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In Haute-Savoie, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, this town has 1,082 residents.
Health outcomes beat most towns (A): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 30% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Its weakest subject is cost of living: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 8 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. It also trails on walkability: nearly two thirds of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 7% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. The median sale price is €4,170/m².
Figures: deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting, INSEE census 2023. Marcellaz 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 Marcellaz does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Marcellaz 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.
Marcellaz 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 Marcellaz as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Carrières de meules de moulins ou meulières du Mont Vouan, in Fillinges, 2.1 mi away.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Marcellaz.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Life expectancy at birth in Haute-Savoie is 86.6 years for women and 81.8 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. From 2016 to 2025, 43 residents of Marcellaz died, against 61 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 30% fewer. The town has 3 family doctors.
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 B− to A+.
21% are under 15, higher than both Haute-Savoie’s towns (19%) and compared French towns (17%). Retirement age and beyond: 15% of residents are 65 or older. Degrees are held by 43% of adults.
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Haute-Savoie 51.0%, France 51.8%.
| Marcellaz | Haute-Savoie median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 21% | 19% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 7.2% | 9.8% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 27% | 28% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 29% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 15% | 17% | 22% |
| No diploma | 11% | 14% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 27% | 25% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 17% | 19% | 18% |
| Higher education | 43% | 37% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Haute-Savoie median and France median: the median of compared communes
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The sales split: 76% houses, the rest apartments. The market in Marcellaz: 33 sales of houses and apartments between July 2023 and June 2026.
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
At the census, 7.2% 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%). Marcellaz has 100 jobs for 500 working residents, 0.2 per worker. The jobless rate is 9.2%.
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 Marcellaz. Best known first.
Nothing in Marcellaz is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Marcellaz yet.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marcellaz | 1,082 | — | — | C | — | A |
| Fillinges | 3,671 | 1.1 | A− | C− | A− | A− |
| Bonne | 3,267 | 2.1 | C+ | D | B | B+ |
| Viuz-en-Sallaz | 4,681 | 2.5 | B | C− | A+ | C |
| Cranves-Sales | 7,762 | 4 | C | D− | B− | A |
| Reignier-Ésery | 8,464 | 4.3 | C+ | C | C− | C |
| Pers-Jussy | 3,245 | 5 | — | C | — | A |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Marcellaz has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 3.8 recorded violent incidents and 9.7 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 Marcellaz grades C for cost of living.
Commune in Haute-Savoie, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Marcellaz is a commune of 1,082 people in the Communauté de communes des Quatre Rivières. 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) · 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.