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A town of 3,220 in Haute-Savoie, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes.
Magland’s grades pull in different directions. It is a safe place by the numbers: an average of 2.7 recorded violent incidents and 11.6 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. The town’s overall grade, B, puts it better than 56% of compared French towns. The ranking puts it #25 of 57 in Haute-Savoie. Households here earn well: 0.9 jobs per working resident; 7.6% unemployment. Prices are high against local incomes: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 8.1 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Health is a weak point (C): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 5% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns.
Figures: recorded crime, SSMSI (Ministry of the Interior) · 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).
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas. The overall grade uses the other six subjects.
Each subject compares Magland 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.
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The 2 things Magland does most differently from other towns.
Magland has 1 historic monument on the Culture ministry’s list, none at the highest level (classé).
14% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Magland has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
Maison forte de Loche: Photo: TarichaRivularis · CC BY-SA 3.0
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Magland.
2025 saw 31 offenses recorded in Magland. The commonest graded crime in the town was criminal damage (2025).
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 · For family violence, other physical violence, sexual violence, burglary and vehicle theft, the count isn’t published when it’s small (five or fewer in a year of the last three), so the index uses the département’s average, 23.1% of the index here. As that share tops 10%, this Safety Grade carries more doubt than most. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The split in Magland: €3,360/m² for houses, €2,988/m² for apartments. Advertised rents are estimated at €14.32/m² a month, below Haute-Savoie’s towns (€18.15/m²) but above compared French towns (€12.41/m²). Houses accounted for 46% of sales, apartments for the rest.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €3,360/m² | 48 |
| Apartments | €2,988/m² | 56 |
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.
France’s death rates at each age would predict 299 deaths in Magland from 2016 to 2025; there were 353, 18% more. Women in Haute-Savoie live to 86.6 on average and men to 81.8 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. For a family doctor, residents of Magland can choose among 22 GPs.
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.
On foot, by bike or by bus and train: that was how 7.0% of commuters travelled at the census. 7.6% of the labour force were unemployed, lower than both Haute-Savoie’s towns (8.1%) and compared French towns (10.1%). At the census, 2.9% of working residents in Magland didn’t travel to work at all.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Magland 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
Retirement age and beyond: 20% of residents are 65 or older. People aged 15 to 24 make up 9.5% of the town, close to Haute-Savoie’s towns (9.8%) and below compared French towns (11%). Line up the people of Magland by age and the one in the middle is 43.4.
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Haute-Savoie 51.0%, France 51.8%.
| Magland | Haute-Savoie median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 19% | 19% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 9.5% | 9.8% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 25% | 28% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 28% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 20% | 17% | 22% |
| No diploma | 22% | 14% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 30% | 25% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 19% | 19% | 18% |
| Higher education | 25% | 37% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Haute-Savoie median and France median: the median of compared communes
Other places to visit and family days out in and near Magland. Best known first.
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Magland yet.
Commune in Haute-Savoie, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Magland is a commune of 3,220 people in the Communauté de communes Cluses-Arve et Montagnes. 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 →
It grades A for safety, #10 of 57 in Haute-Savoie.
Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Magland grades C− 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 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.