FR Cette page existe en français : Ain en français → Votre navigateur est réglé en français. Votre choix est retenu pour les prochaines pages. Home › France › Ain Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes · Département 01 Find your town in Ain Ain has 391 towns and villages, each with its page. Its 60 towns of 2,500 or more are graded against towns across France on cost of living, safety, schools, health and more; 121 of 1,000 to 2,499 have subject grades.
53 graded towns
25 grade A− or better
391 towns and villages
Bourg-en-Bresse largest · 42,372
Ain at a glance What Ain is like The median ranked town in Ain grades highest on jobs & income and walkability against towns across France, and lowest on cost of living. Choose a subject to find the towns that do best on it.
The median town, subject by subject The median ranked town in Ain against French towns · the line marks the median French town
Jobs & income B+ ahead of 72% Walkability B+ ahead of 69% Health B+ ahead of 68% Safety B ahead of 55% Schools B− ahead of 50% Cost of living C+ ahead of 42% The finder
Find a town that’s… 53 towns · ordered by Ain rank
#1 in Ain A+ Town · 3,411 people · #39 of 3,798 nationally
Strongest A+ SafetyA Jobs & incomeLowest C+ Walkability
#2 in Ain A+ Town · 4,857 people · #41 of 3,798 nationally
Strongest A+ SafetyA− HealthLowest B Walkability
#3 in Ain A+ Town · 2,533 people · #55 of 3,798 nationally
Strongest A+ Jobs & incomeA+ HealthLowest C Walkability
#4 in Ain A+ Town · 2,843 people · #120 of 3,798 nationally
Strongest A HealthA Jobs & incomeLowest B− Cost of living
#5 in Ain A+ Town · 5,832 people · #170 of 3,798 nationally
Strongest A+ HealthA SchoolsLowest C− Cost of living
#6 in Ain A+ Town · 3,328 people · #187 of 3,798 nationally
Strongest A Jobs & incomeA− SafetyLowest C+ Cost of living
#7 in Ain A Town · 2,934 people · #224 of 3,798 nationally
Strongest A SchoolsA− SafetyLowest C+ Health
#8 in Ain A Town · 2,916 people · #249 of 3,798 nationally
Strongest A HealthA SchoolsLowest C− Cost of living
#9 in Ain A Town · 2,582 people · #280 of 3,798 nationally
Strongest A− Jobs & incomeA− SafetyLowest B− Walkability
#10 in Ain A Town · 4,050 people · #317 of 3,798 nationally
Strongest A SafetyA HealthLowest D Walkability
#11 in Ain A Town · 2,533 people · #384 of 3,798 nationally
Strongest A− WalkabilityB+ Jobs & incomeLowest C+ Health
#12 in Ain A Town · 14,432 people · #474 of 3,798 nationally
Strongest A+ HealthA WalkabilityLowest C− Cost of living
#13 in Ain A Town · 3,799 people · #481 of 3,798 nationally
Strongest A Jobs & incomeA SafetyLowest C+ Schools
#14 in Ain A Town · 3,449 people · #552 of 3,798 nationally
Strongest A HealthA Jobs & incomeLowest C− Cost of living
#15 in Ain A Town · 6,444 people · #558 of 3,798 nationally
Strongest A HealthA− WalkabilityLowest C+ Cost of living
#16 in Ain A Town · 6,160 people · #572 of 3,798 nationally
Strongest A HealthB+ Jobs & incomeLowest C+ Cost of living
#17 in Ain A− Town · 3,525 people · #653 of 3,798 nationally
Strongest A− WalkabilityA− HealthLowest C Jobs & income
#18 in Ain A− Town · 5,163 people · #663 of 3,798 nationally
Strongest A SchoolsA WalkabilityLowest C Cost of living
#19 in Ain A− Town · 13,627 people · #728 of 3,798 nationally
Strongest A HealthA SchoolsLowest C− Cost of living
#20 in Ain A− Town · 7,013 people · #812 of 3,798 nationally
Strongest A− Jobs & incomeA− WalkabilityLowest C+ Safety
#21 in Ain A− Town · 6,569 people · #837 of 3,798 nationally
Strongest A+ HealthA− Jobs & incomeLowest D Cost of living
#22 in Ain A− Town · 2,841 people · #861 of 3,798 nationally
Strongest B+ Cost of livingB+ HealthLowest C+ Schools
#23 in Ain A− Town · 3,255 people · #891 of 3,798 nationally
Strongest A− HealthB+ SafetyLowest C− Schools
#24 in Ain A− Town · 9,388 people · #917 of 3,798 nationally
Strongest A− WalkabilityB+ SchoolsLowest C+ Jobs & income
#25 in Ain A− Town · 4,332 people · #942 of 3,798 nationally
Strongest A+ WalkabilityA HealthLowest C Schools
#26 in Ain B+ Town · 7,411 people · #1,016 of 3,798 nationally
Strongest A− SchoolsB SafetyLowest C+ Health
#27 in Ain B+ Town · 10,395 people · #1,106 of 3,798 nationally
Strongest A WalkabilityA Jobs & incomeLowest C− Safety
#28 in Ain B+ Town · 3,535 people · #1,182 of 3,798 nationally
Strongest A− SchoolsB+ Jobs & incomeLowest C− Cost of living
#29 in Ain B+ Town · 5,198 people · #1,199 of 3,798 nationally
Strongest A+ Jobs & incomeA HealthLowest C Cost of living
#30 in Ain B+ Town · 7,102 people · #1,237 of 3,798 nationally
Strongest A Jobs & incomeA− SchoolsLowest C+ Walkability
#31 in Ain B+ Town · 5,358 people · #1,269 of 3,798 nationally
Strongest A+ Jobs & incomeA− SafetyLowest D Health
#32 in Ain B Town · 3,849 people · #1,472 of 3,798 nationally
Strongest A− Jobs & incomeB+ SchoolsLowest C Cost of living
#33 in Ain B Town · 3,370 people · #1,557 of 3,798 nationally
Strongest A+ Jobs & incomeA WalkabilityLowest C− Cost of living
#34 in Ain B Town · 3,568 people · #1,602 of 3,798 nationally
Strongest A− SafetyB WalkabilityLowest C Schools
#35 in Ain B Large town · 22,480 people · #1,667 of 3,798 nationally
Strongest A WalkabilityB+ SchoolsLowest D Jobs & income
#36 in Ain B Town · 9,153 people · #1,690 of 3,798 nationally
Strongest A+ HealthA− WalkabilityLowest D Cost of living
#37 in Ain B Town · 3,453 people · #1,699 of 3,798 nationally
Strongest A− WalkabilityB Cost of livingLowest C Health
#38 in Ain B− Town · 6,247 people · #1,728 of 3,798 nationally
Strongest A− WalkabilityB+ HealthLowest D Cost of living
#39 in Ain B− Town · 5,082 people · #1,765 of 3,798 nationally
Strongest A+ HealthA− WalkabilityLowest D Cost of living
#40 in Ain B− Town · 2,743 people · #1,773 of 3,798 nationally
Strongest B+ WalkabilityB Jobs & incomeLowest C+ Schools
#41 in Ain B− Town · 3,956 people · #1,786 of 3,798 nationally
Strongest A− Jobs & incomeB+ SafetyLowest C Walkability
#42 in Ain B− Town · 4,778 people · #1,797 of 3,798 nationally
Strongest A Jobs & incomeA WalkabilityLowest C− Cost of living
#43 in Ain B− Town · 6,895 people · #1,960 of 3,798 nationally
Strongest A WalkabilityB HealthLowest C Cost of living
#44 in Ain B− Town · 12,094 people · #2,035 of 3,798 nationally
Strongest A+ HealthA+ WalkabilityLowest D Cost of living
#45 in Ain B− Town · 5,250 people · #2,056 of 3,798 nationally
Strongest A− Jobs & incomeA− WalkabilityLowest C Safety
#46 in Ain C+ Town · 3,416 people · #2,092 of 3,798 nationally
Strongest A WalkabilityA− Cost of livingLowest D Jobs & income
#47 in Ain C+ Town · 10,464 people · #2,172 of 3,798 nationally
Strongest A+ HealthA− Jobs & incomeLowest D− Cost of living
#48 in Ain C+ Town · 8,247 people · #2,254 of 3,798 nationally
Strongest A WalkabilityB Jobs & incomeLowest C− Cost of living
#49 in Ain C Large town · 42,372 people · #2,506 of 3,798 nationally
Strongest A+ WalkabilityB− SchoolsLowest D Safety
#50 in Ain C Town · 3,554 people · #2,603 of 3,798 nationally
Strongest A− SafetyB Jobs & incomeLowest D Schools
#51 in Ain C− Town · 15,934 people · #2,993 of 3,798 nationally
Strongest A WalkabilityC+ Cost of livingLowest C− Safety
#52 in Ain D Town · 2,843 people · #3,279 of 3,798 nationally
Strongest B+ Cost of livingB− WalkabilityLowest D Health
#53 in Ain D Town · 16,712 people · #3,380 of 3,798 nationally
Strongest A− WalkabilityC+ Jobs & incomeLowest C− Safety
Show all 53 towns Dots: each town’s overall grade, sized by population. Labels: the top five.
20 of these towns have a Safety Grade with a caution: between 10% and 25% of their index uses the département’s average for crimes too few to publish.
No overall grade Towns without an overall grade Each has its page and the subject grades it has. In France an overall grade needs a Safety Grade, and five graded subjects in all.
Arbent 3,555 people · No Safety Grade: over a quarter of its Safety index would come from the département’s average for crimes too few to publish. Graded on its page: Cost of living B+, Schools A−, Health A, Jobs & income B−, Walkability C Attignat 3,409 people · No Safety Grade: over a quarter of its Safety index would come from the département’s average for crimes too few to publish; no School Grade: no collège with published results within 5 km. Graded on its page: Cost of living B−, Health A, Jobs & income A−, Walkability C− Balan 3,077 people · No Safety Grade: over a quarter of its Safety index would come from the département’s average for crimes too few to publish. Graded on its page: Cost of living C−, Schools A−, Health A−, Jobs & income A, Walkability B Ségny 2,941 people · No Safety Grade: over a quarter of its Safety index would come from the département’s average for crimes too few to publish. Graded on its page: Cost of living C−, Schools C+, Health A+, Jobs & income B+, Walkability A− Saint-Maurice-de-Gourdans 2,903 people · No Safety Grade: over a quarter of its Safety index would come from the département’s average for crimes too few to publish; no School Grade: no collège with published results within 5 km. Graded on its page: Cost of living D, Health A, Jobs & income A−, Walkability C+ Polliat 2,741 people · No Safety Grade: over a quarter of its Safety index would come from the département’s average for crimes too few to publish; no School Grade: no collège with published results within 5 km. Graded on its page: Cost of living B, Health A+, Jobs & income A−, Walkability C Saint-Étienne-du-Bois 2,584 people · No Safety Grade: over a quarter of its Safety index would come from the département’s average for crimes too few to publish; no School Grade: no collège with published results within 5 km. Graded on its page: Cost of living B, Health A+, Jobs & income B+, Walkability C− Every town and village 331 smaller towns and villages in Ain With the 60 towns of 2,500 or more above, these are all 391 communes of Ain, A to Z. Towns of 1,000 to 2,499 have subject grades on their page (the figure is the population); villages under 1,000 have their page with the figures, without grades. The search at the top finds these too.
Ambérieux-en-Dombes1,906 Anglefort1,174 Ars-sur-Formans1,528 Artemare1,139 Béard-Géovreissiat1,048 Blyes1,401 Bourg-Saint-Christophe1,562 Brens1,123 Bresse Vallons2,388 Bressolles1,028 Briord1,119 Buellas1,899 Certines1,531 Ceyzérieu1,064 Chaleins1,505 Challex1,632 Chaneins1,046 Château-Gaillard2,443 Châtillon-la-Palud1,698 Chaveyriat1,078 Chazey-Bons1,142 Chazey-sur-Ain1,632 Chevry2,372 Civrieux2,016 Coligny1,360 Collonges2,398 Confrançon1,356 Corbonod1,333 Cormoranche-sur-Saône1,179 Crottet1,847 Crozet2,416 Dompierre-sur-Veyle1,245 Dortan2,074 Douvres1,104 Druillat1,129 Échenevex2,328 Farges1,082 Foissiat2,034 Francheleins1,597 Grièges1,910 Groissiat1,205 Groslée-Saint-Benoit1,227 Guéreins1,512 Injoux-Génissiat1,115 Izernore2,299 Jasseron1,917 Jayat1,261 Jujurieux2,260 Laiz1,293 Lent1,512 Leyment1,441 Malafretaz1,257 Manziat2,018 Marboz2,264 Marlieux1,185 Marsonnas1,039 Martignat1,664 Meillonnas1,426 Messimy-sur-Saône1,338 Mézériat2,172 Mionnay2,294 Misérieux2,008 Montagnat2,186 Montceaux1,196 Montracol1,018 Neuville-les-Dames1,565 Neuville-sur-Ain1,794 Neyron2,421 Niévroz1,662 Parcieux1,315 Pérouges1,387 Poncin1,803 Pont-de-Vaux2,204 Pont-de-Veyle1,594 Priay1,842 Rignieux-le-Franc1,180 Saint-André-sur-Vieux-Jonc1,229 Saint-Bénigne1,359 Saint-Bernard1,590 Saint-Cyr-sur-Menthon1,890 Saint-Denis-en-Bugey2,246 Saint-Didier-de-Formans2,203 Saint-Étienne-sur-Chalaronne1,637 Saint-Jean-de-Gonville2,096 Saint-Jean-de-Niost1,866 Saint-Jean-le-Vieux1,839 Saint-Jean-sur-Veyle1,143 Saint-Laurent-sur-Saône1,810 Saint-Marcel1,340 Saint-Martin-du-Frêne1,023 Saint-Martin-du-Mont2,023 Saint-Paul-de-Varax1,634 Saint-Rambert-en-Bugey2,190 Saint-Sorlin-en-Bugey1,152 Saint-Trivier-de-Courtes1,125 Saint-Trivier-sur-Moignans1,963 Saint-Vulbas1,247 Sainte-Euphémie1,757 Sainte-Julie1,094 Sault-Brénaz1,021 Sauverny1,022 Savigneux1,469 Sergy2,288 Serrières-de-Briord1,317 Servas1,286 Seyssel1,008 Tenay1,030 Thil1,261 Thoissey1,626 Tossiat1,425 Toussieux1,257 Tramoyes1,852 Val-Revermont2,488 Valromey-sur-Séran1,351 Vaux-en-Bugey1,201 Versonnex2,182 Villebois1,206 Villeneuve1,638 Villereversure1,420 Virieu-le-Grand1,111 Virignin1,144 210 villages under 1,000 people, A to Z: their page, no grades Next door Départements next to Ain The départements that share a border with it: each one’s communes, and how many of its towns have an overall grade.
What is the best place to live in Ain? Feillens ranks first of 53 graded towns of 2,500 or more: safety (A+) and jobs & income (A) are its strongest grades; walkability (C+) is its lowest. Plateau d'Hauteville and Fareins follow.
How do the biggest towns in Ain grade? Bourg-en-Bresse (42,372 people) grades C overall, with its best grade in walkability. Oyonnax (22,480 people) grades B overall, with its best grade in walkability.
How are these towns ranked? By the overall grade, which blends six graded subjects (cost of living, safety, schools, health, jobs and income, walkability) from public data, each comparing a town with every French town of 1,000 or more. The rank is among the towns of 2,500 or more in Ain, where five or more have an overall grade.
Is every commune in Ain on TownRatings? Yes: all 391 have their page, listed on this page. Grading depends on size: the 60 towns of 2,500 or more get every grade we can give them, the 121 of 1,000 to 2,499 get subject grades, and the 210 villages under 1,000 have their page with the figures, without grades.
Why isn’t my town ranked? The ranking covers towns of 2,500 or more with an overall grade. Arbent and Attignat and Balan and Polliat and 3 more have no overall grade; their pages show the grades they have, and why.
Photos: Feillens, Chabe01 (CC BY-SA 4.0 ) · Plateau d'Hauteville, Jejecam (CC BY-SA 3.0 ) · Fareins, Benoît Prieur (CC0 ) · Massieux, Yzergues (CC BY-SA 4.0 ) · Cessy, Chabe01 (CC BY-SA 4.0 ) · Ceyzériat, Chabe01 (CC BY-SA 4.0 ) · Saint-Didier-sur-Chalaronne, Mairiestdidiersurchalaronne (CC BY-SA 4.0 ) · Péron, Oldboltonian (CC0 ) · Frans, Sebleouf (CC BY-SA 3.0 ) · Bâgé-Dommartin, Chabe01 (CC BY-SA 4.0 ) · Chalamont, Benoît Prieur (CC0 ) · Saint-Genis-Pouilly, Ypsilon from Finland (CC0 ) · Montmerle-sur-Saône, Chabe01 (CC BY-SA 4.0 ) · La Boisse, Benoît Prieur (CC0 ) · Péronnas, Wikigaël (CC BY-SA 4.0 ) · Saint-Denis-lès-Bourg, Chabe01 (CC BY-SA 4.0 ) · Bellignat, Chabe01 (CC BY-SA 4.0 ) · Villars-les-Dombes, Benoît Prieur (CC0 ) · Gex, Stanisom (CC BY-SA 3.0 ) · Trévoux, Benoît Prieur (CC0 ) · Thoiry, Guilhem Vellut from Annecy, France (CC BY 2.0 ) · Ambronay, Benoît Prieur (CC0 ) · Vonnas, Chabe01 (CC BY-SA 4.0 ) · Belley, ComBelley (CC BY-SA 3.0 ) · Saint-Maurice-de-Beynost, Benoît Prieur (CC0 ) · Lagnieu, LucasD (CC BY-SA 4.0 ) · Miribel, Benoît Prieur (CC0 ) · Béligneux, Benoît Prieur (CC0 ) · Viriat, François GOGLINS (CC BY-SA 4.0 ) · Reyrieux, Benoît Prieur (CC0 ) · Villieu-Loyes-Mollon, Hynek Moravec (CC BY 2.5 ) · Saint-André-de-Corcy, Benoît Prieur (CC0 ) · Montréal-la-Cluse, Thierry HUMBERT (CC BY-SA 4.0 ) · Oyonnax, Jinemon (CC BY-SA 4.0 ) · Prévessin-Moëns, Patrub01 (CC BY-SA 3.0 ) · Culoz-Béon, Chabe01 (CC BY-SA 4.0 ) · Jassans-Riottier, Benoît Prieur (CC0 ) · Ornex, Chabe01 (CC BY-SA 4.0 ) · Montrevel-en-Bresse, Junkey83 (CC BY-SA 4.0 ) · Replonges, Chabe01 (CC BY-SA 4.0 ) · Dagneux, Benoît Prieur (CC0 ) · Montluel, Benoît Prieur (CC0 ) · Ferney-Voltaire, Matti Blume (CC BY-SA 4.0 ) · Châtillon-sur-Chalaronne, Chabe01 (CC BY-SA 4.0 ) · Nantua, Leo Wehrli (CC BY-SA 4.0 ) · Divonne-les-Bains, Dada (CC BY-SA 3.0 ) · Meximieux, Florian Pépellin (CC BY-SA 3.0 ) · Bourg-en-Bresse, Benoît Prieur (CC0 ) · Loyettes, This picture belongs to Xavier Caré . (CC BY-SA 3.0 ) · Ambérieu-en-Bugey, Benoît Prieur (CC0 ) · Pont-d'Ain, Matt7660 (CC BY-SA 3.0 ) · Valserhône, Pymouss (CC BY-SA 3.0 ), via Wikimedia Commons.
Sources: TownRatings grades: our own summary of the data, ranking French towns against each other only, run #47 of October 30, 2026 · INSEE, census 2023 (population). 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.
