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A town of 774 in Ain, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes.

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Bettant is too small to grade: French towns get subject grades from 1,000 residents.

Bettant’s outline. No photo of the town is in our collection yet.
Bettant’s story

No historic monuments in Bettant

The Culture ministry lists no building in Bettant as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.

The nearest classé monument is Château (ancien), in Saint-Denis-en-Bugey, 1.4 mi away.

19% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.

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The data

Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Bettant.

Who lives here

Bettant has fewer young adults than Ain’s towns or compared French towns: 8.6% are 15 to 24

For Bettant, that is below both Ain’s towns (11%) and compared French towns (11%). Under-15s account for 17% of the population.

43.1median age
BettantAin medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma12%
CAP or BEP31%
Baccalauréat17%
Higher education34%

Women and men · all residents

51% women, 49% men

About an even split. Median share of women: Ain 51.0%, France 51.8%.

Ages and diplomas in Bettant
BettantAin medianFrance median
Under 1517%20%17%
15–248.6%11%11%
25–4427%24%23%
45–6427%26%26%
65+20%19%22%
No diploma12%17%19%
CAP or BEP31%26%26%
Baccalauréat17%18%18%
Higher education34%32%30%

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

Work & commute

Bettant has fewer jobs than residents in work: 0.2 for each

16.7% of Bettant’s working residents walked, cycled or took public transport to work in the 2023 census, against 13% for the median of compared French towns; 79% drove.

17%walk, cycle or take transit

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving79%
Public transport13%
Bicycle3%
Motorbike or scooter1%
On foot1%
100
jobs based in Bettant, 0.2 per working resident
8.6%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€28,150
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

82.9% of candidates passed the brevet at the two collèges within 5 km, 5.2 points below the expected rate

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

Bettant sits below both Ain’s towns (91.0%) and compared French towns (87.5%) on this measure.

97%passed the bac (general and technological)

Brevet pass rate · collèges within 5 km

Bettant82.9%
Median of towns87.5%

Bac pass rate · lycées within 5 km

Bettant95.2%
Median of towns92.9%
SchoolLevelCandidatesPassed, 2025
Collège Sainte-Marie PrivateNearest collègeCollègeCollège8894%±0 pts
Lycée de la Plaine de l'AinNearest lycéeGeneral lycéeGeneral lycée48197%±0 pts
Lycée professionnel Alexandre BérardBest against expectations: 3 points above the expected rateVocational lycéeVocational lycée16690%+3 pts

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97%
passed the general and technological bac, ±0 pts against the expected rate
90%
passed the vocational bac, +3 pts against the expected rate
82.9%
passed the brevet at the collèges, −5.2 pts against the expected rate
1 mi
to the nearest collège from the town center

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

Housing

Homes in Bettant cost less than in Ain’s towns or across compared French towns, with a median sale of €2,044/m²

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

Half the homes sold went for more than €2,044/m², below both Ain’s towns (€2,641/m²) and compared French towns (€2,430/m²).

€2,044/m²median sale price

Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026

Bettant€2,044/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Ain median€2,641/m²
By typeMedian per m²Sales
Houses€2,044/m²33
€11.38/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€9.03 to €14.35/m² a month)
€9.54/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

Musée du cheminot and 6 more in and around Bettant

Heritage, museums and other places to visit in and near Bettant. Best known first.

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Places: © OpenStreetMap contributors · Wikidata

Photos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).

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Everything we know about Bettant

14pages on Bettant

Landmarks

Nothing in Bettant is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.

Its history page →

Famous people from Bettant

Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Bettant yet.

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Bettant’s neighbors

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

All towns in Ain →
Ambérieu-en-BugeyLagnieuAmbronayVillieu-Loyes-MollonPont-d'AinMeximieuxAmbérieu-en-BugeyLagnieuAmbronayVillieu-Loyes-MollonPont-d'AinMeximieuxBettant
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
Bettant774—————
Ambérieu-en-Bugey15,9341.2C−C+C−C
Lagnieu7,4113.2B+B−BC+
Ambronay2,8414.4A−B+B−B+
Villieu-Loyes-Mollon3,8496.5BCC+B
Pont-d'Ain2,8437.6DB+DD
Meximieux8,2478.2C+C−C+B−

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

About Bettant

Commune in Ain, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes

Bettant is a commune of 774 people in the Communauté de communes de la Plaine de l'Ain. 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
774 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes de la Plaine de l'Ain
Département
Ain (01)
Région
Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Area
1.3 sq mi (3.4 km²)
INSEE code
01041

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.