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Home to 1,562 people, this town lies in Ain, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes. Few residents are of retirement age: 14% are 65 or over.
Where it does best is health — after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 26% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Add jobs & income to its strengths — 0.1 jobs per working resident; 3.7% unemployment. Housing is expensive: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 7.4 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Most journeys need a car (C).
Figures: deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025. Bourg-Saint-Christophe has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
The 2 things Bourg-Saint-Christophe does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Bourg-Saint-Christophe 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.
Bourg-Saint-Christophe has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
The Culture ministry lists no building in Bourg-Saint-Christophe as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Rempart attenant à un immeuble, in Pérouges, 1.7 mi away.
15% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Bourg-Saint-Christophe.
44% of adults hold a degree, above Ain’s towns (32%) and compared French towns (30%) alike. Over-65s are 14% of the population. The middle age in Bourg-Saint-Christophe is 39.
49% women, 51% men
About 106 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Ain 51.0%, France 51.8%.
| Bourg-Saint-Christophe | Ain median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 23% | 20% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 10% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 27% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 27% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 14% | 19% | 22% |
| No diploma | 9.7% | 17% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 23% | 26% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 21% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 44% | 32% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Ain median and France median: the median of compared communes
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
From 2016 to 2025, 61 residents of Bourg-Saint-Christophe died, against 82 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 26% fewer. The nearest emergency department to Bourg-Saint-Christophe is Hopital Prive D Amberieu, 11.5 mi away. In Ain, women can expect to live 85.9 years and men 82 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France.
Source: INSEE, deaths by commune of residence 2016–2025 and censuses; Eurostat, death rates by age (© European Union); INSEE, BPE 2025; DREES, APL 2024; INSEE, life expectancy by département 2025 · Licence Ouverte · The care-home adjustment is a TownRatings modeling step, not an official statistic. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from C+ to A+.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
48 sales of houses and apartments in Bourg-Saint-Christophe, from July 2023 to June 2026, give the median of €2,880/m². Houses made up 98% of the homes sold; apartments the rest.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,933/m² | 47 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
The median disposable income was €30,820 a year per consumption unit, higher than both Ain’s towns (€27,670) and compared French towns (€25,970). At the census, 10.5% of commuters got to work without a car.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
For collège, the closest is 2.3 mi away.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège VaugelasNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 215 | 90%−3 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Heritage, other places to visit and museums in and near Bourg-Saint-Christophe. Best known first.
Nothing in Bourg-Saint-Christophe is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Bourg-Saint-Christophe yet.
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →
| Town | People | Miles | Overall | Cost | Safety | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bourg-Saint-Christophe | 1,562 | — | — | C− | — | A− |
| Béligneux | 3,535 | 2.4 | B+ | C− | B+ | C |
| Meximieux | 8,247 | 2.7 | C+ | C− | C+ | B− |
| Balan | 3,077 | 4.1 | — | C− | — | A− |
| Villieu-Loyes-Mollon | 3,849 | 4.6 | B | C | C+ | B |
| Dagneux | 4,778 | 4.6 | B− | C− | C | B+ |
| Saint-Maurice-de-Gourdans | 2,903 | 5 | — | D | — | A |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Bourg-Saint-Christophe has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 4.2 recorded violent incidents and 9.8 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
They grade B−, better than 45% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Homes cost more than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €2,880/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Bourg-Saint-Christophe grades C− for cost of living.
Commune in Ain, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Bourg-Saint-Christophe is a commune of 1,562 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
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 November 4, 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.