Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
The town has 6,654 residents and lies in Haute-Savoie, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes.
Much to like here, and you pay for it. Its best grade is for safety (A+) — an average of 4 recorded violent incidents and 5.8 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Work and incomes are strong: 1.1 jobs per working resident; 5.0% unemployment. What holds it back is cost of living — at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 10.4 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. The overall grade comes out at A, #1 of 57 in Haute-Savoie. It comes out better than 94% of compared French towns.
Figures: recorded crime, SSMSI (Ministry of the Interior) · employment, INSEE census 2023 · 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 Thônes 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 Thônes does most differently from other towns.
The Culture ministry’s list holds 2 historic monuments in Thônes; none is classé, France’s top protection.
The oldest protected part dates from the 17th century; the first monument here was protected in 1971.
Wikidata records 2 people born in Thônes before 1900, the earliest Aimé Constantin, in 1831.
The list names few of Thônes’ 2 monuments; beside them, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Thônes.
In 2025, criminal damage led the graded crimes in Thônes. Over 2025, Thônes logged 64 recorded offenses. No compared town in Haute-Savoie has less graded crime per resident than Thônes: it ranks first of 57.
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crime by commune, 2023–2025 · Licence Ouverte · Small counts of burglary, vehicle theft and theft from vehicles go unpublished (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the département’s average stands in, 9.5% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
A house in Thônes goes for €4,927/m², an apartment for €4,302/m². Homes sold for a median €4,438/m², near Haute-Savoie’s towns (€4,342/m²) and higher than compared French towns (€2,430/m²). 252 houses and apartments changed hands locally from July 2023 to June 2026.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €4,927/m² | 70 |
| Apartments | €4,302/m² | 182 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
School results put the town #1 of 61 in Haute-Savoie. At the general lycée, 100% of 86 candidates passed the bac, a point above the expected rate.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège privé Saint-Joseph PrivateNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 129 | 99%+2 pts |
| Lycée général privé Saint-Joseph PrivateNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 86 | 100%+1 pt |
| Collège les AravisBest against expectations: a point above the expected rateCollège | Collège | 146 | 97%+1 pt |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
France’s death rates at each age would predict 592 deaths in Thônes from 2016 to 2025; there were 574, 3% fewer. Its care home for older people (104 places) counts its residents as Thônes’; allowing for it, deaths were 18% below expected. The nearest emergency department to Thônes is Clinique Generale D Annecy, 9.6 mi away. Life expectancy in Haute-Savoie: 86.6 years for women and 81.8 for men (2025); France averages 85.9 and 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 · Care-home places are adjusted for by TownRatings, using a model rather than an official statistic.
The median disposable income was €29,000 a year per consumption unit, between Haute-Savoie’s towns (€33,240) and compared French towns (€25,970). At the census, 4.2% of working residents in Thônes didn’t travel to work at all. 13.3% of commuters left the car at home at the census, walking, cycling or taking public transport.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
A fifth of residents are 65 or over, between Haute-Savoie’s towns (17%) and compared French towns (22%). Degrees are held by a third of adults. Half of Thônes is older than 42.1, half younger.
52% women, 48% men
About 94 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Haute-Savoie 51.0%, France 51.8%.
| Thônes | Haute-Savoie median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 17% | 19% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 12% | 9.8% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 25% | 28% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 27% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 20% | 17% | 22% |
| No diploma | 17% | 14% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 27% | 25% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 18% | 19% | 18% |
| Higher education | 33% | 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.
8.7% of its homes were built before 1919, above both Haute-Savoie’s towns (4.9%) and compared French towns (7.4%). Its oldest listed monument dates from the 17th century.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Other places to visit, museums and heritage in and near Thônes. Best known first.
7 notable people were born in Thônes.
Yves Vincent: Studio Harcourt, Public domain · Aimé Constantin: Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain · Aimé Vaschy: Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain · Émile Paganon: Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain
Commune in Haute-Savoie, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Thônes is a commune of 6,654 people in the Communauté de communes des Vallées de Thônes. 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 A+ for safety, #1 of 57 in Haute-Savoie.
They grade A, better than 93% of compared French towns and #1 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 Thônes 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.