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LornayHaute-Savoie

Some 588 people live in this town, in Haute-Savoie, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes.

Is Lornay a good place to live?

Lornay has no grades yet: French towns are graded from 1,000 residents up. Only 10% of residents are 65 or over.

What makes Lornay stand out

The one thing Lornay does most differently from other towns.

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Lornay’s outline. No photo of the town is in our collection yet.
Lornay’s story

No historic monuments in Lornay

The Culture ministry lists no building in Lornay as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.

The nearest classé monument is église Saint-Étienne, in Clermont, 4.1 mi away.

17% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.

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The data

Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Lornay.

Who lives here

A town of families: 25% of people in Lornay are under 15, more than in both Haute-Savoie’s towns and compared French towns

Degrees are held by 29% of adults, about level with compared French towns (30%) and below Haute-Savoie’s towns (37%). People aged 15 to 24 make up 11% of the town.

37.2median age
LornayHaute-Savoie medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma13%
CAP or BEP32%
Baccalauréat22%
Higher education29%

Women and men · all residents

47% women, 53% men

About 112 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Haute-Savoie 51.0%, France 51.8%.

Ages and diplomas in Lornay
LornayHaute-Savoie medianFrance median
Under 1525%19%17%
15–2411%9.8%11%
25–4427%28%23%
45–6427%26%26%
65+9.9%17%22%
No diploma13%14%19%
CAP or BEP32%25%26%
Baccalauréat22%19%18%
Higher education29%37%30%

INSEE, census 2023 · Haute-Savoie median and France median: the median of compared communes

Work & commute

Only 6.8% of commuters in Lornay go to work without a car, fewer than in both Haute-Savoie’s towns and compared French towns

The median disposable income was €29,080 a year per consumption unit, lower than Haute-Savoie’s towns (€33,240) yet higher than compared French towns (€25,970). For its 300 residents in work, Lornay has 50 jobs: 0.1 each. Also worth knowing: 2.4% of the town’s working residents had no journey to work at the census.

7%walk, cycle or take transit

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving88%
Public transport4%
Motorbike or scooter3%
On foot3%
Bicycle1%
50
jobs based in Lornay, 0.1 per working resident
6.8%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€29,080
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
2%
worked without traveling (at or from home)

Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte

Housing

Renting in Lornay costs an estimated advertised €13.07/m² a month, against €18.15/m² in Haute-Savoie’s towns and €12.41/m² in compared French towns

Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.

House rents are put at about €10.36/m² a month. The market in Lornay: 14 sales of houses and apartments between July 2023 and June 2026.

€13.07/m²estimated apartment rent a month

Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month

Lornay€13.07/m²
Median of towns€12.41/m²
Haute-Savoie median€18.15/m²
€13.07/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€10.33 to €16.54/m² a month)
€10.36/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included

Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte

Nearby attractions

Château de Lornay and 4 more in and around Lornay

Heritage and other places to visit in and near Lornay. Best known first.

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Places: © OpenStreetMap contributors · Wikidata

Photos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).

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Everything we know about Lornay

12pages on Lornay

Landmarks

Nothing in Lornay is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.

Its history page →

Famous people from Lornay

Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Lornay yet.

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Lornay’s neighbors

The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →

All towns in Haute-Savoie →
Vallières-sur-FierRumillySillingyCuloz-BéonLa Balme-de-SillingyChavanodVallières-sur-FierRumillySillingyCuloz-BéonLa Balme-de-SillingyChavanodLornay
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
Lornay588—————
Vallières-sur-Fier2,8601.6—C−—B
Rumilly16,4424B−C−BC+
Sillingy5,8267B+DAA
Culoz-Béon Ain3,4537.4BBB−C
La Balme-de-Sillingy5,3367.4B−C−A+B
Chavanod3,1357.6—D—A

People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.

About Lornay

Commune in Haute-Savoie, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes

Lornay is a commune of 588 people in the Communauté de communes Rumilly Terre de Savoie. 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

Population
588 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes Rumilly Terre de Savoie
Département
Haute-Savoie (74)
Région
Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Area
3.7 sq mi (9.6 km²)
INSEE code
74151

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.