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A town of 1,441 in Ain, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes. Only 13% of residents are 65 or over.
Leyment has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents. Its weakest subject is health (C): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 5% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. At the median price of €2,615/m², a 70 m² home costs 6.7 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 one thing Leyment does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Leyment 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.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
The Culture ministry lists no building in Leyment as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Château (ancien), in Saint-Denis-en-Bugey, 2.6 mi away.
12% 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 Leyment.
That puts Leyment below both Ain’s towns (19%) and compared French towns (22%). Under-15s account for 21% of the population.
51% women, 49% men
About 96 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Ain 51.0%, France 51.8%.
| Leyment | Ain median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 21% | 20% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 10% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 28% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 28% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 13% | 19% | 22% |
| No diploma | 14% | 17% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 31% | 26% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 19% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 31% | 32% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Ain median and France median: the median of compared communes
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
On this, Leyment is above both Ain’s towns (91.0%) and compared French towns (87.5%).
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège de la Plaine de l'AinNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 148 | 96%+1 pt |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
In the comparison, Leyment comes above 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 D 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
For Leyment, that is below both Ain’s towns (13.8%) and compared French towns (13.4%). Leyment has 350 jobs for 700 working residents, 0.5 per worker. The median disposable income is €28,320 a year per consumption unit.
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.
The median price, €2,615/m², comes from 41 sales of houses and apartments in Leyment from July 2023 to June 2026. The estimated advertised rent is €11.38/m² a month, below both Ain’s towns (€12.27/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²).
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,657/m² | 38 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Heritage, other places to visit and museums in and near Leyment. Best known first.
Nothing in Leyment is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
One notable person was born in Leyment.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Leyment | 1,441 | — | — | B− | — | C |
| Lagnieu | 7,411 | 3 | B+ | B− | B | C+ |
| Villieu-Loyes-Mollon | 3,849 | 3.1 | B | C | C+ | B |
| Ambérieu-en-Bugey | 15,934 | 3.7 | C− | C+ | C− | C |
| Meximieux | 8,247 | 4.8 | C+ | C− | C+ | B− |
| Ambronay | 2,841 | 6.3 | A− | B+ | B− | B+ |
| Chalamont | 2,533 | 7.7 | A | B+ | B+ | C+ |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Leyment has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 4.9 recorded violent incidents and 10.8 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
They grade A−, better than 79% of compared French towns. 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 €2,615/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Leyment grades B− for cost of living.
Commune in Ain, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Leyment is a commune of 1,441 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.