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PizayAin

A town of 937 in Ain, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes.

Is Pizay a good place to live?

Pizay is too small to grade: French towns get subject grades from 1,000 residents.

What makes Pizay stand out

The one thing Pizay does most differently from other towns.

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Pizay’s outline. No photo of the town is in our collection yet.
Pizay’s story

No historic monuments in Pizay

The Culture ministry lists no building in Pizay as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.

The nearest classé monument is Ensemble castral du Montellier, in Le Montellier, 3.7 mi away.

Explore the history →

The data

Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Pizay.

Who lives here

Children make up 23% of Pizay, above Ain’s towns and compared French towns

Pizay sits above both Ain’s towns (20%) and compared French towns (17%) on this measure. 14% of residents are 65 or over.

40.2median age
PizayAin medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma11%
CAP or BEP25%
Baccalauréat20%
Higher education40%

Women and men · all residents

50% women, 50% men

About an even split. Median share of women: Ain 51.0%, France 51.8%.

Ages and diplomas in Pizay
PizayAin medianFrance median
Under 1523%20%17%
15–248.5%11%11%
25–4426%24%23%
45–6428%26%26%
65+14%19%22%
No diploma11%17%19%
CAP or BEP25%26%26%
Baccalauréat20%18%18%
Higher education40%32%30%

INSEE, census 2023 · Ain median and France median: the median of compared communes

Work & commute

Unemployment in Pizay, 4.1%, runs below Ain’s towns and compared French towns

That puts Pizay below both Ain’s towns (8.3%) and compared French towns (10.1%). Pizay has 50 jobs for 500 working residents, 0.1 per worker. The median disposable income is €31,370 a year per consumption unit.

9%walk, cycle or take transit

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving88%
Public transport7%
On foot1%
Bicycle1%
Motorbike or scooter0%
50
jobs based in Pizay, 0.1 per working resident
4.1%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€31,370
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
3%
worked without traveling (at or from home)

Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte

Schools

93.1% of candidates passed the brevet at the three collèges within 5 km, 1.6 points above the expected rate

Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.

On this, Pizay is above both Ain’s towns (91.0%) and compared French towns (87.5%).

93.1%passed the brevet

Brevet pass rate · collèges within 5 km

Pizay93.1%
Median of towns87.5%
SchoolLevelCandidatesPassed, 2025
Collège Marcel AyméNearest collègeCollègeCollège10590%±0 pts
Collège Saint-Louis PrivateBest against expectations: 3 points above the expected rateCollègeCollège18095%+3 pts

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93.1%
passed the brevet at the collèges, +1.6 pts against the expected rate
2.6 mi
to the nearest collège from the town center

Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte

Housing

The estimated advertised rent of an apartment in Pizay is €11.95/m² a month

Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.

Too few homes sold here for a reliable median price.

€11.95/m²estimated apartment rent a month

Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month

Pizay€11.95/m²
Median of towns€12.41/m²
Ain median€12.27/m²
€11.95/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€9.69 to €14.72/m² a month)
€11.25/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included

Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte

Nearby attractions

Château Chiloup and 3 more in and around Pizay

Heritage and museums in and near Pizay. Best known first.

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Places: © OpenStreetMap contributors · Wikidata
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Everything we know about Pizay

13pages on Pizay

Landmarks

Nothing in Pizay is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.

Its history page →

Famous people from Pizay

Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Pizay yet.

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Pizay’s neighbors

The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →

All towns in Ain →
DagneuxMontluelBéligneuxBalanLa BoisseMeximieuxDagneuxMontluelBéligneuxBalanLa BoisseMeximieuxPizay
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
Pizay937—————
Dagneux4,7782.7B−C−CB+
Montluel6,8952.8B−CC+B
Béligneux3,5353.1B+C−B+C
Balan3,0773.6—C−—A−
La Boisse3,4494.1AC−AA
Meximieux8,2475.3C+C−C+B−

People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.

About Pizay

Commune in Ain, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes

Pizay is a commune of 937 people in the Communauté de communes de la Côtière à Montluel. 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
937 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes de la Côtière à Montluel
Département
Ain (01)
Région
Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Area
4.3 sq mi (11.2 km²)
INSEE code
01297

Sources: INSEE, census 2023 (population, employment, commuting) · INSEE, Filosofi 2023 (income per consumption unit, poverty) · 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.