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A town of 971 in Ain, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes.

Is Bâgé-le-Châtel a good place to live?

Bâgé-le-Châtel is too small to grade: French towns get subject grades from 1,000 residents.

What makes Bâgé-le-Châtel stand out

The one thing Bâgé-le-Châtel does most differently from other towns.

Picked automatically from the data
Hôpital-Hospice (ancien)
Hôpital-Hospice (ancien) · Inscrit · Photo: Chabe01 · CC BY-SA 4.0
Bâgé-le-Châtel’s story

Bâgé-le-Châtel in pictures

The Culture ministry lists 2 historic monuments in Bâgé-le-Châtel, none of them classé, France’s highest protection.

The oldest protected part dates from the 13th century; the first monument here was protected in 1929.

15% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.

Jacques Pierre Louis Puthod, born in 1769, is the one person born in Bâgé-le-Châtel before 1900 that Wikidata records.

  • 1929First protected: Enceinte (ancienne)
  • 1980Most recently protected: Hôpital-Hospice (ancien)
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The data

Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Bâgé-le-Châtel.

Who lives here

Bâgé-le-Châtel skews older, with 30% of residents 65 or over, more than Ain’s towns or compared French towns

For Bâgé-le-Châtel, that is above both Ain’s towns (19%) and compared French towns (22%). Young adults of 15 to 24 are 8.4% of the population.

45.4median age
Bâgé-le-ChâtelAin medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma25%
CAP or BEP28%
Baccalauréat17%
Higher education23%

Women and men · all residents

52% women, 48% men

About 91 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Ain 51.0%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.

Ages and diplomas in Bâgé-le-Châtel
Bâgé-le-ChâtelAin medianFrance median
Under 1518%20%17%
15–248.4%11%11%
25–4423%24%23%
45–6420%26%26%
65+30%19%22%
No diploma25%17%19%
CAP or BEP28%26%26%
Baccalauréat17%18%18%
Higher education23%32%30%

INSEE, census 2023 · Ain median and France median: the median of compared communes

History

Old homes shape Bâgé-le-Châtel: 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.

Bâgé-le-Châtel sits above both Ain’s towns (7.9%) and compared French towns (7.4%) on this measure. The Culture ministry lists 2 historic monuments in Bâgé-le-Châtel, none of them classé, France’s highest protection.

2historic monuments

Monuments by protection · Mérimée

Classé0
Inscrit2
13th c.
oldest protected part
1929
first monument protected

Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period

Work & commute

Bâgé-le-Châtel has lower unemployment than Ain’s towns or compared French towns: 4.9%

That puts Bâgé-le-Châtel below both Ain’s towns (8.3%) and compared French towns (10.1%). Bâgé-le-Châtel has 250 jobs for 400 working residents, 0.6 per worker. At the census, 4.8% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train.

5%walk, cycle or take transit

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving92%
On foot3%
Public transport1%
Motorbike or scooter1%
Bicycle0%
250
jobs based in Bâgé-le-Châtel, 0.6 per working resident
4.9%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€25,750
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
3%
worked without traveling (at or from home)

Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte

Schools

95.5% of candidates passed the brevet at the two collèges within 5 km, 2 points above the expected rate

Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.

On this, Bâgé-le-Châtel is above both Ain’s towns (91.0%) and compared French towns (87.5%).

95.5%passed the brevet

Brevet pass rate · collèges within 5 km

Bâgé-le-Châtel95.5%
Median of towns87.5%
SchoolLevelCandidatesPassed, 2025
Collège Roger PoulnardNearest collègeCollègeCollège11991%−3 pts
Collège Saint-Charles PrivateBest against expectations: 7 points above the expected rateCollègeCollège117100%+7 pts
95.5%
passed the brevet at the collèges, +2 pts against the expected rate
0.9 mi
to the nearest collège from the town center

Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte

Housing

The median sale price of homes in Bâgé-le-Châtel is €2,242/m²

Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.

That is the middle of 32 sales of houses and apartments in Bâgé-le-Châtel from July 2023 to June 2026, against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns and €2,641/m² for the median of compared towns in Ain.

€2,242/m²median sale price

Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026

Bâgé-le-Châtel€2,242/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Ain median€2,641/m²
€11.34/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€6.41 to €20.07/m² a month)
€9.21/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included

Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte

Nearby attractions

Enceinte de Bâgé-le-Châtel and 6 more in and around Bâgé-le-Châtel

Heritage and other places to visit in and near Bâgé-le-Châtel. Best known first.

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Places: © OpenStreetMap contributors · Wikidata
Keep exploring

Everything we know about Bâgé-le-Châtel

14pages on Bâgé-le-Châtel

Landmarks

The Culture ministry lists 2 historic monuments in Bâgé-le-Châtel, none of them classé, France’s highest protection.

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Photo credits

Enceinte (ancienne): Photo: Chabe01 · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Hôpital-Hospice (ancien): Photo: Chabe01 · CC BY-SA 4.0

Famous people from Bâgé-le-Châtel

One notable person was born in Bâgé-le-Châtel.

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Bâgé-le-Châtel’s neighbors

The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →

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Bâgé-DommartinReplongesFeillensMâconCharnay-lès-MâconVonnasBâgé-DommartinReplongesFeillensMâconCharnay-lès-MâconVonnasBâgé-le-Châtel
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
Bâgé-le-Châtel971—————
Bâgé-Dommartin4,0501.9AB+AA
Replonges3,9562.4B−C+B+B−
Feillens3,4112.5A+B−A+A
Mâcon Saône-et-Loire35,1775CBC−B
Charnay-lès-Mâcon Saône-et-Loire8,2276.1BCA−B
Vonnas3,2556.8A−BB+A−

People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.

About Bâgé-le-Châtel

Commune in Ain, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes

Bâgé-le-Châtel is a commune of 971 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

Population
971 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes Bresse et Saône
Département
Ain (01)
Région
Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Area
0.3 sq mi (0.9 km²)
INSEE code
01026

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 October 30, 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.