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Home to 2,614 people, this town lies in Haute-Savoie, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes.
Lugrin’s strongest subject is jobs & income — 0.3 jobs per working resident; 8.4% unemployment. Buying in is costly (D): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 7.7 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. It also trails on health — after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 3% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Holiday and other second homes account for 25% of homes.
Figures: employment, INSEE census 2023 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025). Lugrin has no overall grade because safety and schools aren’t graded here.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
Each subject compares Lugrin 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.
Lugrin has no overall grade because safety and schools aren’t graded here.
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The 3 things Lugrin does most differently from other towns.
On the Culture ministry’s list, Lugrin counts 1 historic monument: 1 classé at the top level of protection and 0 inscrit at the second.
Noël Vindry, born in 1896, is the one person born in Lugrin before 1900 that Wikidata records.
Lugrin has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
Sculpture tricéphale: Photo: Ludovic Péron · CC BY-SA 3.0
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Lugrin.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Houses sell for €4,235/m² in Lugrin, apartments for €3,344/m². The median sale price was €3,818/m², below Haute-Savoie’s towns (€4,342/m²) but above compared French towns (€2,430/m²). This Haute-Savoie town recorded 114 home sales from July 2023 to June 2026.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €4,235/m² | 53 |
| Apartments | €3,344/m² | 61 |
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 mortality in Lugrin: 97 deaths for every 100 expected. 199 deaths locally between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 204: 3% below. The nearest emergency department to Lugrin is Hopitaux du Leman, 9.3 mi away. There are 4 general practitioners in the town.
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−.
18% of residents are 65 or over. Children under 15 make up 19%, above Haute-Savoie’s towns (19%) and compared French towns (17%) alike. Ages in Lugrin split evenly at 41.6: half are older, half younger.
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Haute-Savoie 51.0%, France 51.8%.
| Lugrin | Haute-Savoie median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 19% | 19% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 8.7% | 9.8% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 28% | 28% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 25% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 18% | 17% | 22% |
| No diploma | 13% | 14% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 28% | 25% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 19% | 19% | 18% |
| Higher education | 36% | 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.
Among the classé monuments in Lugrin is Sculpture tricéphale. Homes from before 1919 make up just over a tenth of the total, above both Haute-Savoie’s towns (4.9%) and compared French towns (7.4%).
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Bus, tram or train carried 9.2% of working residents in Lugrin to work at the census. Unemployment stood at 8.4%, near Haute-Savoie’s towns (8.1%) and lower than compared French towns (10.1%).
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Heritage, museums and other places to visit in and near Lugrin. Best known first.
Art galleryVilla du Châtelet4.8 km west, in Évian-les-BainsChâteauChâteauChâteaux de Lugrinin townMuseumMuseumLe Temple du Fromagein townAbbeyAbbeyPrieuré de Meillerie4.2 km east, in MeillerieFortFortTour de Maugny3 km southeast, in Thollon-les-MémisesPhotos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
3 notable people were born in Lugrin.
Commune in Haute-Savoie, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Lugrin is a commune of 2,614 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lugrin | 2,614 | — | — | D | — | C |
| Saint-Paul-en-Chablais | 2,613 | 2.5 | — | C | — | B− |
| Neuvecelle | 3,256 | 2.6 | — | D | — | A |
| Évian-les-Bains | 9,267 | 3.7 | B− | D | C | A− |
| Publier | 7,864 | 6 | B | D | B+ | B− |
| Thonon-les-Bains | 37,928 | 9.1 | C | C− | C | C+ |
| Allinges | 5,019 | 10 | — | C | — | A− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Lugrin has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 2.6 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 Lugrin grades D 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.