Messery’s story
1 historic monument, 1 classé
On the Culture ministry’s list, Messery counts 1 historic monument: 1 classé at the top level of protection and 0 inscrit at the second.
- 1931First protected: Pierre à cupules dite de Veigy
MesseryHaute-Savoie
With 2,474 residents, it is a town in Haute-Savoie, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes.
Population
2,474
INSEE, census 2023 · commune
Home prices
€4,650
per m² · 84 sales in 3 years · median of compared French towns €2,430/m²
Rent
€24.70
per m² a month · apartments · estimated advertised rents · median of compared French towns €12.41/m²
Median income
€48,760
a year per consumption unit · median of compared French towns €25,970
Walk, cycle, transit
13%
of working residents · median of compared French towns 13%
Is Messery a good place to live?
Where it does best is health (A) — after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 29% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. The weak point is cost of living (D−) — at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 9.6 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Its remaining grades are unremarkable: B for jobs & income 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 · employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025. Messery 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.
How Messery grades
Each subject compares Messery 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.
Messery has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
Cost of livingHomes are among the least affordable for local incomesD−Open →HealthNear the top of the towns comparedAOpen →Jobs & income7.9% unemploymentBOpen →WalkabilityBased on walking, cycling and transit to everyday placesBOpen →
SafetyNot graded: over a quarter of the index would rest on the département’s average, where small counts aren’t published–
SchoolsNot graded: no collège with published results within 5 km–
Hazard riskNot graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas–
How TownRatings grades French towns →
What makes Messery stand out
The 3 things Messery does most differently from other towns.
Second homes, share of all homes
Homes
of all homes, against 2% in the median compared French town
Source: INSEE, census 2023.
Median price per m²
Housing
€4,650/m²
Median sale price, 91% above the median of compared French towns (€2,430/m²)
84 sales, July 2023 to June 2026. Source: DGFiP, DVF.
Poverty rate
Income
9% below the poverty line
Of residents in 2023, against 13%, the median of compared French towns
Median income €48,760 a year per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size). Source: INSEE, Filosofi 2023.
Landmarks
Messery has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
Classé
Pierre à cupules dite de VeigyFunerary monument
Classé
Porte de GenèveTown gate · 14th & 16th c. · in Yvoire, 1.8 mi
Classé
Station littorale immergée dite "Le Port de Tougues"Archaeological site · Prehistory · in Chens-sur-Léman, 2.9 mi
Classé
Pierre à cupules dite Pierre-du-CarreauFunerary monument · in Sciez, 4.9 mi
The data
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Messery.
HousingCost of living D−
Estimated advertised rents run higher in Messery than in Haute-Savoie’s towns or across compared French towns: €24.70/m² a month
€4,650/m²median sale price
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The median price, €4,650/m², comes from 84 sales of houses and apartments in Messery from July 2023 to June 2026. The sales split: 70% houses, the rest apartments.
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Messery€4,650/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Haute-Savoie median€4,342/m²
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €4,807/m² | 59 |
€24.70/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€18.69 to €32.63/m² a month)
9.6
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€21.30/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€33,740
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté d'agglomération Thonon Agglomération
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
HealthHealth A
Messery loses fewer people than its age profile suggests, 71 per 100 expected, below Haute-Savoie’s towns and compared French towns
−29%deaths against expected, after care homesAHealth Grade
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
At birth, a girl in Haute-Savoie can expect 86.6 years and a boy 81.8 (2025); across France, 85.9 and 80.3. 106 deaths in Messery between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 150: 29% below. Also worth knowing: the nearest emergency department to Messery is Hopitaux du Leman, 8.6 mi away. For a family doctor, residents of Messery have one GP on hand.
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw71
Adjusted71
Median town88
Expected100
1
GPs in Messery · 1.3 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
8.6 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Hopitaux du Leman
8.6 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Hopitaux du Leman
86.6 · 81.8
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Haute-Savoie, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
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 · TownRatings makes the care-home adjustment itself; it is a model, not an official statistic.
Who lives here
More people in Messery hold a degree than in Haute-Savoie’s towns or compared French towns: 46%
43.2median age
Those aged 15 to 24 account for 9.4% of residents. 18% of residents are 65 or over, about level with Haute-Savoie’s towns (17%) and below compared French towns (22%). The share of residents under 15 is 19%.
MesseryHaute-Savoie medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
9%
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma9%
CAP or BEP22%
Baccalauréat20%
Higher education46%
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 92 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Haute-Savoie 51.0%, France 51.8%.
| Messery | Haute-Savoie median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 19% | 19% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 9.4% | 9.8% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 24% | 28% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 30% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 18% | 17% | 22% |
| No diploma | 8.7% | 14% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 22% | 25% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 20% | 19% | 18% |
| Higher education | 46% | 37% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Haute-Savoie median and France median: the median of compared communes
Work & commuteJobs & income B
Incomes in Messery run higher than in Haute-Savoie’s towns or compared French towns: a median €48,760 a year per consumption unit
13%walk, cycle or take transit
For its 1,200 residents in work, Messery has 300 jobs: 0.2 each. 7.9% of the labour force were unemployed, about level with Haute-Savoie’s towns (8.1%) and below compared French towns (10.1%). Bus, tram or train carried 8.5% of working residents in Messery to work at the census.
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving77%
Public transport9%
Motorbike or scooter5%
Bicycle3%
On foot2%
300
jobs based in Messery, 0.2 per working resident
7.9%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€48,760
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
5%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
B
Walkability: better than 64% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
History
Messery: 1 historic monument, 1 classé
1historic monument
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Among the classé monuments in Messery is Pierre à cupules dite de Veigy. Homes from before 1919 make up 5.1% of the total, close to Haute-Savoie’s towns (4.9%) and below compared French towns (7.4%).
Monuments by protection · Mérimée
Classé1
Inscrit0
Among them · Classé
1931
first monument protected
5.1%
of homes built before 1919 · median town 7.4%
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Safety
Messery has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average
3.7recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year
Graded property crimes ran at 13.2 per 1,000 residents a year, and violence against people at 3.7 (2023–2025 average). Police and gendarmerie recorded 26 offenses in Messery in 2025. In 2025, burglary led the graded crimes here.
Recorded by type · 2025
Burglary14
Criminal damage12
Armed robbery0
Fraud18
Theft without violence14
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.
3.7
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
13.2
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
26
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
25.2%
of the index rests on the département’s average, used where small counts aren’t published
Source: SSMSI (Interior Ministry), recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 · Licence Ouverte · Small counts of family violence, other physical violence, sexual violence, vehicle theft and theft from vehicles go unpublished (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the département’s average stands in, 25.2% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Keep exploring
Everything we know about Messery
14pages on Messery
The big questions
Out and about
Nearby attractions
All attractions →Le Jardin des Cinq Sens and 10 more in and around Messery
Heritage, museums and other places to visit in and near Messery. Best known first.
GardenGardenLe Jardin des Cinq Sens3 km northeast, in YvoireFortFortPorte de Genève2.9 km northeast, in YvoireFortFortPorte de Thonon3 km northeast, in YvoireChâteauChâteauChâteau de Beauregard3.7 km southwest, in Chens-sur-LémanChâteauChâteauChâteau d'Yvoire3.1 km northeast, in YvoireMuseumMuseumMusée des Ailes Anciennes4.5 km east, in Excenevex
Places: © OpenStreetMap contributors · Wikidata
Famous people from Messery
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Messery yet.
About Messery
Commune in Haute-Savoie, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Messery is a commune of 2,474 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
- Population
- 2,474 (INSEE, census 2023)
- Intercommunality
- Communauté d'agglomération Thonon Agglomération
- Département
- Haute-Savoie (74)
- Région
- Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
- Area
- 3.5 sq mi (9.2 km²)
- INSEE code
- 74180
Messery’s neighbors
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →
Chens-sur-LémanDouvaineSciezVeigy-FoncenexBons-en-ChablaisDivonne-les-BainsMessery
How the neighbors grade
| Town | People | Miles | Overall | Cost | Safety | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Messery | 2,474 | — | — | D− | — | A |
| Chens-sur-Léman | 3,068 | 2.4 | B | D− | A− | A+ |
| Douvaine | 6,796 | 3.1 | C | D | C+ | A |
| Sciez | 6,447 | 4.2 | C | C− | B− | B |
| Veigy-Foncenex | 4,141 | 5.9 | B− | D− | B | A |
| Bons-en-Chablais | 6,343 | 6.6 | C+ | C− | C+ | B+ |
| Divonne-les-Bains Ain | 10,464 | 7.7 | C+ | D− | B− | A+ |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Messery
Is Messery safe?
Messery has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 14 burglaries and 12 acts of criminal damage.
Is Messery expensive to live in?
Homes cost more than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €4,650/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Messery 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 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.