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A town of 2,018 in Ain, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes.
Manziat has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents. At the median price of €2,171/m², a 70 m² home costs 5.6 times the median annual income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size) in the Communauté de communes Bresse et Saône. Its strongest is schools (A+): brevet results 7 points above the expected rate.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
The one thing Manziat does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Manziat 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 no building in Manziat as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Croix de chemin, in Feillens, 2 mi away.
21% 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 Manziat.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
General-bac pupils go 5 mi to the nearest lycée. The town’s pupils have a collège 2 mi away.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Saint-Charles PrivateNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 117 | 100%+7 pts |
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.
Adjusted for age and care homes, Manziat records 80 deaths per 100 expected, close to Ain’s towns (82) and below compared French towns (88). From 2016 to 2025, 155 residents of Manziat died, against 173 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 10% fewer. In Ain, life expectancy at birth reaches 85.9 years for women and 82 for men (2025), next to 85.9 and 80.3 for France. 4 GPs practise in the town.
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 · The adjustment for care homes is TownRatings’ own modeling, not an official figure. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from C+ to A.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
38 sales of houses and apartments in Manziat, from July 2023 to June 2026, give the median of €2,171/m². Houses made up 97% of the homes sold; apartments the rest.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,143/m² | 37 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
28% of adults hold a degree, about level with compared French towns (30%) and below Ain’s towns (32%). People aged 15 to 24 are 9.5% of the population. The under-15s are 17% of the population here.
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Ain 51.0%, France 51.8%.
| Manziat | Ain median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 17% | 20% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 9.5% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 21% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 26% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 25% | 19% | 22% |
| No diploma | 17% | 17% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 30% | 26% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 20% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 28% | 32% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Ain median and France median: the median of compared communes
5.3% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train at the census, below both Ain’s towns (13.8%) and compared French towns (13.4%). Manziat has 700 jobs for 900 working residents, 0.7 per worker. Per consumption unit, the median disposable income is €28,940 a year.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
The grade’s categories add up to 0 offenses recorded in Manziat in 2025.
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
Nothing in Manziat is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
Wikidata places 1 person here, but the articles don’t both confirm Manziat as the birthplace, so nobody is listed.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Manziat | 2,018 | — | — | B+ | — | B+ |
| Feillens | 3,411 | 1.9 | A+ | B− | A+ | A |
| Bâgé-Dommartin | 4,050 | 3.2 | A | B+ | A | A |
| Replonges | 3,956 | 4.1 | B− | C+ | B+ | B− |
| Mâcon Saône-et-Loire | 35,177 | 5.2 | C | B | C− | B |
| Charnay-lès-Mâcon Saône-et-Loire | 8,227 | 6.2 | B | C | A− | B |
| Crêches-sur-Saône Saône-et-Loire | 3,198 | 10 | A− | B− | C− | A− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Manziat has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 3.6 recorded violent incidents and 5.1 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 99% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Homes cost less than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €2,171/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Manziat grades B+ for cost of living.
Commune in Ain, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Manziat is a commune of 2,018 people in the Communauté de communes Bresse et Saône. 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.