A |
| Pers-Jussy | 3,245 | 3.1 | — | C | — | A |
| Reignier-Ésery | 8,464 | 3.3 | C+ | C | C− | C |
| Étrembières | 2,679 | 3.5 | D | D− | D | A |
| Gaillard | 11,423 | 4.7 | D | D | D− | B− |
| Beaumont | 3,097 | 4.8 | B | C− | C+ | A |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
La Muraz has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average.
Commune in Haute-Savoie, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
La Muraz is a commune of 1,048 people in the Communauté de communes Arve et Salève. 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.