Bâgé-Dommartin grades A overall: better than 92% of compared French towns, and #10 of 53 in Ain. Its weakest subject is walkability (D): 35% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 4% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. At the median price of €2,097/m², a 70 m² home costs 5.4 times the median annual income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size) in the Communauté de communes Bresse et Saône. Its strongest is safety (A): an average of 3.7 recorded violent incidents and 9.5 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
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 Bâgé-Dommartin 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 Bâgé-Dommartin.
Work & commuteJobs & income A−
Bâgé-Dommartin is harder to get around on foot than 93% of compared French towns
At the census, 3.9% went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport, below both Ain’s towns (13.8%) and compared French towns (13.4%). Unemployment stands at 5.5%. Bâgé-Dommartin has 750 jobs for 1,950 working residents, 0.4 per worker.
4%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving91%
Public transport2%
On foot2%
Motorbike or scooter2%
Bicycle1%
750
jobs based in Bâgé-Dommartin, 0.4 per working resident
5.5%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€27,890
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
3%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
D
Walkability: better than 7% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Safety
Bâgé-Dommartin records less crime per resident than 89% of compared French towns
Police and gendarmerie recorded 58 offenses in the graded categories in Bâgé-Dommartin in 2025. On the Safety Grade, Bâgé-Dommartin ranks 3rd of the 53 compared towns in Ain. For other physical violence, sexual violence, armed robbery, 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, 15.1% of the index here. Because that share is over 10%, this Safety Grade is less sure than most.
3.7recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a yearASafety Grade
Recorded by type · 2025
Burglary28
Family violence15
Criminal damage15
Fraud24
Theft without violence8
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.
3.7
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
9.5
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
58
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
15.1%
of the index rests on the département’s average, used where small counts aren’t published
Source: SSMSI (Interior Ministry), recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 · Licence Ouverte
HealthHealth A
Allowing for age and care homes, Bâgé-Dommartin sees fewer deaths than Ain’s towns or compared French towns: 74 per 100 expected
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
On this, Bâgé-Dommartin is below both Ain’s towns (82) and compared French towns (88). From 2016 to 2025, 241 residents of Bâgé-Dommartin died, against 302 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 20% fewer. The care-home adjustment is a TownRatings modeling step, not an official statistic.
−26%deaths against expected, after care homesAHealth Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw80
Adjusted74
Median town88
Expected100
0
GPs in Bâgé-Dommartin · 2.7 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
6.9 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Ch les Chanaux Macon
6.9 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Ch les Chanaux Macon
85.9 · 82
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Ain, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Estimated advertised rents run lower in Bâgé-Dommartin than in Ain’s towns or across compared French towns: €10.60/m² a month
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
In the comparison, Bâgé-Dommartin comes below both Ain’s towns (€12.27/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²). The median price, €2,097/m², comes from 113 sales of houses and apartments in Bâgé-Dommartin from July 2023 to June 2026.
€2,097/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Bâgé-Dommartin€2,097/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Ain median€2,641/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€2,097/m²
111
€10.60/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€8.09 to €13.88/m² a month)
5.4
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€9.53/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€27,170
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté de communes Bresse et Saône
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Who lives here
A typical mix of ages for France
10% of residents are 15 to 24 and 19% are 65 or over, against 11% and 19% in the median compared commune of Ain. 30% of adults who have left education hold a higher-education diploma (Ain 32%, France 30%).
43.6median age
Bâgé-DommartinAin medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
10%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma16%
CAP or BEP28%
Baccalauréat22%
Higher education30%
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% 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 Bâgé-Dommartin: 15% were built before 1919, more than in Ain’s towns or compared French towns
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
For Bâgé-Dommartin, that is above both Ain’s towns (7.9%) and compared French towns (7.4%). The Culture ministry lists 1 historic monument in Bâgé-Dommartin, none of them classé, France’s highest protection.
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Bâgé-Dommartin
Is Bâgé-Dommartin safe?
It grades A for safety, #3 of 53 in Ain. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 28 burglaries and 15 acts of criminal damage.
Are schools in Bâgé-Dommartin good?
They grade B−, better than 50% of compared French towns and #28 of 54 in Ain. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Bâgé-Dommartin expensive to live in?
Homes cost less than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €2,097/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Bâgé-Dommartin grades B+ for cost of living.
About Bâgé-Dommartin
Commune in Ain, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Bâgé-Dommartin is a commune of 4,050 people in the Communauté de communes Bresse et Saône. 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.
