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A town of 3,411 in Ain, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes.
Feillens grades A+ overall: better than almost every compared French town, and #1 of 53 in Ain. Its weakest subject is walkability (C+): 66% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 6% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. At the median price of €2,059/m², a 70 m² home costs 5.3 times the median annual income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size) in the Communauté de communes Bresse et Saône. Its strongest is safety (A+): an average of 3.7 recorded violent incidents and 7.4 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas. The overall grade uses the other six subjects.
The one thing Feillens does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Feillens 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 1 historic monument in Feillens: 1 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 0 inscrit (the second level).
The oldest protected part dates from the 15th century; the first monument here was protected in 1927.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Feillens.
Police and gendarmerie recorded 33 offenses in the graded categories in Feillens in 2025. On the Safety Grade, Feillens ranks 2nd of the 53 compared towns in Ain. For other physical violence, 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, 17.8% of the index here. Because that share is over 10%, this Safety Grade is less sure than most.
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
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
That puts Feillens below both Ain’s towns (82) and compared French towns (88). From 2016 to 2025, 317 residents of Feillens died, against 321 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 1% 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.
On this, Feillens is close to Ain’s towns (91.0%) and above compared French towns (87.5%).
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Saint-Charles PrivateNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 117 | 100%+7 pts |
| Collège Robert SchumanBest against expectations: 5 points above the expected rateCollège | Collège | 93 | 80%+5 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
In the comparison, Feillens comes below both Ain’s towns (8.3%) and compared French towns (10.1%). Feillens has 1,600 jobs for 1,600 working residents, 1 per worker. At the census, 5.6% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
The Culture ministry lists 1 historic monument in Feillens: 1 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 0 inscrit (the second level).
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
For Feillens, that is below both Ain’s towns (11%) and compared French towns (11%). People 65 and over make up 24% of the town.
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Ain 51.0%, France 51.8%.
| Feillens | Ain median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 18% | 20% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 9.6% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 24% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 25% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 24% | 19% | 22% |
| No diploma | 20% | 17% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 28% | 26% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 20% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 28% | 32% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Ain median and France median: the median of compared communes
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The median sale price was €2,059/m², below both Ain’s towns (€2,641/m²) and compared French towns (€2,430/m²).
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,098/m² | 76 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Heritage and museums in and near Feillens. Best known first.
Feillens has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
Croix de chemin: Photo: Chabe01 · CC BY-SA 4.0
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Feillens 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feillens | 3,411 | — | A+ | B− | A+ | A |
| Replonges | 3,956 | 2.1 | B− | C+ | B+ | B− |
| Bâgé-Dommartin | 4,050 | 3.2 | A | B+ | A | A |
| Mâcon Saône-et-Loire | 35,177 | 3.6 | C | B | C− | B |
| Charnay-lès-Mâcon Saône-et-Loire | 8,227 | 4.7 | B | C | A− | B |
| Crêches-sur-Saône Saône-et-Loire | 3,198 | 8.3 | A− | B− | C− | A− |
| Vonnas | 3,255 | 9.2 | A− | B | B+ | A− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades A+ for safety, #2 of 53 in Ain. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 9 burglaries and 17 acts of criminal damage.
They grade A−, better than 82% of compared French towns and #10 of 54 in Ain. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Estimated advertised apartment rents are €12.15/m² a month, charges included. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Feillens grades B− for cost of living.
Commune in Ain, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Feillens is a commune of 3,411 people in the Communauté de communes Bresse et Saône. 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.