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This town in Haute-Savoie, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes has a population of 1,079.
The local economy does well (A): 0.5 jobs per working resident; 5.2% unemployment. Residents are healthier than most: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 21% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Most journeys need a car (C).
Figures: employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025. Orcier 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 Orcier 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.
Orcier 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 Orcier as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Bloc erratique sculpté, in Allinges, 1 mi away.
Explore the history →Nothing in Orcier 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 Orcier.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
France’s death rates at each age would predict 65 deaths in Orcier from 2016 to 2025; there were 51, 21% fewer. In Haute-Savoie, women can expect to live 86.6 years and men 81.8 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. The nearest emergency department to Orcier is Hopitaux du Leman, 3.2 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 · 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+.
People 65 and over make up 17% of the town, near Haute-Savoie’s towns (17%) and lower than compared French towns (22%). Orcier has a median age of 39.5 years. Nearly a third of adults hold a degree.
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Haute-Savoie 51.0%, France 51.8%.
| Orcier | Haute-Savoie median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 22% | 19% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 9.7% | 9.8% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 27% | 28% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 25% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 17% | 17% | 22% |
| No diploma | 15% | 14% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 30% | 25% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 19% | 19% | 18% |
| Higher education | 32% | 37% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Haute-Savoie median and France median: the median of compared communes
The median disposable income is €30,200 a year per consumption unit. 12.1% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train at the census, below both Haute-Savoie’s towns (15.5%) and compared French towns (13.4%).
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Sales in Orcier from July 2023 to June 2026: 12 houses and apartments. Of the homes sold, 50% were houses. A house rents for an estimated €14.35/m² a month.
Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Heritage and museums in and near Orcier. Best known first.
Archaeological siteChâteau d'Allinges-Vieux3 km northwest, in Allinges
Archaeological siteChâteau d'Allinges-Neuf3.1 km northwest, in AllingesAbbeyAbbeyAbbaye du Petit-Lieu4.8 km west, in PerrignierChâteauChâteauChâteau de Chignans4 km northwest, in AllingesArt galleryArt galleryL'Art'llingeoise3 km northwest, in AllingesChâteauChâteauChâteau de Maugny1.4 km west, in DraillantPhotos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Orcier yet.
Commune in Haute-Savoie, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Orcier is a commune of 1,079 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
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Orcier | 1,079 | — | — | B− | — | A− |
| Allinges | 5,019 | 2 | — | C | — | A− |
| Thonon-les-Bains | 37,928 | 3.9 | C | C− | C | C+ |
| Sciez | 6,447 | 5.6 | C | C− | B− | B |
| Publier | 7,864 | 5.7 | B | D | B+ | B− |
| Bons-en-Chablais | 6,343 | 7.1 | C+ | C− | C+ | B+ |
| Évian-les-Bains | 9,267 | 7.1 | B− | D | C | A− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Orcier has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 5.1 recorded violent incidents and 9.7 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Sources: INSEE, census 2023 (population, employment, commuting) · INSEE, Filosofi 2023 (income per consumption unit, poverty) · 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.