Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
A town of 2,916 in Ain, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes. Only 10% of residents are 65 or over.
Péron grades A overall: better than 94% of compared French towns, and #8 of 53 in Ain. Its weakest subject is cost of living (C−): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 7.3 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Its strongest is health (A): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 32% 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 Péron does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Péron 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 Péron as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Borne frontière, in Chézery-Forens, 5.8 mi away.
Explore the history →Other places to visit and heritage in and near Péron. Best known first.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Péron.
On this, Péron is below both Ain’s towns (19%) and compared French towns (22%). Children under 15 make up 22% of residents.
49% women, 51% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Ain 51.0%, France 51.8%.
| Péron | Ain median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 22% | 20% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 9.4% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 32% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 26% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 10% | 19% | 22% |
| No diploma | 12% | 17% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 24% | 26% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 19% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 41% | 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.
In the comparison, Péron comes below both Ain’s towns (82) and compared French towns (88). From 2016 to 2025, 83 residents of Péron died, against 122 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 32% fewer. The care-home adjustment is a TownRatings modeling step, not an official statistic.
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
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
For Péron, that is above both Ain’s towns (91.0%) and compared French towns (87.5%).
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Le ParuthiolNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 212 | 95%+2 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Police and gendarmerie recorded 37 offenses in the graded categories in Péron in 2025. Violence against people ran at 2.9 per 1,000 residents a year and the graded property crimes at 10.9 (2023–2025 average). For family violence, sexual violence and vehicle theft, 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, 23.7% of the index here. Because that share is over 10%, this Safety Grade is less sure than most.
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
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Péron sits above both Ain’s towns (€12.27/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²) on this measure. The median price, €4,439/m², comes from 109 sales of houses and apartments in Péron from July 2023 to June 2026. Houses in Péron sell for €4,750/m² and apartments for €4,271/m².
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €4,750/m² | 50 |
| Apartments | €4,271/m² | 59 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
That puts Péron above both Ain’s towns (€27,670) and compared French towns (€25,970). Péron has 450 jobs for 1,550 working residents, 0.3 per worker. 7.1% of the labour force are out of work.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Nothing in Péron 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 Péron 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Péron | 2,916 | — | A | C− | A | A |
| Thoiry | 6,569 | 4.2 | A− | D | B | A+ |
| Valleiry Haute-Savoie | 5,264 | 5.9 | B− | C+ | B+ | B+ |
| Saint-Genis-Pouilly | 14,432 | 6.5 | A | C− | B | A+ |
| Viry Haute-Savoie | 5,809 | 7.3 | B | C | B− | A |
| Valserhône | 16,712 | 7.5 | D | C− | C− | C |
| Saint-Julien-en-Genevois Haute-Savoie | 16,222 | 8.1 | B− | C | C | A |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades A for safety, #5 of 53 in Ain. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 11 burglaries and 13 acts of criminal damage.
They grade A, better than 89% of compared French towns and #4 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 €4,439/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Péron grades C− for cost of living.
Commune in Ain, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Péron is a commune of 2,916 people in the Communauté d'agglomération du Pays de Gex. 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.