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Le PlantayAin

The town, home to 559 people, lies in Ain, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes.

Is Le Plantay a good place to live?

Le Plantay has no grades yet: French towns are graded from 1,000 residents up. Few residents are of retirement age: 15% are 65 or over.

What makes Le Plantay stand out

The one thing Le Plantay does most differently from other towns.

Picked automatically from the data
Tour et bâtiment annexe
Tour et bâtiment annexe · Inscrit · Photo: Benoît Prieur · CC0
Le Plantay’s story

Le Plantay in pictures

Le Plantay has 2 historic monuments on the Culture ministry’s list, none at the highest level (classé).

The oldest protected part dates from the 13th century; the first monument here was protected in 1991.

17% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.

Antonin Duraffour, born in 1879, is the one person born in Le Plantay before 1900 that Wikidata records.

  • 1991First protected: Tour et bâtiment annexe
  • 2008Most recently protected: Église Saint-Pierre
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The data

Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Le Plantay.

Who lives here

Le Plantay has fewer young adults than Ain’s towns or compared French towns: 8.1% are 15 to 24

Children under 15 make up 21%, above Ain’s towns (20%) and compared French towns (17%) alike. Among adults, 33% have a degree. Typical age in Le Plantay: 39.2, the median.

39.2median age
Le PlantayAin medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma11%
CAP or BEP30%
Baccalauréat22%
Higher education33%

Women and men · all residents

50% women, 50% men

About an even split. Median share of women: Ain 51.0%, France 51.8%.

Ages and diplomas in Le Plantay
Le PlantayAin medianFrance median
Under 1521%20%17%
15–248.1%11%11%
25–4427%24%23%
45–6429%26%26%
65+15%19%22%
No diploma11%17%19%
CAP or BEP30%26%26%
Baccalauréat22%18%18%
Higher education33%32%30%

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

History

Old homes shape Le Plantay: 17% were built before 1919, more than in Ain’s towns and across compared French towns

France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.

Le Plantay has 2 historic monuments on the Culture ministry’s list, none at the highest level (classé). Its oldest listed monument dates from the 13th century.

2historic monuments

Monuments by protection · Mérimée

Classé0
Inscrit2
13th c.
oldest protected part
1991
first monument protected

Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period

Work & commute

Fewer people in Le Plantay are out of work than in Ain’s towns or across compared French towns: 5.7%

Walking, cycling and public transport carried nearly one in ten commuters at the census. Le Plantay holds 100 jobs; 250 of its residents are in work, so 0.3 jobs each. Half of residents lived on more than €29,060 a year per consumption unit, higher than both Ain’s towns (€27,670) and compared French towns (€25,970).

9%walk, cycle or take transit

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving81%
Public transport8%
On foot1%
Bicycle0%
Motorbike or scooter0%
100
jobs based in Le Plantay, 0.3 per working resident
5.7%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€29,060
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
9%
worked without traveling (at or from home)

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

Housing

The estimated advertised rent of an apartment in Le Plantay is €12.90/m² a month

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

Of the homes sold, 90% were houses. The market in Le Plantay: 21 sales of houses and apartments between July 2023 and June 2026.

€12.90/m²estimated apartment rent a month

Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month

Le Plantay€12.90/m²
Median of towns€12.41/m²
Ain median€12.27/m²
€12.90/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€10.10 to €16.47/m² a month)
€11.35/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included

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

Nearby attractions

Abbaye Notre-Dame-des-Dombes and 3 more in and around Le Plantay

Heritage and museums in and near Le Plantay. Best known first.

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Places: © OpenStreetMap contributors · Wikidata
Keep exploring

Everything we know about Le Plantay

12pages on Le Plantay

Landmarks

Le Plantay has 2 historic monuments on the Culture ministry’s list, none at the highest level (classé).

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Photo credits

Église Saint-Pierre: Photo: Benoît Prieur · CC0 · Tour et bâtiment annexe: Photo: Benoît Prieur · CC0

Famous people from Le Plantay

One notable person was born in Le Plantay.

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Le Plantay’s neighbors

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

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Villars-les-DombesChalamontSaint-André-de-CorcyMeximieuxChâtillon-sur-ChalaronneVillieu-Loyes-MollonVillars-les-DombesChalamontSaint-André-de-CorcyMeximieuxChâtillon-sur-ChalaronneVillieu-Loyes-MollonLe Plantay
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
Le Plantay559—————
Villars-les-Dombes5,1632.9A−CCB
Chalamont2,5334.3AB+B+C+
Saint-André-de-Corcy3,3709.1BC−B+B−
Meximieux8,2479.2C+C−C+B−
Châtillon-sur-Chalaronne5,2509.3B−B−CC
Villieu-Loyes-Mollon3,8499.4BCC+B

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

About Le Plantay

Commune in Ain, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes

Le Plantay is a commune of 559 people in the Communauté de communes de la Dombes. 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
559 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes de la Dombes
Département
Ain (01)
Région
Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Area
8 sq mi (20.7 km²)
INSEE code
01299

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.