Crime runs high (C−): an average of 9.1 recorded violent incidents and 20.2 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. On schools it is strong — brevet results a point below the expected rate. Jobs and pay hold up well: 0.4 jobs per working resident; 9.4% unemployment. A 70 m² home at the median €4,280/m² costs 7.4 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the Communauté de communes Arve et Salève. All told, that adds up to a C+ overall, better than 38% of compared French towns. That places it #41 of 57 in Haute-Savoie.
Figures: brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · employment, INSEE census 2023 · recorded crime, SSMSI (Ministry of the Interior) · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi.
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 Reignier-Ésery 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.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Reignier-Ésery.
Safety
Recorded crime per resident is higher in Reignier-Ésery than in 79% of compared French towns
For 2025, the figures show 270 offenses in Reignier-Ésery. Criminal damage topped the graded crimes in Reignier-Ésery (2025).
9.1recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a yearC−Safety Grade
Recorded by type · 2025
Criminal damage76
Family violence51
Burglary41
Other physical violence34
Theft from vehicles28
Sexual violence20
Vehicle theft20
Theft without violence81
Fraud61
Drug use31
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.
9.1
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
20.2
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
270
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
0.4%
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 · When armed robbery number five or fewer in a recent year, the figure is withheld, and the index uses the département’s average instead (0.4% of the index here). The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
HealthHealth C
Adjusted for age and care homes, Reignier-Ésery sees more deaths than 72% of compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Weighed against its ages and care homes, Reignier-Ésery records 96 deaths per 100 expected. From 2016 to 2025, 869 residents of Reignier-Ésery died, against 726 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 20% more. 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. The town has 4 family doctors.
−4%deaths against expected, after care homesCHealth Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw120
Adjusted96
Median town88
Expected100
4
GPs in Reignier-Ésery · 2.3 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
2.6 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier Alpes Leman
2.6 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Centre hospitalier Alpes Leman
86.6 · 81.8
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Haute-Savoie, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Incomes in Reignier-Ésery run higher than in Haute-Savoie’s towns or compared French towns: a median €39,010 a year per consumption unit
At the census, nearly a tenth of working residents in Reignier-Ésery went to work by public transport. Unemployment stood at 9.4%, higher than Haute-Savoie’s towns (8.1%) yet lower than compared French towns (10.1%).
15%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving77%
Public transport9%
Motorbike or scooter5%
On foot4%
Bicycle2%
1,800
jobs based in Reignier-Ésery, 0.4 per working resident
9.4%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€39,010
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
2%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
B+
Walkability: better than 71% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
HousingCost of living C
Reignier-Ésery’s grade for cost of living: a C
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
290 sales of houses and apartments in Reignier-Ésery, from July 2023 to June 2026, give the median of €4,280/m². The estimated advertised rent is €18.38/m² a month, about level with Haute-Savoie’s towns (€18.15/m²) and above compared French towns (€12.41/m²). The split in the town: €4,534/m² for houses, €4,191/m² for apartments.
€4,280/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Reignier-Ésery€4,280/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Haute-Savoie median€4,342/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€4,534/m²
76
Apartments
€4,191/m²
214
€18.38/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€14.68 to €23.02/m² a month)
7.4
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€16.42/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€40,380
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté de communes Arve et Salève
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Who lives here
Degrees are more common in Reignier-Ésery than in Haute-Savoie’s towns or across compared French towns: 39% of adults
People aged 15 to 24 make up 9.2% of the town, lower than both Haute-Savoie’s towns (9.8%) and compared French towns (11%). 19% of residents have reached 65. Children under 15 make up 18% of residents.
39.9median age
Reignier-ÉseryHaute-Savoie medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
9%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma13%
CAP or BEP24%
Baccalauréat20%
Higher education39%
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 88 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Haute-Savoie 51.0%, France 51.8%.
INSEE, census 2023 · Haute-Savoie median and France median: the median of compared communes
History
Reignier-Ésery: 1 historic monument, the oldest from prehistory
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Its heritage reaches back to prehistory. Among the classé monuments in Reignier-Ésery is Dolmen dit La-Pierre-aux-Fées. 4.9% of its homes were built before 1919, near Haute-Savoie’s towns (4.9%) and lower than compared French towns (7.4%).
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Reignier-Ésery
Is Reignier-Ésery safe?
It grades C− for safety, #49 of 57 in Haute-Savoie. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 41 burglaries and 76 acts of criminal damage.
Are schools in Reignier-Ésery good?
They grade B+, better than 68% of compared French towns and #11 of 61 in Haute-Savoie. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Reignier-Ésery expensive to live in?
Homes cost more than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €4,280/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Reignier-Ésery grades C for cost of living.
About Reignier-Ésery
Commune in Haute-Savoie, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Reignier-Ésery is a commune of 8,464 people in the Communauté de communes Arve et Salève. 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
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.
