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A town of 2,388 in Ain, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes.
Bresse Vallons has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents. Its weakest subject is walkability (D): 59% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 3% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. At the median price of €2,029/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 d'agglomération du Bassin de Bourg-en-Bresse. Its strongest is jobs & income (B+): 0.4 jobs per working resident; 5.3% unemployment.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
The 2 things Bresse Vallons does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Bresse Vallons 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.
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The Culture ministry lists no building in Bresse Vallons as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Ferme de Sougey, in Montrevel-en-Bresse, 3.7 mi away.
17% 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 Bresse Vallons.
3.3% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train at the census, below both Ain’s towns (13.8%) and compared French towns (13.4%). The unemployment rate comes to 5.3%. At the census, 3.9% of working residents in Bresse Vallons didn’t travel to work at all.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
People 65 and over make up 16% of the town. 27% of adults hold a degree, below both Ain’s towns (32%) and compared French towns (30%). Residents of Bresse Vallons have a median age of 40.
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Ain 51.0%, France 51.8%.
| Bresse Vallons | Ain median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 21% | 20% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 11% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 25% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 26% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 16% | 19% | 22% |
| No diploma | 15% | 17% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 31% | 26% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 22% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 27% | 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.
Life expectancy in Ain: 85.9 years for women and 82 for men (2025); France averages 85.9 and 80.3. After the care-home adjustment, Bresse Vallons’ deaths ran at 96 per 100 expected, above both Ain’s towns (82) and compared French towns (88). 125 deaths locally between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 130: 4% below. The nearest emergency department to Bresse Vallons is Centre hospitalier de Bourg En Bresse Fleyriat, 6.8 mi away.
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 adjustment for care homes is TownRatings’ own modeling, not an official figure. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from D to B+.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
The town’s pupils have a collège 2.9 mi away. General-bac pupils go 8.4 mi to the nearest lycée.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège de l'HuppeNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 182 | 88%−3 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Behind the median of €2,029/m²: 57 houses and apartments sold in Bresse Vallons between July 2023 and June 2026. Houses were 96% of what sold.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,029/m² | 55 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
The graded crime recorded most in Bresse Vallons was burglary (2025). The yearly rates for 2023–2025: 6.2 violent offenses and 7.2 graded property crimes per 1,000 residents. The 2025 count: 33 offenses locally.
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.
Source: SSMSI (Interior Ministry), recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 · Licence Ouverte · For other physical violence, sexual violence, theft from vehicles and criminal damage, 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, 40.6% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Heritage in and near Bresse Vallons. Best known first.
Nothing in Bresse Vallons is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
One notable person was born in Bresse Vallons.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bresse Vallons | 2,388 | — | — | B | — | C |
| Attignat | 3,409 | 2.5 | — | B− | — | A |
| Montrevel-en-Bresse | 2,743 | 2.8 | B− | C+ | B | B− |
| Polliat | 2,741 | 5.3 | — | B | — | A+ |
| Viriat | 7,102 | 5.6 | B+ | C+ | C+ | C+ |
| Saint-Étienne-du-Bois | 2,584 | 5.9 | — | B | — | A+ |
| Saint-Denis-lès-Bourg | 6,160 | 8.1 | A | C+ | B | A |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Bresse Vallons has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average.
They grade C+, better than 36% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Homes cost less than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €2,029/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Bresse Vallons grades B for cost of living.
Commune in Ain, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Bresse Vallons is a commune of 2,388 people in the Communauté d'agglomération du Bassin de Bourg-en-Bresse. 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 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.