Health is a strength: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 27% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Add jobs & income to its strengths — 0.4 jobs per working resident; 7.8% unemployment. Prices are high against local incomes: A year’s estimated rent on a 70 m² apartment is 44% of the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Elsewhere it is close to typical: B− for schools and B− for walkability.
Figures: deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025. Pérouges has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
Each subject compares Pérouges 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 Pérouges.
HealthHealth A
Pérouges loses fewer people than its age profile suggests, 73 per 100 expected, below Ain’s towns and compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Women in Ain live to 85.9 on average and men to 82 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. From 2016 to 2025, 101 residents of Pérouges died, against 139 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 27% fewer. The nearest emergency department to Pérouges is Hopital Prive D Amberieu, 10.2 mi away.
−27%deaths against expected, after care homesAHealth Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw73
Adjusted73
Median town88
Expected100
0
GPs in Pérouges · 2.7 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
10.2 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Hopital Prive D Amberieu
10.2 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Hopital Prive D Amberieu
85.9 · 82
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Ain, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
History
Pérouges: 81 historic monuments, 55 classé
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Homes from before 1919 make up 14% of the total, higher than both Ain’s towns (7.9%) and compared French towns (7.4%). Among the classé monuments in Pérouges is Immeuble dit Maison Jean Escoffier. Per 10,000 residents, Pérouges counts 584 protected monuments. 60 of the 81 are houses and mansions.
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Who lives here
Pérouges is a graduates’ town: 38% hold a degree, more than in Ain’s towns or compared French towns
Children under 15 make up 17%, below Ain’s towns (20%) and close to compared French towns (17%). Nearly a quarter of residents have reached 65. Half the people of Pérouges are older than 46.9.
46.9median age
PérougesAin medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
23%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma12%
CAP or BEP26%
Baccalauréat18%
Higher education38%
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About an even split. Median share of women: Ain 51.0%, France 51.8%.
INSEE, census 2023 · Ain median and France median: the median of compared communes
Work & commuteJobs & income B+
Incomes in Pérouges run higher than in Ain’s towns or compared French towns: a median €29,570 a year per consumption unit
Unemployment stood at 7.8%, below Ain’s towns (8.3%) and compared French towns (10.1%) alike. Public transport took 9.1% of Pérouges’ working residents to work at the census. Also worth knowing: at the census, 6.5% of working residents in Pérouges didn’t travel to work at all.
14%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving79%
Public transport9%
On foot3%
Bicycle1%
Motorbike or scooter0%
250
jobs based in Pérouges, 0.4 per working resident
7.8%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€29,570
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
6%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
B−
Walkability: better than 50% of compared French towns
Maison Bache: Photo: Chabe01 · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Maison contiguë à la porte d'En-Haut: Photo: Chabe01 · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Maison des Dîmes: Photo: Chabe01 · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Maison Devigne: Photo: BUFO88 · CC BY-SA 3.0
Famous people from Pérouges
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Pérouges yet.
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Pérouges
Is Pérouges safe?
Pérouges has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 4.9 recorded violent incidents and 17.3 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Are schools in Pérouges good?
They grade B−, better than 45% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
About Pérouges
Commune in Ain, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Pérouges is a commune of 1,387 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
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.
