Ars-sur-Formans has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents. Its strongest is health (A): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 33% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
Each subject compares Ars-sur-Formans 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 Ars-sur-Formans.
HealthHealth A
Mortality in Ars-sur-Formans, once ages and care homes are allowed for, undercuts Ain’s towns and compared French towns: 67 per 100 expected
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
From 2016 to 2025, 66 residents of Ars-sur-Formans died, against 98 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 33% fewer. Life expectancy in Ain: 85.9 years for women and 82 for men (2025); France averages 85.9 and 80.3. This Ain town has 4 family doctors.
−33%deaths against expected, after care homesAHealth Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw67
Adjusted67
Median town88
Expected100
4
GPs in Ars-sur-Formans · 1.6 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
5.6 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Polyclinique du Beaujolais
5.6 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Polyclinique du Beaujolais
85.9 · 82
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Ain, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Work & commuteJobs & income A−
Unemployment in Ars-sur-Formans, 5.1%, runs below Ain’s towns and compared French towns
Half of residents lived on more than €29,430 a year per consumption unit, above both Ain’s towns (€27,670) and compared French towns (€25,970). Jobs located in Ars-sur-Formans: 250, for 700 residents in work (0.4 each). 7.9% of commuters left the car at home at the census, walking, cycling or taking public transport.
8%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving83%
Public transport4%
On foot3%
Motorbike or scooter1%
Bicycle1%
250
jobs based in Ars-sur-Formans, 0.4 per working resident
5.1%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€29,430
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
9%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
B+
Walkability: better than 69% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Who lives here
Degrees are more common in Ars-sur-Formans than in Ain’s towns or across compared French towns: 38% of adults
Nearly a fifth of residents are 65 or over, close to Ain’s towns (19%) and below compared French towns (22%). Under 15: a fifth of residents. Young adults of 15 to 24 are 10% of the population.
41.8median age
Ars-sur-FormansAin medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
10%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma12%
CAP or BEP25%
Baccalauréat21%
Higher education38%
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About an even split. Median share of women: Ain 51.0%, France 51.8%.
INSEE, census 2023 · Ain median and France median: the median of compared communes
History
Old homes shape Ars-sur-Formans: 16% were built before 1919, more than in both Ain’s towns and compared French towns
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Among the classé monuments in Ars-sur-Formans is Église (ancienne) et basilique. The Culture ministry lists 3 historic monuments in the town: 1 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 2 inscrit (the second level). Its heritage reaches back to the 12th century.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
HousingCost of living B−
Buying in Ars-sur-Formans costs more than in both Ain’s towns and compared French towns: the median sale is €3,088/m²
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
A home here costs 7.1 years of the median income in Communauté de communes Dombes Saône Vallée. Estimated advertised rent for houses: €11.22/m² a month. Among the homes sold, 82% were houses.
€3,088/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Ars-sur-Formans€3,088/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Ain median€2,641/m²
€12.36/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€9.48 to €16.10/m² a month)
7.1
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€11.22/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€30,420
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté de communes Dombes Saône Vallée
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Ars-sur-Formans
Is Ars-sur-Formans safe?
Ars-sur-Formans has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 4.3 recorded violent incidents and 8.7 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Are schools in Ars-sur-Formans good?
They grade A, better than 89% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Ars-sur-Formans expensive to live in?
Estimated advertised apartment rents are €12.36/m² a month, charges included. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Ars-sur-Formans grades B− for cost of living.
About Ars-sur-Formans
Commune in Ain, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Ars-sur-Formans is a commune of 1,528 people in the Communauté de communes Dombes Saône Vallée. 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.
