Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
A town of 5,832 in Ain, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes.
Cessy grades A+ overall: better than 96% of compared French towns, and #5 of 53 in Ain. Its weakest subject is cost of living (C−): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 8.5 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Its strongest is health (A+): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 37% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas. The overall grade uses the other six subjects.
The 2 things Cessy does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Cessy 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.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
The Culture ministry lists no building in Cessy as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Château de Voltaire, in Ferney-Voltaire, 4.6 mi away.
2.5% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Other places to visit, heritage and museums in and near Cessy. Best known first.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Cessy.
That puts Cessy above both Ain’s towns (32%) and compared French towns (30%). 10% of residents are 65 or over.
52% women, 48% men
About 93 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Ain 51.0%, France 51.8%.
| Cessy | Ain median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 23% | 20% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 9.8% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 31% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 26% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 10% | 19% | 22% |
| No diploma | 8.3% | 17% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 20% | 26% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 17% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 51% | 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.
On this, Cessy is below both Ain’s towns (82) and compared French towns (88). From 2016 to 2025, 131 residents of Cessy died, against 209 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 37% fewer. The care-home adjustment is a TownRatings modeling step, not an official statistic.
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
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
The bac pass rate near Cessy is 99.4%, above both Ain’s towns (94.2%) and compared French towns (92.9%). Schools rank #2 of 54 in Ain.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Jeanne d'Arc PrivateNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 196 | 100%+1 pt |
| Lycée polyvalent Jeanne d'Arc PrivateNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 114 | 100%±0 pts |
| Collège Georges CharpakBest against expectations: a point above the expected rateCollège | Collège | 165 | 91%+1 pt |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Police and gendarmerie recorded 72 offenses in the graded categories in Cessy in 2025. Violence against people ran at 4.2 per 1,000 residents a year and the graded property crimes at 9.7 (2023–2025 average). For sexual violence, 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, 6.9% of the index here.
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
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
In the comparison, Cessy comes above both Ain’s towns (€12.27/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²). The median price, €5,144/m², comes from 184 sales of houses and apartments in Cessy from July 2023 to June 2026. Houses in Cessy sell for €5,560/m² and apartments for €4,938/m².
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €5,560/m² | 80 |
| Apartments | €4,938/m² | 104 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
For Cessy, that is above both Ain’s towns (€27,670) and compared French towns (€25,970). Cessy has 850 jobs for 3,100 working residents, 0.3 per worker. Unemployment stands at 7.0%.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Nothing in Cessy is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
One notable person was born in Cessy.
Jean-Louis Girod de l'Ain: anonymous, Public domain
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cessy | 5,832 | — | A+ | C− | A | A+ |
| Gex | 13,627 | 1.1 | A− | C− | B− | A |
| Ségny | 2,941 | 1.6 | — | C− | — | A+ |
| Ornex | 5,082 | 3.1 | B− | D | B− | A+ |
| Divonne-les-Bains | 10,464 | 4.1 | C+ | D− | B− | A+ |
| Prévessin-Moëns | 9,153 | 4.4 | B | D | B− | A+ |
| Ferney-Voltaire | 12,094 | 4.8 | B− | D | C | A+ |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades A for safety, #6 of 53 in Ain. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 12 burglaries and 30 acts of criminal damage.
They grade A, better than 90% of compared French towns and #2 of 54 in Ain. 100% of 114 candidates passed the bac at Lycée polyvalent Jeanne d'Arc in 2025, at the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. 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 €5,144/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Cessy grades C− for cost of living.
Commune in Ain, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Cessy is a commune of 5,832 people in the Communauté d'agglomération du Pays de Gex. 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.
