Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
A town of 3,554 in Ain, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes.
Loyettes grades C overall: better than 32% of compared French towns, and #50 of 53 in Ain. Its weakest subject is schools (D): bac results 1.8 points below the expected rate; brevet results 10 points below the expected rate. At the median price of €2,635/m², a 70 m² home costs 6.8 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 safety (A−): an average of 2.6 recorded violent incidents and 12.2 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas. The overall grade uses the other six subjects.
The 2 things Loyettes does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Loyettes 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 Loyettes as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Église Saint-Maurice, in Saint-Maurice-de-Gourdans, 3 mi away.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Loyettes.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
For Loyettes, that is below both Ain’s towns (91.0%) and compared French towns (87.5%). Schools rank #54 of 54 in Ain.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège le Grand ChampNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 157 | 83%−1 pt |
| Lycée général et technologique La PléiadeNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 368 | 93%−3 pts |
| Lycée professionnel l'OdysséeBest against expectations: 4 points above the expected rateVocational lycée | Vocational lycée | 75 | 84%+4 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Police and gendarmerie recorded 55 offenses in the graded categories in Loyettes in 2025. Of the graded crimes in Loyettes, criminal damage came up most often (2025). For family violence, other physical violence, sexual violence, armed robbery and theft from vehicles, 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, 18.0% of the index here. Because that share is over 10%, this Safety Grade is less sure than most.
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
Loyettes sits above both Ain’s towns (20%) and compared French towns (17%) on this measure. Over-65s are 15% of the population.
51% women, 49% men
About 95 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Ain 51.0%, France 51.8%.
| Loyettes | Ain median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 22% | 20% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 11% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 29% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 23% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 15% | 19% | 22% |
| No diploma | 17% | 17% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 28% | 26% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 21% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 28% | 32% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Ain median and France median: the median of compared communes
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The median price, €2,635/m², comes from 84 sales of houses and apartments in Loyettes from July 2023 to June 2026. Advertised rents are estimated at €13.37/m² a month, above both Ain’s towns (€12.27/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²).
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,755/m² | 60 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
From 2016 to 2025, 179 residents of Loyettes died, against 186 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 4% fewer. The adjustment lowers most towns’ figures, so the comparison is what counts: the median of compared French towns is 12% below expected. The care-home adjustment is a TownRatings modeling step, not an official statistic. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from D to B.
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
That puts Loyettes below both Ain’s towns (13.8%) and compared French towns (13.4%). Loyettes has 900 jobs for 1,700 working residents, 0.5 per worker. Unemployment stands at 7.0%.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Heritage, family days out and other places to visit in and near Loyettes. Best known first.
Archaeological siteSite archéologique du Vernay3.6 km southeast, in Saint-Romain-de-JalionasChâteauChâteauChâteau Grammont4.3 km southwest, in Pont-de-ChéruyChâteauChâteauChâteau de Verna4.8 km east, in VernasTheme parkTheme parkMax Aventure3.8 km southwest, in Tignieu-JameyzieuAttractionAttractionLocotracteur Berliet4.6 km southwest, in Tignieu-JameyzieuPhotos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
Nothing in Loyettes 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 Loyettes yet.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Loyettes | 3,554 | — | C | C | A− | C |
| Chavanoz Isère | 5,126 | 1.6 | D | C− | B | C+ |
| Saint-Romain-de-Jalionas Isère | 3,417 | 1.8 | B− | C | B+ | B+ |
| Pont-de-Chéruy Isère | 6,302 | 2.5 | D | C | C− | B+ |
| Saint-Maurice-de-Gourdans | 2,903 | 2.9 | — | D | — | A |
| Tignieu-Jameyzieu Isère | 8,031 | 3 | C− | D | B− | B− |
| Charvieu-Chavagneux Isère | 10,547 | 3.6 | D | C− | C+ | B− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades A− for safety, #9 of 53 in Ain. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 6 burglaries and 31 acts of criminal damage.
They grade D, better than 6% of compared French towns. 93% of 368 candidates passed the bac at Lycée général et technologique La Pléiade in 2025, 3 points below the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. 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 €2,635/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Loyettes grades C for cost of living.
Commune in Ain, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Loyettes is a commune of 3,554 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.