Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
A town of 7,411 in Ain, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes.
Lagnieu grades B+ overall: better than 73% of compared French towns, and #26 of 53 in Ain. Its weakest subject is health (C+): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 8% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. At the median price of €2,319/m², a 70 m² home costs 6 times the median annual income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size) in the Communauté de communes de la Plaine de l'Ain. Its strongest is schools (A−): brevet results at the expected rate.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas. The overall grade uses the other six subjects.
Each subject compares Lagnieu 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 Lagnieu, none of them classé, France’s highest protection.
Wikidata records 4 people born in Lagnieu before 1900, the earliest Joseph Rollet, in 1824.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Lagnieu.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
In the comparison, Lagnieu comes above both Ain’s towns (91.0%) and compared French towns (87.5%).
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Paul ClaudelNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 182 | 91%±0 pts |
| Collège de la Plaine de l'AinBest against expectations: a point above the expected rateCollège | Collège | 148 | 96%+1 pt |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Police and gendarmerie recorded 133 offenses in the graded categories in Lagnieu in 2025. For armed robbery, 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, 0.5% of the index here.
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
10.2% of Lagnieu’s working residents walked, cycled or took public transport to work in the 2023 census, against 13% for the median of compared French towns; 85% drove.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
For Lagnieu, that is above both Ain’s towns (82) and compared French towns (88). From 2016 to 2025, 725 residents of Lagnieu died, against 698 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 4% more. 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
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
The Culture ministry lists 1 historic monument in Lagnieu, none of them classé, France’s highest protection.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The median price, €2,319/m², comes from 238 sales of houses and apartments in Lagnieu from July 2023 to June 2026. In Lagnieu, houses go for €2,475/m² and apartments for €1,925/m².
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,475/m² | 157 |
| Apartments | €1,925/m² | 81 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Lagnieu sits below both Ain’s towns (32%) and compared French towns (30%) on this measure. Under-15s account for 18% of the population.
52% women, 48% men
About 93 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Ain 51.0%, France 51.8%.
| Lagnieu | Ain median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 18% | 20% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 10% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 24% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 25% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 23% | 19% | 22% |
| No diploma | 21% | 17% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 29% | 26% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 18% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 26% | 32% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Ain median and France median: the median of compared communes
Heritage and museums in and near Lagnieu. Best known first.
Lagnieu has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
Château de Montferrand: Photo: Jacques.BOURG01 · CC BY-SA 3.0
6 notable people were born in Lagnieu.
Joseph Rollet: Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain · Julien Barbero: This picture belongs to Xavier Caré ., CC BY-SA 4.0 · Louis Jean Baptiste Bergeron: Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lagnieu | 7,411 | — | B+ | B− | B | C+ |
| Ambérieu-en-Bugey | 15,934 | 4.2 | C− | C+ | C− | C |
| Villieu-Loyes-Mollon | 3,849 | 5.8 | B | C | C+ | B |
| Montalieu-Vercieu Isère | 3,510 | 6.6 | C− | B+ | C− | D |
| Meximieux | 8,247 | 7 | C+ | C− | C+ | B− |
| Ambronay | 2,841 | 7.4 | A− | B+ | B− | B+ |
| Saint-Maurice-de-Gourdans | 2,903 | 9.3 | — | D | — | A |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades B for safety, #21 of 53 in Ain. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 13 burglaries and 51 acts of criminal damage.
They grade A−, better than 79% of compared French towns and #12 of 54 in Ain. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Prices are close to the median of compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €2,319/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Estimated advertised apartment rents are €11.97/m² a month, charges included. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Lagnieu grades B− for cost of living.
Commune in Ain, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Lagnieu is a commune of 7,411 people in the Communauté de communes de la Plaine de l'Ain. 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.