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A town of 1,205 in Ain, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes.
Groissiat has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents. Its weakest subject is walkability (D): 0% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 4% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Its strongest is health (A+): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 41% 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 one thing Groissiat does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Groissiat 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 Groissiat as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Ruines du temple romain, in Izernore, 2.7 mi away.
2.4% 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 Groissiat.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
From 2016 to 2025, 139 residents of Groissiat died, against 145 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 4% fewer. Average lifespans in Ain: 85.9 years for women, 82 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 nationally. The nearest emergency department to Groissiat is Centre hospitalier du Haut Bugey Geovreisset, 2.4 mi away.
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 · TownRatings makes the care-home adjustment itself; it is a model, not an official statistic.
Jobs located in Groissiat: 800, for 550 residents in work (1.4 each). The census found 4.3% of commuters going to work on foot, by bike or by public transport. Half of residents lived on more than €30,280 a year per consumption unit, higher than both Ain’s towns (€27,670) and compared French towns (€25,970). 7.1% of people in the labour force have no job.
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.
Near Groissiat, 91.5% of lycée candidates passed the bac, lower than both Ain’s towns (94.2%) and compared French towns (92.9%). The town’s pupils have a collège 2.2 mi away. At the two general lycées, 97% of 360 candidates passed the bac, a point above the expected rate.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège AmpèreNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 146 | 68%−6 pts |
| Lycée polyvalent Arbez-CarmeNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 182 | 97%±0 pts |
| Collège Louis LumièreBest against expectations: 13 points above the expected rateCollège | Collège | 130 | 89%+13 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.
The market in Groissiat: 21 sales of houses and apartments between July 2023 and June 2026. Renting a house costs an estimated €8.94/m² a month. Houses made up 86% of the homes sold; apartments the rest.
Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
A quarter of residents are 65 or over, above Ain’s towns (19%) and compared French towns (22%) alike. Among adults, 29% have a degree. Also worth knowing: residents of Groissiat have a median age of 50.4.
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Ain 51.0%, France 51.8%.
| Groissiat | Ain median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 14% | 20% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 10% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 17% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 33% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 25% | 19% | 22% |
| No diploma | 23% | 17% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 25% | 26% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 18% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 29% | 32% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Ain median and France median: the median of compared communes
Museums and other places to visit in and near Groissiat. Best known first.
Nothing in Groissiat 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 Groissiat 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Groissiat | 1,205 | — | — | B | — | A+ |
| Bellignat | 3,525 | 1.8 | A− | B | B | A− |
| Oyonnax | 22,480 | 2.7 | B | B− | B− | C+ |
| Montréal-la-Cluse | 3,568 | 3.6 | B | B− | A− | B− |
| Arbent | 3,555 | 5 | — | B+ | — | A |
| Nantua | 3,416 | 5.1 | C+ | A− | C | B− |
| Valserhône | 16,712 | 12 | D | C− | C− | C |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Groissiat has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 5.5 recorded violent incidents and 8.5 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
They grade B+, better than 67% of compared French towns. 97% of 182 candidates passed the bac at Lycée polyvalent Arbez-Carme in 2025, at the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Commune in Ain, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Groissiat is a commune of 1,205 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
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 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.