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A town of 1,770 in Haute-Savoie, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes.
Jobs & income is its strong suit — 0.1 jobs per working resident; 6.1% unemployment. It is strong on health as well — after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 19% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Buying in is costly: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 8 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. School results trail most towns: brevet results 7.9 points below the expected rate.
Figures: employment, 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. Massongy 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 Massongy does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Massongy 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.
Massongy 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 Massongy as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Pierre à cupules dite Pierre-du-Carreau, in Sciez, 2.8 mi away.
Explore the history →Other places to visit, museums and heritage in and near Massongy. Best known first.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Massongy.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The median price, €3,858/m², comes from 60 sales of houses and apartments in Massongy from July 2023 to June 2026. Houses made up 72% of the homes sold; apartments the rest.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €3,887/m² | 43 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
General-bac pupils go 7.5 mi to the nearest lycée. The nearest collège is 1.5 mi away.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège du Bas ChablaisNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 144 | 84%−9 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
People 65 and over make up 16% of the town, lower than both Haute-Savoie’s towns (17%) and compared French towns (22%). The 15-to-24 age group makes up 7.9% of residents. Among adults, 40% have a degree.
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Haute-Savoie 51.0%, France 51.8%.
| Massongy | Haute-Savoie median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 22% | 19% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 7.9% | 9.8% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 27% | 28% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 27% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 16% | 17% | 22% |
| No diploma | 10% | 14% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 25% | 25% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 20% | 19% | 18% |
| Higher education | 40% | 37% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Haute-Savoie median and France median: the median of compared communes
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
The nearest emergency department to Massongy is Hopitaux du Leman, 7.6 mi away. From 2016 to 2025, 82 residents of Massongy died, against 101 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 19% fewer. Adjusted mortality locally: 81 deaths for every 100 expected. In Haute-Savoie, women can expect to live 86.6 years and men 81.8 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France.
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. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from C to A.
Unemployment stood at 6.1%, below both Haute-Savoie’s towns (8.1%) and compared French towns (10.1%). 2.6% of Massongy’s working residents had no journey to work at the census.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
The 2025 count: 13 offenses in Massongy. Violence against people averaged 3.9 per 1,000 residents a year over 2023–2025; graded property crimes averaged 9.9. The commonest graded crime locally 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 · When family violence, other physical violence, sexual violence, vehicle theft and theft from vehicles number five or fewer in a recent year, the figure is withheld, and the index uses the département’s average instead (53.4% of the index here). The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Nothing in Massongy is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
One notable person was born in Massongy.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Massongy | 1,770 | — | — | D | — | B+ |
| Douvaine | 6,796 | 1.6 | C | D | C+ | A |
| Sciez | 6,447 | 2.6 | C | C− | B− | B |
| Chens-sur-Léman | 3,068 | 2.9 | B | D− | A− | A+ |
| Bons-en-Chablais | 6,343 | 4 | C+ | C− | C+ | B+ |
| Veigy-Foncenex | 4,141 | 4.7 | B− | D− | B | A |
| Saint-Cergues | 3,869 | 6 | C− | D | C+ | B |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Massongy has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 5 burglaries and 8 acts of criminal damage.
They grade D, better than 13% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Homes cost more than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €3,858/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Massongy grades D for cost of living.
Commune in Haute-Savoie, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Massongy is a commune of 1,770 people in the Communauté d'agglomération Thonon Agglomération. 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 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.