Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
With 8,247 residents, it is a town in Ain, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes.
Real strengths, and real weak spots. Meximieux grades C+ overall and ranks #48 of 53 in Ain. That leaves it better than just over two fifths of compared French towns. Where it falls short is cost of living — at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 7.4 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. It lags on safety as well (C+): an average of 7.8 recorded violent incidents and 16.2 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Getting around on foot or by bus is easy: 89% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 21% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. The rest of its grades are middling: B− for schools, B− for health and B for jobs & income.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas. The overall grade uses the other six subjects.
Each subject compares Meximieux 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 Meximieux as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Maison Gerlier et remparts qui en dépendent, in Pérouges, 0.9 mi away.
Explore the history →Heritage, other places to visit and museums in and near Meximieux. Best known first.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Meximieux.
Jobs located in Meximieux: 2,800, for 3,650 residents in work (0.8 each). At the census, 20.6% went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport, above Ain’s towns (13.8%) and compared French towns (13.4%) alike. After tax and benefits, the median income is €27,630 a year per consumption unit.
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.
Houses sell for €2,923/m² in Meximieux, apartments for €2,764/m². 231 sales of houses and apartments in the town, from July 2023 to June 2026, give the median of €2,862/m². Renting a house costs an estimated €11.10/m² a month.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,923/m² | 133 |
| Apartments | €2,764/m² | 98 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
18% of residents have reached 65. People aged 15 to 24 make up 11% of the town, higher than both Ain’s towns (11%) and compared French towns (11%). The median resident of Meximieux is 39 years old.
52% women, 48% men
About 91 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Ain 51.0%, France 51.8%.
| Meximieux | Ain median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 21% | 20% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 11% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 26% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 25% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 18% | 19% | 22% |
| No diploma | 19% | 17% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 24% | 26% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 18% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 32% | 32% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Ain median and France median: the median of compared communes
More of the graded crimes in Meximieux were criminal damage than anything else (2025). Its tally for 2025: 193 recorded offenses.
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 · Small counts of armed robbery go unpublished (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the département’s average stands in, 0.3% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Schools rank #30 of 54 in Ain.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège VaugelasNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 215 | 90%−3 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.
The nearest emergency department to Meximieux is Hopital Prive D Amberieu, 8.9 mi away. 699 deaths in the town between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 666: 5% above. In Ain, women can expect to live 85.9 years and men 82 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. Also worth knowing: 17 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 · Allowing for care homes is a TownRatings estimate, not a published statistic.
Nothing in Meximieux is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
3 notable people were born in Meximieux.
Alphonse Bernoud: Original uploader was Montemurro at it.wikipedia, Public domain · Vincent Alfred Baron: Nadar, Public domain
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Meximieux | 8,247 | — | C+ | C− | C+ | B− |
| Villieu-Loyes-Mollon | 3,849 | 1.9 | B | C | C+ | B |
| Béligneux | 3,535 | 4.9 | B+ | C− | B+ | C |
| Chalamont | 2,533 | 6.2 | A | B+ | B+ | C+ |
| Saint-Maurice-de-Gourdans | 2,903 | 6.4 | — | D | — | A |
| Balan | 3,077 | 6.7 | — | C− | — | A− |
| Lagnieu | 7,411 | 7 | B+ | B− | B | C+ |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades C+ for safety, #40 of 53 in Ain. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 23 burglaries and 79 acts of criminal damage.
They grade B−, better than 45% of compared French towns and #30 of 54 in Ain. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Homes cost more than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €2,862/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Meximieux grades C− for cost of living.
Commune in Ain, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Meximieux is a commune of 8,247 people in the Communauté de communes de la Plaine de l'Ain. 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.