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A town of 601 in Ain, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes.

Is Corveissiat a good place to live?

Corveissiat is too small to grade: French towns get subject grades from 1,000 residents.

What makes Corveissiat stand out

The 2 things Corveissiat does most differently from other towns.

Picked automatically from the data
Église de Saint-Maurice d'Echazeaux
Église de Saint-Maurice d'Echazeaux · Classé · Photo: Chabe01 · CC BY-SA 4.0
Corveissiat’s story

Corveissiat in pictures

The Culture ministry lists 1 historic monument in Corveissiat: 1 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 0 inscrit (the second level).

The oldest protected part dates from the 12th century; the first monument here was protected in 1941.

25% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.

Émile Écuyer, born in 1881, is the one person born in Corveissiat before 1900 that Wikidata records.

  • 1941First protected: Église de Saint-Maurice d'Echazeaux
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The data

Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Corveissiat.

History

Old homes shape Corveissiat: 25% were built before 1919, more than in both Ain’s towns and compared French towns

France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.

Its heritage reaches back to the 12th century. Among the classé monuments in Corveissiat is Église de Saint-Maurice d'Echazeaux.

1historic monument

Monuments by protection · Mérimée

Classé1
Inscrit0

Among them · Classé

12th c.
oldest protected part
1941
first monument protected

Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period

Who lives here

Children make up only 15% of Corveissiat, fewer than in both Ain’s towns and compared French towns

28% of adults hold a degree, below Ain’s towns (32%) and compared French towns (30%) alike. The share aged 15 to 24 is 10%. Over-65s are 21% of the population.

43.9median age
CorveissiatAin medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma14%
CAP or BEP32%
Baccalauréat21%
Higher education28%

Women and men · all residents

47% women, 53% men

About 113 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Ain 51.0%, France 51.8%.

Ages and diplomas in Corveissiat
CorveissiatAin medianFrance median
Under 1515%20%17%
15–2410%11%11%
25–4426%24%23%
45–6427%26%26%
65+21%19%22%
No diploma14%17%19%
CAP or BEP32%26%26%
Baccalauréat21%18%18%
Higher education28%32%30%

INSEE, census 2023 · Ain median and France median: the median of compared communes

Work & commute

Corveissiat has lower unemployment than Ain’s towns or compared French towns: 6.0%

9.2% of commuters left the car at home at the census, walking, cycling or taking public transport. Corveissiat holds 100 jobs; 300 of its residents are in work, so 0.3 jobs each. At the census, 2.2% of working residents in Corveissiat didn’t travel to work at all.

9%walk, cycle or take transit

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving89%
On foot5%
Public transport3%
Bicycle2%
Motorbike or scooter0%
100
jobs based in Corveissiat, 0.3 per working resident
6.0%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€27,790
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
2%
worked without traveling (at or from home)

Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte

Housing

Estimated advertised rents run lower in Corveissiat than in Ain’s towns or across compared French towns: €8.58/m² a month

Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.

The median price, €1,400/m², comes from 31 sales of houses and apartments in Corveissiat from July 2023 to June 2026. House rents are put at about €8.92/m² a month.

€1,400/m²median sale price

Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026

Corveissiat€1,400/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Ain median€2,641/m²
By typeMedian per m²Sales
Houses€1,400/m²31
€8.58/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€6.74 to €10.92/m² a month)
€8.92/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included

Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte

Keep exploring

Everything we know about Corveissiat

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Landmarks

Corveissiat has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.

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Photo credits

Église de Saint-Maurice d'Echazeaux: Photo: Chabe01 · CC BY-SA 4.0

Famous people from Corveissiat

One notable person was born in Corveissiat.

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Corveissiat’s neighbors

The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →

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Montréal-la-CluseBellignatOyonnaxCeyzériatSaint-Étienne-du-BoisNantuaMontréal-la-CluseBellignatOyonnaxCeyzériatSaint-Étienne-du-BoisNantuaCorveissiat
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
Corveissiat601—————
Montréal-la-Cluse3,5686.8BB−A−B−
Bellignat3,5257.5A−BBA−
Oyonnax22,4808.2BB−B−C+
Ceyzériat3,3288.8A+C+A−B+
Saint-Étienne-du-Bois2,5849.2—B—A+
Nantua3,4169.3C+A−CB−

People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.

About Corveissiat

Commune in Ain, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes

Corveissiat is a commune of 601 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

Population
601 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté d'agglomération du Bassin de Bourg-en-Bresse
Département
Ain (01)
Région
Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Area
8.9 sq mi (23 km²)
INSEE code
01125

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.