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Home to 3,495 people, this town lies in Savoie, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes.
Mercury’s strongest is health: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 21% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Jobs & income is another plus — 0.2 jobs per working resident; 5.9% unemployment. Prices are high against local incomes: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 8.7 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Getting around depends on the car: 47% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 4% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work.
Figures: deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025. Mercury 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 Mercury does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Mercury 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.
Mercury has no overall grade because safety isn’t graded here.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
The Culture ministry’s list holds 1 historic monument in Mercury; none is classé, France’s top protection.
The oldest protected part dates from the 14th century; the first monument here was protected in 1982.
Jean-Baptiste Miège, born in 1815, is the one person born in Mercury before 1900 that Wikidata records.
Heritage, museums and other places to visit in and near Mercury. Best known first.
FortFort de Tamiéin town
MuseumMaison Rouge de Conflans3.9 km east, in Albertville
Monastery or conventMonastère Saint-Joseph de Conflans3.9 km east, in Albertville
MuseumMusée d'art et d'histoire de Conflans3.9 km east, in AlbertvilleFortFortFort de Villard1.4 km southeast, in AlbertvillePhotos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Mercury.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Advertised rents are estimated at €13.92/m² a month, below Savoie’s towns (€14.73/m²) but above compared French towns (€12.41/m²). Houses were 71% of what sold. The market in Mercury: 90 sales of houses and apartments between July 2023 and June 2026.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €3,325/m² | 64 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
4.3% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train at the census, below Savoie’s towns (19.2%) and compared French towns (13.4%) alike. Unemployment stands at 5.9%. At the census, 3.4% of working residents in Mercury didn’t travel to work at all.
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.
213 deaths in Mercury between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 269: 21% below. Life expectancy in Savoie: 86.6 years for women and 81.2 for men (2025); France averages 85.9 and 80.3. This Savoie town has one family doctor.
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 · TownRatings makes the care-home adjustment itself; it is a model, not an official statistic.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
At the lycées within 5 km of Mercury, 92.8% passed the bac, about level with compared French towns (92.9%) and below Savoie’s towns (94.3%). School results put the town #24 of 34 in Savoie. The closest collège is 1.3 mi off.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Combe de SavoieNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 142 | 84%−2 pts |
| Lycée polyvalent Jean MoulinNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 290 | 96%−1 pt |
| Lycée polyvalent privé Jeanne d'Arc PrivateBest against expectations: a point above the expected rateGeneral lycée | General lycée | 73 | 96%+1 pt |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Its heritage reaches back to the 14th century. Homes from before 1919 make up a tenth of the total, above Savoie’s towns (5.9%) and compared French towns (7.4%) alike.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
The 15-to-24 age group: 9.4%, below Savoie’s towns (10%) and compared French towns (11%) alike. Residents of Mercury have a median age of 44.6. The under-15s are 18% of the population here.
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Savoie 51.5%, France 51.8%.
| Mercury | Savoie median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 18% | 17% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 9.4% | 10% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 23% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 27% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 22% | 22% | 22% |
| No diploma | 9.4% | 14% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 24% | 24% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 20% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 43% | 37% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Savoie median and France median: the median of compared communes
In 2025, 30 offenses were recorded in Mercury. The yearly rates for 2023–2025: 3.1 violent offenses and 5.5 graded property crimes per 1,000 residents. The graded crime recorded most in the town was family violence (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, this figure isn’t published when it’s small (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the index uses the département’s average instead, 26.9% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Mercury has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
Château de Chevron: Photo: Franck Zoccolo · CC BY-SA 3.0
One notable person was born in Mercury.
Jean-Baptiste Miège: Artist unknown, Public domain
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mercury | 3,495 | — | — | D | — | B+ |
| Gilly-sur-Isère | 3,149 | 1.1 | A− | D | A− | A |
| Albertville | 19,978 | 1.8 | C− | C | C | C+ |
| Faverges-Seythenex Haute-Savoie | 7,545 | 5.6 | A | C+ | A− | B+ |
| Ugine | 7,154 | 6.5 | A | B | A− | B− |
| Doussard Haute-Savoie | 3,751 | 9.5 | A− | D | A+ | A− |
| La Léchère | 2,538 | 12 | — | C+ | — | C− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Mercury has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 6 burglaries and 12 acts of criminal damage.
They grade C+, better than 35% of compared French towns and #24 of 34 in Savoie. 96% of 290 candidates passed the bac at Lycée polyvalent Jean Moulin in 2025, a point below the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Mercury grades D for cost of living.
Commune in Savoie, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Mercury is a commune of 3,495 people in the Communauté d'agglomération Arlysère. 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.
