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331 residents make their home in this town in Ain, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes.

Is Mantenay-Montlin a good place to live?

Mantenay-Montlin is too small to grade: French towns get subject grades from 1,000 residents.

Mantenay-Montlin’s outline. No photo of the town is in our collection yet.
Mantenay-Montlin’s story

No historic monuments in Mantenay-Montlin

The Culture ministry lists no building in Mantenay-Montlin as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.

The nearest classé monument is Ferme de la Forêt (ensemble), in Courtes, 3 mi away.

36% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.

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The data

Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Mantenay-Montlin.

Who lives here

Fewer people in Mantenay-Montlin hold a degree than in Ain’s towns or compared French towns: 18%

People aged 15 to 24 make up a tenth of the town. 17% are under 15, lower than Ain’s towns (20%) and near compared French towns (17%). Over-65s are 22% of the population.

47.6median age
Mantenay-MontlinAin medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma19%
CAP or BEP36%
Baccalauréat23%
Higher education18%

Women and men · all residents

49% women, 51% men

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

Ages and diplomas in Mantenay-Montlin
Mantenay-MontlinAin medianFrance median
Under 1517%20%17%
15–249.6%11%11%
25–4422%24%23%
45–6430%26%26%
65+22%19%22%
No diploma19%17%19%
CAP or BEP36%26%26%
Baccalauréat23%18%18%
Higher education18%32%30%

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

Work & commute

Money is tighter in Mantenay-Montlin than in Ain’s towns or compared French towns: the median disposable income is €23,450 a year per consumption unit

Of those in the labour force, 11.4% are unemployed. At the census, 6.7% went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport, below Ain’s towns (13.8%) and compared French towns (13.4%) alike. 50 jobs are based in Mantenay-Montlin, for 150 working residents (0.5 per worker).

7%walk, cycle or take transit

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving87%
On foot3%
Public transport3%
Motorbike or scooter1%
Bicycle0%
50
jobs based in Mantenay-Montlin, 0.5 per working resident
11.4%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€23,450
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
6%
worked without traveling (at or from home)

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

Schools

82.0% of candidates passed the brevet at the collège within 5 km, 5 points below the expected rate

Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.

A collège lies 2.7 mi away. The nearest general lycée is 14 mi away.

82.0%passed the brevet

Brevet pass rate · collèges within 5 km

Mantenay-Montlin82.0%
Median of towns87.5%
SchoolLevelCandidatesPassed, 2025
Collège Louis VuittonNearest collègeCollègeCollège6682%−5 pts
82.0%
passed the brevet at the collèges, −5 pts against the expected rate
2.7 mi
to the nearest collège from the town center

Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte

Housing

Renting in Mantenay-Montlin costs less than in Ain’s towns or compared French towns, at an estimated advertised €8.64/m² a month

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

House rents are put at about €7.09/m² a month. 7 houses and apartments changed hands in Mantenay-Montlin from July 2023 to June 2026.

€8.64/m²estimated apartment rent a month

Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month

Mantenay-Montlin€8.64/m²
Median of towns€12.41/m²
Ain median€12.27/m²
€8.64/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€6.98 to €10.70/m² a month)
€7.09/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included

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

Keep exploring

Everything we know about Mantenay-Montlin

13pages on Mantenay-Montlin

Landmarks

Nothing in Mantenay-Montlin is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.

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Famous people from Mantenay-Montlin

Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Mantenay-Montlin yet.

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Mantenay-Montlin’s neighbors

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

All towns in Ain →
Montrevel-en-BresseBâgé-DommartinAttignatFeillensPolliatSaint-Étienne-du-BoisMontrevel-en-BresseBâgé-DommartinAttignatFeillensPolliatSaint-Étienne-du-BoisMantenay-Montlin
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
Mantenay-Montlin331—————
Montrevel-en-Bresse2,7436.4B−C+BB−
Bâgé-Dommartin4,0509.6AB+AA
Attignat3,40910—B−—A
Feillens3,41112A+B−A+A
Polliat2,74112—B—A+
Saint-Étienne-du-Bois2,58413—B—A+

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

About Mantenay-Montlin

Commune in Ain, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes

Mantenay-Montlin is a commune of 331 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

Population
331 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté d'agglomération du Bassin de Bourg-en-Bresse
Département
Ain (01)
Région
Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Area
4.2 sq mi (10.9 km²)
INSEE code
01230

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 November 4, 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.