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A town of 2,843 in Ain, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes.
Massieux grades A+ overall: better than 97% of compared French towns, and #4 of 53 in Ain. Its strongest is health (A): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 28% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns.
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 Massieux does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Massieux 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 Massieux as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Maison L'Accueil, in Albigny-sur-Saône, 3.1 mi away.
Explore the history →Heritage in and near Massieux. Best known first.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Massieux.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
The nearest emergency department to Massieux is Polyclinique Lyon Nord, 6.8 mi away. France’s death rates at each age would predict 169 deaths in the town from 2016 to 2025; there were 121, 28% fewer. Average lifespans in Ain: 85.9 years for women, 82 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 nationally. This Ain town has 4 family doctors.
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 · Allowing for care homes is a TownRatings estimate, not a published statistic.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
At the lycées within 5 km of Massieux, 99.0% passed the bac, above both Ain’s towns (94.2%) and compared French towns (92.9%). School results put the town #8 of 54 in Ain. A collège lies 1.6 mi away.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Jean CompagnonNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 164 | 88%−4 pts |
| Lycée Rosa ParksNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 243 | 98%±0 pts |
| Collège de la Sidoine PrivateBest against expectations: 3 points above the expected rateCollège | Collège | 175 | 99%+3 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Per 1,000 residents a year, there were 4.6 cases of violence against people and 12.2 graded property crimes (2023–2025 average). In all, 55 offenses reached the police record in Massieux in 2025. Criminal damage topped the graded crimes in Massieux (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 · For sexual violence, vehicle theft 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, 18.1% of the index here. With more than 10% of the index estimated that way, this Safety Grade is less sure than most. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Under 15: a fifth of residents. People 65 and over make up 18% of the town, below Ain’s towns (19%) and compared French towns (22%) alike. Massieux has a median age of 43.4 years.
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Ain 51.0%, France 51.8%.
| Massieux | Ain median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 20% | 20% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 11% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 21% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 30% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 18% | 19% | 22% |
| No diploma | 14% | 17% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 26% | 26% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 17% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 40% | 32% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Ain median and France median: the median of compared communes
Unemployment stands at 6.6%. At the census, 9.1% went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport, lower than both Ain’s towns (13.8%) and compared French towns (13.4%). Massieux has 650 jobs for 1,350 working residents, 0.5 per worker.
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.
A home here costs 7.8 years of the median income in Communauté de communes Dombes Saône Vallée. Renting a house costs an estimated €12.63/m² a month. Houses were 95% of what sold.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €3,332/m² | 71 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Nothing in Massieux 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 Massieux 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Massieux | 2,843 | — | A+ | B− | B+ | A |
| Genay Rhône | 5,585 | 1 | A | C− | C+ | A |
| Reyrieux | 5,358 | 1.8 | B+ | B− | A− | D |
| Saint-Germain-au-Mont-d'Or Rhône | 3,124 | 2 | A− | D | C+ | A |
| Neuville-sur-Saône Rhône | 7,812 | 2.4 | B | D | C− | A− |
| Quincieux Rhône | 3,679 | 2.5 | A | D | A− | A |
| Montanay Rhône | 3,308 | 2.8 | A+ | D | A− | A+ |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades B+ for safety, #16 of 53 in Ain. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 12 burglaries and 26 acts of criminal damage.
They grade A−, better than 83% of compared French towns and #8 of 54 in Ain. 98% of 243 candidates passed the bac at Lycée Rosa Parks 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 €11.81/m² a month, charges included. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Massieux grades B− for cost of living.
Commune in Ain, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Massieux is a commune of 2,843 people in the Communauté de communes Dombes Saône Vallée. 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.