Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
1,940 people live in this town in Haute-Savoie, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes.
The local economy does well: 0.5 jobs per working resident; 6.3% unemployment. Health outcomes beat most towns: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 27% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Where it falls short is cost of living (C−) — at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 8.9 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Elsewhere it is close to typical: C+ for schools and B− for walkability.
Figures: employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025. Marin 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 2 things Marin does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Marin 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.
Marin 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 Marin as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Château des Guillet-Monthoux (ancien), in Thonon-les-Bains, 2.2 mi away.
Explore the history →Heritage, museums and gardens in and near Marin. Best known first.
ChâteauChâteau de Ripaille3.1 km west, in Thonon-les-Bains
GardenArboretum de Ripaille2.4 km northwest, in Thonon-les-Bains
MuseumMusée du Chablais3.7 km west, in Thonon-les-Bains
GardenJardins de l'eau du Pré Curieux3.8 km northeast, in PublierChâteauChâteauChâteau de Rives3.6 km west, in Thonon-les-BainsPhotos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Marin.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
France’s death rates at each age would predict 130 deaths in Marin from 2016 to 2025; there were 95, 27% fewer. In Haute-Savoie, life expectancy at birth reaches 86.6 years for women and 81.8 for men (2025), next to 85.9 and 80.3 for France. The nearest emergency department to Marin is Hopitaux du Leman, 2.6 mi away.
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 · Care-home places are adjusted for by TownRatings, using a model rather than an official statistic. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from B to A+.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The middle sale price: €4,417/m², near Haute-Savoie’s towns (€4,342/m²) and higher than compared French towns (€2,430/m²). House rents are put at about €16.45/m² a month. 43 houses and apartments changed hands in Marin from July 2023 to June 2026.
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
8.4% of the population is aged 15 to 24, below Haute-Savoie’s towns (9.8%) and compared French towns (11%) alike. Over-65s are 18% of the population. Graduates make up 38% of adults.
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Haute-Savoie 51.0%, France 51.8%.
| Marin | Haute-Savoie median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 21% | 19% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 8.4% | 9.8% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 25% | 28% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 28% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 18% | 17% | 22% |
| No diploma | 12% | 14% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 27% | 25% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 19% | 19% | 18% |
| Higher education | 38% | 37% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Haute-Savoie median and France median: the median of compared communes
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Near Marin, 96.5% of lycée candidates passed the bac, higher than both Haute-Savoie’s towns (93.9%) and compared French towns (92.9%). The nearest collège is 1.5 mi away.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège ChampagneNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 200 | 79%−6 pts |
| Lycée général et technologique privé Saint-Joseph La Salle PrivateNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 195 | 99%±0 pts |
| Lycée polyvalent Anna de NoaillesBest against expectations: 7 points above the expected rateVocational lycée | Vocational lycée | 26 | 100%+7 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Unemployment stood at 6.3%, below Haute-Savoie’s towns (8.1%) and compared French towns (10.1%) alike. Public transport took nearly a tenth of Marin’s working residents to work at the census.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Nothing in Marin 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 Marin 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marin | 1,940 | — | — | C− | — | A |
| Publier | 7,864 | 1.1 | B | D | B+ | B− |
| Thonon-les-Bains | 37,928 | 2.3 | C | C− | C | C+ |
| Évian-les-Bains | 9,267 | 3.2 | B− | D | C | A− |
| Allinges | 5,019 | 4 | — | C | — | A− |
| Neuvecelle | 3,256 | 4.2 | — | D | — | A |
| Saint-Paul-en-Chablais | 2,613 | 5.3 | — | C | — | B− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Marin has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 3.2 recorded violent incidents and 8.3 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
They grade C+, better than 41% of compared French towns. 99% of 195 candidates passed the bac at Lycée général et technologique privé Saint-Joseph La Salle in 2025, at the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Marin grades C− for cost of living.
Commune in Haute-Savoie, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Marin is a commune of 1,940 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
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.