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The town, home to 3,256 people, lies in Haute-Savoie, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes.
Residents are healthier than most: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 29% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Add walkability to its strengths — 98% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 25% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Housing is expensive (D): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 9.2 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Elsewhere it is close to typical: C+ for schools and B− for jobs & income.
Figures: deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting and employment, INSEE census 2023 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education. Neuvecelle has no overall grade because safety isn’t graded here.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
The 3 things Neuvecelle does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Neuvecelle 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.
Neuvecelle has no overall grade because safety isn’t graded here.
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Neuvecelle has 2 historic monuments on the Culture ministry’s list: 1 classé, the highest protection, and 0 inscrit, the second level.
The oldest protected part dates from the 12th century; the first monument here was protected in 1921.
Heritage, museums and other places to visit in and near Neuvecelle. Best known first.
Art galleryVilla du Châtelet900 m northwest, in Évian-les-Bains
MuseumPalais Lumière1.5 km northwest, in Évian-les-Bains
GardenJardins de l'eau du Pré Curieux3.4 km west, in PublierAttractionAttractionBuvette Cachat1.5 km west, in Évian-les-BainsAbbeyAbbeyPrieuré de Saint-Paul-en-Chablais2.3 km southeast, in Saint-Paul-en-ChablaisPhotos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Neuvecelle.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
A house in Neuvecelle goes for €4,706/m², an apartment for €4,483/m². Half the homes sold went for more than €4,587/m², higher than both Haute-Savoie’s towns (€4,342/m²) and compared French towns (€2,430/m²). Sales in the town from July 2023 to June 2026: 129 houses and apartments.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €4,706/m² | 74 |
| Apartments | €4,483/m² | 55 |
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.
France’s death rates at each age would predict 244 deaths in Neuvecelle from 2016 to 2025; there were 173, 29% fewer. The nearest emergency department to Neuvecelle is Hopitaux du Leman, 6.7 mi away. 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. This Haute-Savoie town has 2 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 · This figure includes a care-home adjustment that TownRatings models; no official statistic exists.
350 jobs are based in Neuvecelle, for 1,500 working residents (0.2 per worker). Bus, tram or train carried 18.8% of working residents in Neuvecelle to work at the census. At the census, 3.9% of working residents in Neuvecelle didn’t travel to work at all.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
19% are under 15, about level with Haute-Savoie’s towns (19%) and above compared French towns (17%). The 65-and-over age group makes up nearly a fifth of residents. The share aged 15 to 24 is 9.3%.
51% women, 49% men
About 96 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Haute-Savoie 51.0%, France 51.8%.
| Neuvecelle | Haute-Savoie median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 19% | 19% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 9.3% | 9.8% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 25% | 28% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 27% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 19% | 17% | 22% |
| No diploma | 9.9% | 14% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 23% | 25% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 16% | 19% | 18% |
| Higher education | 48% | 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.
Among the classé monuments in Neuvecelle is Chapelle de Maraiche. Protection here reaches back to the 12th century. 5.2% of its homes were built before 1919, near Haute-Savoie’s towns (4.9%) and lower than compared French towns (7.4%).
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
The bac pass rate near Neuvecelle is 96.4%, higher than both Haute-Savoie’s towns (93.9%) and compared French towns (92.9%). For collège, the closest is 1.2 mi away. Schools rank #25 of 61 in Haute-Savoie.
| 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
Each year (2023–2025 average), violence against people came to 2.3 per 1,000 residents and the graded property crimes to 7.4. 29 offenses were reported in Neuvecelle during 2025. 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 other physical violence, sexual violence, vehicle theft and theft from vehicles, the count isn’t published when it’s small (five or fewer in a year of the last three), so the index uses the département’s average, 32.6% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Neuvecelle has 2 historic monuments on the Culture ministry’s list: 1 classé, the highest protection, and 0 inscrit, the second level.
Funiculaire d'Evian-les-Bains à Neuvecelle: Photo: Camster · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Chapelle de Maraiche: Photo: Ludovic Péron · CC BY-SA 3.0
2 notable people were born in Neuvecelle.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Neuvecelle | 3,256 | — | — | D | — | A |
| Évian-les-Bains | 9,267 | 1.1 | B− | D | C | A− |
| Saint-Paul-en-Chablais | 2,613 | 2.1 | — | C | — | B− |
| Lugrin | 2,614 | 2.6 | — | D | — | C |
| Publier | 7,864 | 3.3 | B | D | B+ | B− |
| Thonon-les-Bains | 37,928 | 6.5 | C | C− | C | C+ |
| Allinges | 5,019 | 7.9 | — | C | — | A− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Neuvecelle has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 8 burglaries and 16 acts of criminal damage.
They grade C+, better than 44% of compared French towns and #25 of 61 in Haute-Savoie. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Neuvecelle grades D for cost of living.
Commune in Haute-Savoie, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Neuvecelle is a commune of 3,256 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.