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3,568 people call this town in Ain, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes home.
Where it does best is safety: an average of 7 recorded violent incidents and 8.5 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. The trade-off is schools: bac results 0.7 points below the expected rate; brevet results 6.7 points below the expected rate. It lags on jobs & income as well — 1.3 jobs per working resident; 10.5% unemployment. At the median price of €1,838/m², a 70 m² home costs 5.3 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the Communauté d'agglomération Haut - Bugey Agglomération. Overall, that makes a B, good for #34 of 53 in Ain. Nationally, it does better than 58% of compared French towns. Its other grades sit near the middle: B− for health and B for walkability.
Figures: recorded crime, SSMSI (Ministry of the Interior) · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025.
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 Montréal-la-Cluse does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Montréal-la-Cluse 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 Montréal-la-Cluse as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Église Saint-Michel, in Nantua, 2.5 mi away.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Montréal-la-Cluse.
Recorded offenses in Montréal-la-Cluse came to 56 in 2025. With 1,900 jobs for 1,450 working residents, Montréal-la-Cluse draws people in from neighbouring communes. The commonest graded crime here was family violence (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, 13.9% 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. Crimes are counted in the commune where they happen, then divided by its residents, so a town that draws people in from around can look higher.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
At the vocational lycée within 5 km, 84% of 43 candidates passed the bac pro. Near Montréal-la-Cluse, 94.8% of lycée candidates passed the bac, close to Ain’s towns (94.2%) and above compared French towns (92.9%). For exam results, it comes #45 of 54 in Ain.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Théodore RossetNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 152 | 84%−4 pts |
| Lycée polyvalent Xavier BichatNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 145 | 98%±0 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Aged 15 to 24: just over one in ten residents. People 65 and over make up nearly a fifth of the town. Ages in Montréal-la-Cluse split evenly at 42.5: half are older, half younger.
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Ain 51.0%, France 51.8%.
| Montréal-la-Cluse | Ain median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 19% | 20% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 11% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 23% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 28% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 19% | 19% | 22% |
| No diploma | 32% | 17% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 27% | 26% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 17% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 19% | 32% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Ain median and France median: the median of compared communes
At the census, 7.6% went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport, below Ain’s towns (13.8%) and compared French towns (13.4%) alike. Unemployment stands at 10.5%.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
253 deaths in Montréal-la-Cluse between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 263: 4% below. At birth, a girl in Ain can expect 85.9 years and a boy 82 (2025); across France, 85.9 and 80.3. This Ain town has 3 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 · TownRatings makes the care-home adjustment itself; it is a model, not an official statistic. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from C to B+.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The median price, €1,838/m², comes from 66 sales of houses and apartments in Montréal-la-Cluse from July 2023 to June 2026. Of the homes sold, 59% were houses.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,101/m² | 39 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Museums, other places to visit and heritage in and near Montréal-la-Cluse. Best known first.
MuseumMusée départemental d'Histoire de la Résistance et de la Déportation de l'Ain et du Haut-Jura4.1 km southeast, in NantuaMuseumMuseumMusée archéologique d'Izernore4.6 km north, in IzernoreAbbeyAbbeyAbbaye Saint-Pierre de Nantua4 km southeast, in NantuaPhotos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
Nothing in Montréal-la-Cluse is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
3 notable people were born in Montréal-la-Cluse.
Joseph Bernard Delilia de Crose: inconnu, Public domain · Théodore Rosset: Unknown author Unknown author, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Montréal-la-Cluse | 3,568 | — | B | B− | A− | B− |
| Nantua | 3,416 | 2.5 | C+ | A− | C | B− |
| Bellignat | 3,525 | 5.4 | A− | B | B | A− |
| Oyonnax | 22,480 | 6.3 | B | B− | B− | C+ |
| Arbent | 3,555 | 8.6 | — | B+ | — | A |
| Ceyzériat | 3,328 | 12 | A+ | C+ | A− | B+ |
| Valserhône | 16,712 | 12 | D | C− | C− | C |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades A− for safety, #14 of 53 in Ain. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 5 burglaries and 18 acts of criminal damage.
They grade C, better than 33% of compared French towns and #45 of 54 in Ain. 98% of 145 candidates passed the bac at Lycée polyvalent Xavier Bichat in 2025, at the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. 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 €1,838/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Montréal-la-Cluse grades B− for cost of living.
Commune in Ain, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Montréal-la-Cluse is a commune of 3,568 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 November 4, 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.