Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
The town has 2,658 residents and lies in Haute-Savoie, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes.
Homes are dear: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 17.5 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Morzine ranks #39 of 57 in Haute-Savoie, with a C+ overall. Nationally, it does better than 41% of compared French towns. Its best grade is for jobs & income — 2.2 jobs per working resident; 2.4% unemployment. Walkability is another plus (A) — 84% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 31% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Crime runs high: an average of 15.7 recorded violent incidents and 21.9 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Figures: employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · recorded crime, SSMSI (Ministry of the Interior).
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas. The overall grade uses the other six subjects.
Each subject compares Morzine 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.
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The 3 things Morzine does most differently from other towns.
The Culture ministry lists 2 historic monuments in Morzine, none of them classé, France’s highest protection.
The oldest protected part dates from the 20th century; the first monument here was protected in 2018.
Laurent Baud, born in 1827, is the one person born in Morzine before 1900 that Wikidata records.
The Culture ministry lists 2 historic monuments in Morzine, none of them classé, France’s highest protection.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Morzine.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Advertised rents are estimated at €15.80/m² a month, between Haute-Savoie’s towns (€18.15/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²). The split in Morzine: €7,115/m² for houses, €7,456/m² for apartments. House rents are put at about €14.46/m² a month.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €7,115/m² | 63 |
| Apartments | €7,456/m² | 648 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Police and gendarmerie figures for Morzine show 101 offenses in 2025. Jobs outnumber working residents in Morzine (3,050 to 1,400): it draws people in from around. Also worth knowing: more of the graded crimes in the town were criminal damage than anything else (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 armed robbery and vehicle theft, 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, 4.7% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses. Crimes are counted in the commune where they happen, then divided by its residents, so a town that draws people in from around can look higher.
Median disposable income is €30,280 a year for each consumption unit. 30.8% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train at the census, above both Haute-Savoie’s towns (15.5%) and compared French towns (13.4%). At the census, just over a tenth of working residents in Morzine didn’t travel to work at all.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
The nearest emergency department to Morzine is Hopitaux du Leman, 16.6 mi away. From 2016 to 2025, 215 residents of Morzine died, against 273 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 21% fewer. Average lifespans in Haute-Savoie: 86.6 years for women, 81.8 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 nationally. This Haute-Savoie town has 7 family doctors.
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 care-home figures behind this are our own model (TownRatings), not official statistics.
Over-65s are 25% of the population. Young adults of 15 to 24 are 8% of residents, below Haute-Savoie’s towns (9.8%) and compared French towns (11%) alike. Half of Morzine is older than 46.6, half younger.
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Haute-Savoie 51.0%, France 51.8%.
| Morzine | Haute-Savoie median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 15% | 19% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 8% | 9.8% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 25% | 28% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 28% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 25% | 17% | 22% |
| No diploma | 13% | 14% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 26% | 25% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 20% | 19% | 18% |
| Higher education | 35% | 37% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Haute-Savoie median and France median: the median of compared communes
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Its heritage reaches back to the 20th century. Homes from before 1919 make up 6.5% of the total, above Haute-Savoie’s towns (4.9%) but below compared French towns (7.4%).
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Other places to visit, family days out and museums in and near Morzine. Best known first.
One notable person was born in Morzine.
Laurent Baud: Locweb, CC BY-SA 4.0
Commune in Haute-Savoie, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Morzine is a commune of 2,658 people in the Communauté de communes du Haut-Chablais. 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 →
It grades D for safety, #52 of 57 in Haute-Savoie. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 9 burglaries and 32 acts of criminal damage.
Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Morzine 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.
