Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
A town of 3,449 in Ain, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes.
La Boisse grades A overall: better than 86% of compared French towns, and #14 of 53 in Ain. Its weakest subject is cost of living (C−): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 7.8 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Its strongest is health (A): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 32% 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 overall grade uses the other six subjects.
The one thing La Boisse does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares La Boisse 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 La Boisse as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Menhir de Montaberlet ou de Pierre-Fitte, in Décines-Charpieu, 7 mi away.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in La Boisse.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
For a family doctor, residents of La Boisse can choose among 3 GPs. The nearest emergency department to La Boisse is Polyclinique Lyon Nord, 7.3 mi away. 154 deaths here between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 228: 32% below. Average lifespans in Ain: 85.9 years for women, 82 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 nationally.
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 care-home step is TownRatings’ own calculation, not an official number.
In 2025, criminal damage led the graded crimes in La Boisse. Violence against people averaged 5 per 1,000 residents a year over 2023–2025; graded property crimes averaged 9.3. Police and gendarmerie figures for La Boisse show 65 offenses in 2025.
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 · For sexual violence and vehicle theft, 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, 11.9% of the index here. As that share tops 10%, this Safety Grade carries more doubt than most. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The estimated advertised rent is €13.74/m² a month, above both Ain’s towns (€12.27/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²). Sales in La Boisse from July 2023 to June 2026: 88 houses and apartments. Of the homes sold, 76% were houses.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €3,206/m² | 67 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Those 65 and older account for 16% of residents. Line up the people of La Boisse by age and the one in the middle is 40. Degrees are held by 34% of adults, close to Ain’s towns (32%) and above compared French towns (30%).
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Ain 51.0%, France 51.8%.
| La Boisse | Ain median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 21% | 20% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 11% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 25% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 27% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 16% | 19% | 22% |
| No diploma | 17% | 17% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 27% | 26% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 18% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 34% | 32% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Ain median and France median: the median of compared communes
Jobs located in La Boisse: 1,350, for 1,550 residents in work (0.9 each). Nearly a tenth of the labour force were unemployed, close to Ain’s towns (8.3%) and below compared French towns (10.1%). Bus, tram or train carried 8.8% of working residents in La Boisse to work at the census.
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.
Its collèges and lycées rank #36 of 54 in Ain on results. A collège lies 1.3 mi away.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Louis ArmstrongNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 116 | 92%−2 pts |
| Lycée polyvalent de la CôtièreNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 435 | 94%−4 pts |
| Collège Saint-Louis PrivateBest against expectations: 3 points above the expected rateCollège | Collège | 180 | 95%+3 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Heritage, museums and gardens in and near La Boisse. Best known first.
Nothing in La Boisse 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 La Boisse yet.
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →
It grades A for safety, #7 of 53 in Ain. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 8 burglaries and 22 acts of criminal damage.
They grade C+, better than 40% of compared French towns and #36 of 54 in Ain. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so La Boisse grades C− for cost of living.
Commune in Ain, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
La Boisse is a commune of 3,449 people in the Communauté de communes de la Côtière à Montluel. 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.