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A town of 1,512 in Ain, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes.
Lent has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents. At the median price of €2,283/m², a 70 m² home costs 6.1 times the median annual income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size) in the Communauté d'agglomération du Bassin de Bourg-en-Bresse. Its strongest is health (A−): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 23% 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.
Each subject compares Lent 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 Lent, none of them classé, France’s highest protection.
The oldest protected part dates from the 16th century; the first monument here was protected in 1937.
13% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Lent.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
For Lent, that is below both Ain’s towns (82) and compared French towns (88). The care-home adjustment is a TownRatings modeling step, not an official statistic. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from C+ to A.
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
10% of residents are 15 to 24 and 19% are 65 or over, against 11% and 19% in the median compared commune of Ain. 33% of adults who have left education hold a higher-education diploma (Ain 32%, France 30%).
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Ain 51.0%, France 51.8%.
| Lent | Ain median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 18% | 20% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 10% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 24% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 28% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 19% | 19% | 22% |
| No diploma | 15% | 17% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 28% | 26% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 19% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 33% | 32% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Ain median and France median: the median of compared communes
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Lent sits above both Ain’s towns (7.9%) and compared French towns (7.4%) on this measure. The Culture ministry lists 1 historic monument in Lent, none of them classé, France’s highest protection.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
That puts Lent below both Ain’s towns (8.3%) and compared French towns (10.1%). Lent has 250 jobs for 750 working residents, 0.3 per worker. At the census, 5.9% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
On this, Lent is below both Ain’s towns (€12.27/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²). The median price, €2,283/m², comes from 39 sales of houses and apartments in Lent from July 2023 to June 2026.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,386/m² | 35 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Heritage in and near Lent. Best known first.
Lent has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
Maison à pans de bois: Photo: Chabe01 · CC BY-SA 4.0
One notable person was born in Lent.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lent | 1,512 | — | — | B− | — | A− |
| Péronnas | 6,444 | 4.6 | A | C+ | B | A |
| Saint-Denis-lès-Bourg | 6,160 | 5.9 | A | C+ | B | A |
| Bourg-en-Bresse | 42,372 | 6.1 | C | B− | D | C+ |
| Ceyzériat | 3,328 | 7.5 | A+ | C+ | A− | B+ |
| Chalamont | 2,533 | 8.4 | A | B+ | B+ | C+ |
| Pont-d'Ain | 2,843 | 8.4 | D | B+ | D | D |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Lent has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 4.4 recorded violent incidents and 7.9 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Prices are close to the median of compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €2,283/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Lent grades B− for cost of living.
Commune in Ain, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Lent is a commune of 1,512 people in the Communauté d'agglomération du Bassin de Bourg-en-Bresse. 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.