Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
With 10,949 residents, it is a town in Haute-Savoie, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes.
Vétraz-Monthoux’s lowest grade is for cost of living (D): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 9.4 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. It does especially well on health — after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 23% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Put together, the subjects come to a C− overall, ranking #50 of 57 in Haute-Savoie. Nationally, it does better than 18% of compared French towns. Schools lag: bac results 2.7 points below the expected rate; brevet results 6.8 points below the expected rate.
Figures: deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas. The overall grade uses the other six subjects.
The 2 things Vétraz-Monthoux does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Vétraz-Monthoux 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 Culture ministry lists no building in Vétraz-Monthoux as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Dolmen dit La Cave ou Chambre aux Fées, in Saint-Cergues, 3.6 mi away.
2.1% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Heritage, other places to visit and museums in and near Vétraz-Monthoux. Best known first.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Vétraz-Monthoux.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Houses sell for €4,720/m² in Vétraz-Monthoux, apartments for €4,167/m². At the median, a home went for €4,318/m², about level with Haute-Savoie’s towns (€4,342/m²) and above compared French towns (€2,430/m²). House rents are put at about €23.67/m² a month.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €4,720/m² | 106 |
| Apartments | €4,167/m² | 241 |
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.
The bac pro: 66% of 117 candidates passed at the 2 vocational lycées within 5 km. Near Vétraz-Monthoux, 89.7% of lycée candidates passed the bac, below both Haute-Savoie’s towns (93.9%) and compared French towns (92.9%). Ranked by results, schools here are #53 of 61 in Haute-Savoie.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Michel ServetNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 259 | 73%−4 pts |
| Lycée polyvalent Jean MonnetNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 346 | 90%−4 pts |
| Lycée polyvalent des GlièresBest against expectations: a point above the expected rateGeneral lycée | General lycée | 319 | 94%+1 pt |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Among adults, 38% have a degree. 15% of residents have reached 65. Vétraz-Monthoux has a median age of 36.7.
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Haute-Savoie 51.0%, France 51.8%.
| Vétraz-Monthoux | Haute-Savoie median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 21% | 19% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 10% | 9.8% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 32% | 28% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 22% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 15% | 17% | 22% |
| No diploma | 15% | 14% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 23% | 25% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 19% | 19% | 18% |
| Higher education | 38% | 37% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Haute-Savoie median and France median: the median of compared communes
Nearly a quarter of commuters left the car at home at the census, walking, cycling or taking public transport. Vétraz-Monthoux holds 2,100 jobs; 5,150 of its residents are in work, so 0.4 jobs each. Unemployment stood at 10.3%, higher than Haute-Savoie’s towns (8.1%) and near compared French towns (10.1%).
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.
From 2016 to 2025, 560 residents of Vétraz-Monthoux died, against 644 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 13% fewer. 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. 10 GPs practise in the town.
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 · That adjustment for care homes is a model of TownRatings’ own, not official data.
Among the graded crimes in Vétraz-Monthoux, the most frequent was burglary (2025). Each year (2023–2025 average), violence against people came to 6.7 per 1,000 residents and the graded property crimes to 21.9. 2025 saw 300 offenses recorded in the town.
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 armed robbery go unpublished (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the département’s average stands in, 0.3% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Nothing in Vétraz-Monthoux is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Vétraz-Monthoux yet.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vétraz-Monthoux | 10,949 | — | C− | D | C− | A− |
| Annemasse | 37,628 | 1.1 | D− | D | D− | B |
| Ville-la-Grand | 9,514 | 1.5 | C− | C− | D− | B+ |
| Ambilly | 6,355 | 1.9 | D− | D | D− | B |
| Cranves-Sales | 7,762 | 2 | C | D− | B− | A |
| Gaillard | 11,423 | 2.5 | D | D | D− | B− |
| Étrembières | 2,679 | 2.7 | D | D− | D | A |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades C− for safety, #47 of 57 in Haute-Savoie. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 93 burglaries and 74 acts of criminal damage.
They grade D, better than 8% of compared French towns and #53 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 Vétraz-Monthoux grades D for cost of living.
Commune in Haute-Savoie, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Vétraz-Monthoux is a commune of 10,949 people in the Communauté d'agglomération Annemasse-Les Voirons-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
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.