Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
A town of 1,664 in Ain, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes.
Martignat has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents. Its weakest subject is walkability (C−): 78% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 5% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Its strongest is cost of living (B+): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 4.5 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
The one thing Martignat does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Martignat 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 Martignat as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Ruines du temple romain, in Izernore, 2.6 mi away.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Martignat.
In the comparison, Martignat comes below both Ain’s towns (13.8%) and compared French towns (13.4%). Martignat has 700 jobs for 800 working residents, 0.9 per worker.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
For Martignat, that is below both Ain’s towns (91.0%) and compared French towns (87.5%).
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Théodore RossetNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 152 | 84%−4 pts |
| Lycée polyvalent Arbez-CarmeNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 182 | 97%±0 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Martignat sits below both Ain’s towns (€2,641/m²) and compared French towns (€2,430/m²) on this measure.
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
That puts Martignat below both Ain’s towns (19%) and compared French towns (22%). Young adults of 15 to 24 are 9.4% of the population.
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Ain 51.0%, France 51.8%.
| Martignat | Ain median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 20% | 20% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 9.4% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 23% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 30% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 17% | 19% | 22% |
| No diploma | 20% | 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
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
From 2016 to 2025, 86 residents of Martignat died, against 103 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 17% 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 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
Other places to visit and museums in and near Martignat. Best known first.
Nothing in Martignat is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
One notable person was born in Martignat.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Martignat | 1,664 | — | — | B+ | — | B |
| Montréal-la-Cluse | 3,568 | 2.5 | B | B− | A− | B− |
| Bellignat | 3,525 | 2.9 | A− | B | B | A− |
| Oyonnax | 22,480 | 3.9 | B | B− | B− | C+ |
| Nantua | 3,416 | 4 | C+ | A− | C | B− |
| Arbent | 3,555 | 6.1 | — | B+ | — | A |
| Valserhône | 16,712 | 12 | D | C− | C− | C |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Martignat has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 4 recorded violent incidents and 6.1 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
They grade C, better than 28% of compared French towns. 97% of 182 candidates passed the bac at Lycée polyvalent Arbez-Carme in 2025, at the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Estimated advertised apartment rents are €10.05/m² a month, charges included. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Martignat grades B+ for cost of living.
Commune in Ain, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Martignat is a commune of 1,664 people in the Communauté d'agglomération Haut - Bugey Agglomération. 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.