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In Ain, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, this town has 852 residents.

Is Géovreisset a good place to live?

Géovreisset has no grades yet: French towns are graded from 1,000 residents up.

Géovreisset’s outline. No photo of the town is in our collection yet.
Géovreisset’s story

No historic monuments in Géovreisset

The Culture ministry lists no building in Géovreisset as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.

The nearest classé monument is Usine électrique la Grande Vapeur, actuellement musée du Peigne, in Oyonnax, 1.7 mi away.

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The data

Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Géovreisset.

Who lives here

Géovreisset skews young, with 12% of residents aged 15 to 24, more than Ain’s towns or compared French towns

Children under 15 make up 17%, below Ain’s towns (20%) and close to compared French towns (17%). 27% of adults hold a degree. At 47.6, the median resident of Géovreisset sits in the middle of the age range.

47.6median age
GéovreissetAin medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma23%
CAP or BEP26%
Baccalauréat20%
Higher education27%

Women and men · all residents

48% women, 52% men

About 109 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Ain 51.0%, France 51.8%.

Ages and diplomas in Géovreisset
GéovreissetAin medianFrance median
Under 1517%20%17%
15–2412%11%11%
25–4418%24%23%
45–6433%26%26%
65+20%19%22%
No diploma23%17%19%
CAP or BEP26%26%26%
Baccalauréat20%18%18%
Higher education27%32%30%

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

Work & commute

Walking, cycling and public transport carry fewer commuters in Géovreisset than in Ain’s towns or compared French towns: 3.2%

Half of residents lived on more than €28,660 a year per consumption unit, close to Ain’s towns (€27,670) and above compared French towns (€25,970). Géovreisset holds 100 jobs; 400 of its residents are in work, so 0.3 jobs each. 3.4% of the town’s working residents had no journey to work at the census.

3%walk, cycle or take transit

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving93%
Public transport1%
On foot1%
Bicycle1%
Motorbike or scooter1%
100
jobs based in Géovreisset, 0.3 per working resident
9.1%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€28,660
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
3%
worked without traveling (at or from home)

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

Schools

85.2% of candidates passed the brevet at the four collèges within 5 km, 3.8 points above the expected rate

Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.

Near Géovreisset, 91.5% of lycée candidates passed the bac, below both Ain’s towns (94.2%) and compared French towns (92.9%). The town’s pupils have a collège 0.8 mi away. At the two general lycées, 97% of 360 candidates passed the bac, a point above the expected rate.

97%passed the bac (general and technological)

Brevet pass rate · collèges within 5 km

Géovreisset85.2%
Median of towns87.5%

Bac pass rate · lycées within 5 km

Géovreisset91.5%
Median of towns92.9%
SchoolLevelCandidatesPassed, 2025
Collège Louis LumièreNearest collègeCollègeCollège13089%+13 pts
Lycée polyvalent Arbez-CarmeNearest lycéeGeneral lycéeGeneral lycée18297%±0 pts
Collège Saint-Joseph PrivateBest against expectations: 10 points above the expected rateCollègeCollège11399%+10 pts

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97%
passed the general and technological bac, +1 pt against the expected rate
80%
passed the vocational bac, −1.2 pts against the expected rate
85.2%
passed the brevet at the collèges, +3.8 pts against the expected rate
0.8 mi
to the nearest collège from the town center

Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte

Housing

Renting in Géovreisset costs less than in Ain’s towns or compared French towns, at an estimated advertised €10.05/m² a month

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

Sales in Géovreisset from July 2023 to June 2026: 11 houses and apartments. Of the homes sold, 91% were houses. House rents are put at about €8.92/m² a month.

€10.05/m²estimated apartment rent a month

Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month

Géovreisset€10.05/m²
Median of towns€12.41/m²
Ain median€12.27/m²
€10.05/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€8.00 to €12.63/m² a month)
€8.92/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included

Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte

Nearby attractions

Usine électrique la Grande Vapeur and 2 more in and around Géovreisset

Museums and heritage in and near Géovreisset. Best known first.

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Places: © OpenStreetMap contributors · Wikidata
Keep exploring

Everything we know about Géovreisset

13pages on Géovreisset

Landmarks

Nothing in Géovreisset is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.

Its history page →

Famous people from Géovreisset

Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Géovreisset yet.

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Géovreisset’s neighbors

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

All towns in Ain →
BellignatOyonnaxArbentMontréal-la-CluseNantuaValserhôneBellignatOyonnaxArbentMontréal-la-CluseNantuaValserhôneGéovreisset
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
Géovreisset852—————
Bellignat3,5250.8A−BBA−
Oyonnax22,4801.2BB−B−C+
Arbent3,5553.3—B+—A
Montréal-la-Cluse3,5685.7BB−A−B−
Nantua3,4167.3C+A−CB−
Valserhône16,71213DC−C−C

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

About Géovreisset

Commune in Ain, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes

Géovreisset is a commune of 852 people in the Communauté d'agglomération Haut - Bugey Agglomération. 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
852 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté d'agglomération Haut - Bugey Agglomération
Département
Ain (01)
Région
Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Area
1.3 sq mi (3.3 km²)
INSEE code
01171

Sources: INSEE, census 2023 (population, employment, commuting) · INSEE, Filosofi 2023 (income per consumption unit, poverty) · 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 November 4, 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.