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A town of 1,064 in Ain, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes.
Ceyzérieu has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents. Its weakest subject is walkability (C+): 11% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 11% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. At the median price of €2,182/m², a 70 m² home costs 5.9 times the median annual income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size) in the Communauté de communes Bugey Sud. Its strongest is health (A−): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 26% 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 3 things Ceyzérieu does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Ceyzérieu 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 Ceyzérieu as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Aqueduc romain, in Valromey-sur-Séran, 5 mi away.
30% 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 Ceyzérieu.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
There is one general practitioner in Ceyzérieu. Life expectancy in Ain: 85.9 years for women and 82 for men (2025); France averages 85.9 and 80.3. From 2016 to 2025, 79 residents of Ceyzérieu died, against 107 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 26% fewer.
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 step is TownRatings’ own calculation, not an official number. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from B− to A+.
People 65 and over make up 29% of the town, higher than both Ain’s towns (19%) and compared French towns (22%). Among adults, 35% have a degree. Also worth knowing: at 50.4, the median resident of Ceyzérieu sits in the middle of the age range.
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Ain 51.0%, France 51.8%.
| Ceyzérieu | Ain median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 15% | 20% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 7.3% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 21% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 28% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 29% | 19% | 22% |
| No diploma | 13% | 17% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 28% | 26% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 21% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 35% | 32% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Ain median and France median: the median of compared communes
Ceyzérieu holds 100 jobs; 450 of its residents are in work, so 0.2 jobs each. One in ten commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train at the census, about level with both Ain’s towns (13.8%) and compared French towns (13.4%). Per consumption unit, the median disposable income is €27,470 a year.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
39 sales of houses and apartments in Ceyzérieu, from July 2023 to June 2026, give the median of €2,182/m². From July 2023 to June 2026, 39 homes were sold locally.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,182/m² | 39 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Among the graded crimes in Ceyzérieu, the most frequent was other physical violence (2025). Violence against people ran at 4.5 per 1,000 residents a year and the graded property crimes at 9.6 (2023–2025 average).
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 family violence, burglary, vehicle theft, theft from vehicles and criminal damage, the count isn’t published when it’s small (five or fewer in a year of the last three), so the index uses the département’s average, 100.0% of the index here.
Heritage, museums and other places to visit in and near Ceyzérieu. Best known first.
ChâteauChâteau de Montvéran4.9 km east, in Culoz-BéonChâteauChâteauChâteau de Grammontin townMuseumMuseumMusée des traditions vigneronnes2.2 km south, in VongnesChâteauChâteauChâteau de Mâchuraz5 km north, in Valromey-sur-SéranChâteauChâteauChâteau de Lavours4.9 km southeast, in LavoursPhotos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
Nothing in Ceyzérieu is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
One notable person was born in Ceyzérieu.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ceyzérieu | 1,064 | — | — | B− | — | A− |
| Culoz-Béon | 3,453 | 3.1 | B | B | B− | C |
| Belley | 9,388 | 5.5 | A− | B− | B− | B |
| Yenne Savoie | 3,026 | 9.4 | B− | C+ | A | C− |
| Plateau d'Hauteville | 4,857 | 11 | A+ | B+ | A+ | A− |
| Rumilly Haute-Savoie | 16,442 | 11 | B− | C− | B | C+ |
| Entrelacs Savoie | 6,461 | 11 | B+ | D | A+ | B+ |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Ceyzérieu has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average.
Homes cost less than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €2,182/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Ceyzérieu grades B− for cost of living.
Commune in Ain, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Ceyzérieu is a commune of 1,064 people in the Communauté de communes Bugey Sud. 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.