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This town in Ain, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes has a population of 2,443.
Jobs & income is its strong suit (A): 0.9 jobs per working resident; 6.5% unemployment. A 70 m² home at the median €2,476/m² costs 6.4 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the Communauté de communes de la Plaine de l'Ain. Where it falls short is walkability (C+) — 39% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 12% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Its other grades sit near the middle: B− for schools and B− for health.
Figures: employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025). Château-Gaillard 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 Château-Gaillard does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Château-Gaillard 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.
Château-Gaillard 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 Château-Gaillard 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, 1.9 mi away.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Château-Gaillard.
People aged 15 to 24 make up a tenth of the town, below Ain’s towns (11%) and compared French towns (11%) alike. 14% of residents are 65 or over. Château-Gaillard has a median age of 39.1.
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Ain 51.0%, France 51.8%.
| Château-Gaillard | Ain median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 23% | 20% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 10% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 28% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 26% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 14% | 19% | 22% |
| No diploma | 15% | 17% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 27% | 26% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 21% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 31% | 32% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Ain median and France median: the median of compared communes
Households’ median disposable income: €27,990 a year per consumption unit. At the census, 8.6% of working residents in Château-Gaillard went to work by public transport.
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.
The town’s pupils have a collège 2.5 mi away.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Saint-ExupéryNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 167 | 77%−8 pts |
| Lycée de la Plaine de l'AinNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 481 | 97%±0 pts |
| Lycée professionnel Alexandre BérardBest against expectations: 3 points above the expected rateVocational lycée | Vocational lycée | 166 | 90%+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.
57 sales of houses and apartments in Château-Gaillard, from July 2023 to June 2026, give the median of €2,476/m². Advertised rents are estimated at €11.57/m² a month, below both Ain’s towns (€12.27/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²). For a house, the estimated advertised rent is €9.54/m² a month.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,511/m² | 55 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
In Ain, life expectancy at birth reaches 85.9 years for women and 82 for men (2025), next to 85.9 and 80.3 for France. From 2016 to 2025, 114 residents of Château-Gaillard died, against 131 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 13% fewer. After the care-home adjustment, the town’s deaths ran at 87 per 100 expected, higher than Ain’s towns (82) and near compared French towns (88).
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 C− to A−.
In 2025, criminal damage led the graded crimes in Château-Gaillard. All told, Château-Gaillard had 12 recorded offenses in 2025. Graded property crimes ran at 9.8 per 1,000 residents a year, and violence against people at 2.7 (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 · When family violence, other physical violence, sexual violence, vehicle theft and theft from vehicles number five or fewer in a recent year, the figure is withheld, and the index uses the département’s average instead (35.7% of the index here). The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Heritage, other places to visit and museums in and near Château-Gaillard. Best known first.
MuseumMusée du cheminot3.9 km east, in Ambérieu-en-BugeyAttractionAttractionChâteau de Saint-Maurice-de-Rémens2.6 km southwest, in Saint-Maurice-de-RémensChâteauChâteauChâteau de Saint-Denis-en-Bugey3 km southeast, in Saint-Denis-en-BugeyAttractionAttractionMirage III à Ambérieu-en-Bugey2.9 km east, in Ambérieu-en-BugeyChâteauChâteauChâteau Grammont4.4 km west, in Châtillon-la-PaludPhotos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
Nothing in Château-Gaillard 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 Château-Gaillard 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Château-Gaillard | 2,443 | — | — | B− | — | B− |
| Ambérieu-en-Bugey | 15,934 | 2.3 | C− | C+ | C− | C |
| Ambronay | 2,841 | 3.5 | A− | B+ | B− | B+ |
| Villieu-Loyes-Mollon | 3,849 | 4.7 | B | C | C+ | B |
| Lagnieu | 7,411 | 5.1 | B+ | B− | B | C+ |
| Pont-d'Ain | 2,843 | 6.1 | D | B+ | D | D |
| Meximieux | 8,247 | 6.5 | C+ | C− | C+ | B− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Château-Gaillard has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 5 burglaries and 7 acts of criminal damage.
They grade B−, better than 55% of compared French towns. 97% of 481 candidates passed the bac at Lycée de la Plaine de l'Ain in 2025, at the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Prices are close to the median of compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €2,476/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Château-Gaillard grades B− for cost of living.
Commune in Ain, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Château-Gaillard is a commune of 2,443 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 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.