Meillonnas has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents. Its weakest subject is walkability (C): 64% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 4% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. At the median price of €2,079/m², a 70 m² home costs 5.5 times the median annual income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size) in the Communauté d'agglomération du Bassin de Bourg-en-Bresse. Its strongest is health (B+): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 21% 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.
How Meillonnas grades
Each subject compares Meillonnas 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.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Meillonnas.
HealthHealth B+
Meillonnas’ death rate, adjusted for age and care homes, is lower than in 74% of compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
After the care-home adjustment, Meillonnas’ deaths ran at 79 per 100 expected, close to Ain’s towns (82) and below compared French towns (88). 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.
−21%deaths against expected, after care homesB+Health Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw79
Adjusted79
Median town88
Expected100
1
GPs in Meillonnas · 2.5 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
5 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Clinique Docteur Convert
6.6 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Centre hospitalier de Bourg En Bresse Fleyriat
85.9 · 82
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Ain, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Only 4.2% of commuters in Meillonnas go to work without a car, fewer than in Ain’s towns and compared French towns
That puts Meillonnas below both Ain’s towns (13.8%) and compared French towns (13.4%). Meillonnas has 250 jobs for 600 working residents, 0.4 per worker. The median disposable income is €28,790 a year per consumption unit.
4%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving90%
Motorbike or scooter3%
Public transport2%
On foot2%
Bicycle1%
250
jobs based in Meillonnas, 0.4 per working resident
7.0%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€28,790
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
2%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
C
Walkability: better than 26% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
History
Meillonnas keeps more of its old housing than Ain or compared French towns: 21% built before 1919
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
On this, Meillonnas is above both Ain’s towns (7.9%) and compared French towns (7.4%). The Culture ministry lists 2 historic monuments in Meillonnas: 1 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 1 inscrit (the second level). Among the classé monuments in Meillonnas is Église Saint-Oyen.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
HousingCost of living B
Estimated advertised rents run lower in Meillonnas than in Ain’s towns or across compared French towns: €10.95/m² a month
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
In the comparison, Meillonnas comes below both Ain’s towns (€12.27/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²). The median price, €2,079/m², comes from 32 sales of houses and apartments in Meillonnas from July 2023 to June 2026.
€2,079/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Meillonnas€2,079/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Ain median€2,641/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€2,079/m²
32
€10.95/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€8.55 to €14.01/m² a month)
5.5
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€10.33/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€26,360
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté d'agglomération du Bassin de Bourg-en-Bresse
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Meillonnas
Is Meillonnas safe?
Meillonnas has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 4.6 recorded violent incidents and 7.7 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Is Meillonnas expensive to live in?
Homes cost less than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €2,079/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Meillonnas grades B for cost of living.
About Meillonnas
Commune in Ain, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Meillonnas is a commune of 1,426 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
1,426 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté d'agglomération du Bassin de Bourg-en-Bresse
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.
