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Some 1,528 people live in this town, in Haute-Savoie, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes.
Health is a strength: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 26% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Where it falls short is cost of living: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 9.8 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Elsewhere it is close to typical: C+ for schools and B− for walkability. 15% of homes here are second homes.
Figures: 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 · commuting, INSEE census 2023. Maxilly-sur-Léman 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.
Each subject compares Maxilly-sur-Léman 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.
Maxilly-sur-Léman has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
The 2 things Maxilly-sur-Léman does most differently from other towns.
The Culture ministry lists no building in Maxilly-sur-Léman as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Chapelle de Maraiche, in Neuvecelle, 0.8 mi away.
Explore the history →Nothing in Maxilly-sur-Léman is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Maxilly-sur-Léman.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Houses sell for €5,057/m² in Maxilly-sur-Léman, apartments for €4,732/m². The middle sale price: €4,847/m², above Haute-Savoie’s towns (€4,342/m²) and compared French towns (€2,430/m²) alike. The town recorded 63 home sales from July 2023 to June 2026.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €5,057/m² | 30 |
| Apartments | €4,732/m² | 33 |
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.
Life expectancy in Haute-Savoie: 86.6 years for women and 81.8 for men (2025); France averages 85.9 and 80.3. 82 deaths in Maxilly-sur-Léman between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 111: 26% below. Also worth knowing: the nearest emergency department to Maxilly-sur-Léman is Hopitaux du Leman, 7.7 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 · That adjustment for care homes is a model of TownRatings’ own, not official data. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from B− to A+.
19% are under 15, about level with Haute-Savoie’s towns (19%) and above compared French towns (17%). Retirement age and beyond: 18% of residents are 65 or older. Degrees are held by 40% of adults.
52% women, 48% men
About 91 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Haute-Savoie 51.0%, France 51.8%.
| Maxilly-sur-Léman | Haute-Savoie median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 19% | 19% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 8% | 9.8% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 26% | 28% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 28% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 18% | 17% | 22% |
| No diploma | 9.7% | 14% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 26% | 25% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 21% | 19% | 18% |
| Higher education | 40% | 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 Maxilly-sur-Léman, 96.4% of lycée candidates passed the bac, above Haute-Savoie’s towns (93.9%) and compared French towns (92.9%) alike. For collège, the closest is 2.2 mi away. At the general lycée, 96% of 223 candidates passed the bac, a point below the expected rate.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège privé Saint-Bruno PrivateNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 50 | 100%+3 pts |
| Lycée polyvalent Anna de NoaillesNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 223 | 96%−1 pt |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Unemployment stood at 6.3%, lower than both Haute-Savoie’s towns (8.1%) and compared French towns (10.1%). For its 750 residents in work, Maxilly-sur-Léman has 250 jobs: 0.4 each. At the census, 18.5% of commuters got to work without a car.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Violence against people ran at 4 per 1,000 residents a year and the graded property crimes at 6.4 (2023–2025 average). The graded crime recorded most in Maxilly-sur-Léman was sexual violence (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 · Small counts of family violence, other physical violence, burglary, vehicle theft and criminal damage go unpublished (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the département’s average stands in, 100.0% of the index here.
Heritage, museums and other places to visit in and near Maxilly-sur-Léman. Best known first.
Art galleryVilla du Châtelet2.2 km west, in Évian-les-Bains
MuseumPalais Lumière3 km west, in Évian-les-Bains
GardenJardins de l'eau du Pré Curieux5 km west, in PublierMonastery or conventMonastery or conventCouvent des Bernardines d'Évian1.3 km west, in NeuvecelleAbbeyAbbeyPrieuré de Saint-Paul-en-Chablais2.1 km south, in Saint-Paul-en-ChablaisPhotos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
Wikidata places 1 person here, but the articles don’t both confirm Maxilly-sur-Léman as the birthplace, so nobody is listed.
Commune in Haute-Savoie, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Maxilly-sur-Léman is a commune of 1,528 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
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maxilly-sur-Léman | 1,528 | — | — | D | — | A |
| Neuvecelle | 3,256 | 1 | — | D | — | A |
| Lugrin | 2,614 | 1.6 | — | D | — | C |
| Saint-Paul-en-Chablais | 2,613 | 1.9 | — | C | — | B− |
| Évian-les-Bains | 9,267 | 2.1 | B− | D | C | A− |
| Publier | 7,864 | 4.3 | B | D | B+ | B− |
| Thonon-les-Bains | 37,928 | 7.5 | C | C− | C | C+ |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Maxilly-sur-Léman has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average.
They grade C+, better than 44% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Maxilly-sur-Léman grades D 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.