Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
The town has 6,507 residents and lies in Haute-Savoie, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes.
Marignier’s lowest grade is for schools (D) — brevet results 6.1 points below the expected rate. It lags on cost of living as well: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 7.8 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Where it does best is jobs & income (A) — 0.8 jobs per working resident; 7.2% unemployment. Recorded crime is low: an average of 5.7 recorded violent incidents and 9.5 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. The overall grade lands at C+, better than nearly two fifths of compared French towns. In the ranking it comes #40 of 57 in Haute-Savoie.
Figures: employment, INSEE census 2023 · recorded crime, SSMSI (Ministry of the Interior) · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas. The overall grade uses the other six subjects.
The 2 things Marignier does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Marignier 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.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
The Culture ministry lists no building in Marignier as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Ancienne chartreuse, actuellement couvent de Carmélites, in Le Reposoir, 6.1 mi away.
4.8% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Marignier.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
There is no general lycée within 5 km; one lies 4.1 mi away. Its schools’ results rank #57 of 61 in Haute-Savoie.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Camille ClaudelNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 155 | 86%−3 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The median sale price was €3,380/m², between Haute-Savoie’s towns (€4,342/m²) and compared French towns (€2,430/m²). The split in Marignier: €3,792/m² for houses, €3,104/m² for apartments. From July 2023 to June 2026, 186 homes were sold locally.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €3,792/m² | 90 |
| Apartments | €3,104/m² | 96 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
In 2025, 92 offenses were recorded in Marignier. Criminal damage topped the graded crimes in Marignier (2025). Police and gendarmerie recorded 92 offenses in the graded categories locally in 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 theft from vehicles, this figure isn’t published when it’s small (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the index uses the département’s average instead, 3.1% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
The nearest emergency department to Marignier is Centre hospitalier Alpes Leman, 9.4 mi away. From 2016 to 2025, 572 residents of Marignier died, against 526 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 9% more. Average lifespans in Haute-Savoie: 86.6 years for women, 81.8 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 nationally.
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 adjustment for care homes is TownRatings’ own modeling, not an official figure.
Over-65s are nearly a fifth of the population. 17% are under 15, lower than Haute-Savoie’s towns (19%) and near compared French towns (17%). Marignier has a median age of 44.4 years.
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Haute-Savoie 51.0%, France 51.8%.
| Marignier | Haute-Savoie median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 17% | 19% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 9.8% | 9.8% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 24% | 28% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 31% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 19% | 17% | 22% |
| No diploma | 23% | 14% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 28% | 25% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 17% | 19% | 18% |
| Higher education | 27% | 37% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Haute-Savoie median and France median: the median of compared communes
At the census, 7.5% went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport, below Haute-Savoie’s towns (15.5%) and compared French towns (13.4%) alike. Unemployment stands at 7.2%.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Nothing in Marignier 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 Marignier yet.
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, #16 of 57 in Haute-Savoie. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 10 burglaries and 37 acts of criminal damage.
They grade D, better than 6% of compared French towns and #57 of 61 in Haute-Savoie. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Marignier grades C− for cost of living.
Commune in Haute-Savoie, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Marignier is a commune of 6,507 people in the Communauté de communes Faucigny-Glières. 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.