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Population 4,857: a town in Ain, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes. Over-65s are 29% of the population.
Plateau d'Hauteville does well on nearly every count. At A+ overall, Plateau d'Hauteville is better than almost every compared French town and ranks #2 of 53 in Ain. Crime is low: an average of 4 recorded violent incidents and 5.3 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Buying 70 m² at the median €1,494/m² takes 4.3 years of the median income per consumption unit in the Communauté d'agglomération Haut - Bugey Agglomération. Health is a strength (A−): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 23% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns.
Figures: recorded crime, SSMSI (Ministry of the Interior) · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas. The overall grade uses the other six subjects.
The 3 things Plateau d'Hauteville does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Plateau d'Hauteville 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 1 historic monument in Plateau d'Hauteville, none of them classé, France’s highest protection.
15% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Plateau d'Hauteville.
No compared town in Ain has less graded crime per resident than Plateau d'Hauteville: it ranks first of 53. Over 2025, Plateau d'Hauteville logged 37 recorded offenses. In 2025, criminal damage led the graded crimes here.
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, burglary, 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, 22.4% 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.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
The nearest emergency department to Plateau d'Hauteville is Hopital Prive D Amberieu, 12.2 mi away. 754 deaths locally between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 700: 8% above. In Ain, women can expect to live 85.9 years and men 82 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. 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 · The care-home step is TownRatings’ own calculation, not an official number.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Houses in Plateau d'Hauteville sell for €1,702/m² and apartments for €1,173/m². The estimated advertised rent is €10.12/m² a month, below both Ain’s towns (€12.27/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²). Of the homes sold, 72% were houses.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,702/m² | 98 |
| Apartments | €1,173/m² | 39 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
The 15-to-24 age group: 10%, lower than both Ain’s towns (11%) and compared French towns (11%). 29% of residents are 65 or over. Half of Plateau d'Hauteville is older than 50.8, half younger.
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Ain 51.0%, France 51.8%.
| Plateau d'Hauteville | Ain median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 13% | 20% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 10% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 20% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 28% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 29% | 19% | 22% |
| No diploma | 19% | 17% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 31% | 26% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 16% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 29% | 32% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Ain median and France median: the median of compared communes
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
The town’s pupils have a collège 0.7 mi away. General-bac pupils go 12.4 mi to the nearest lycée. Schools rank #19 of 54 in Ain.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Paul SixdenierNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 78 | 92%−1 pt |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
2,250 jobs are based in Plateau d'Hauteville, for 2,000 working residents (1.1 per worker). Households’ median disposable income: €25,540 a year per consumption unit. Bus, tram or train carried 2.5% of working residents in Plateau d'Hauteville to work at the census.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
The Culture ministry lists 1 historic monument in Plateau d'Hauteville, none of them classé, France’s highest protection.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Heritage, museums and family days out in and near Plateau d'Hauteville. Best known first.
Plateau d'Hauteville has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
Ancienne abbaye de Saint-Sulpice: Photo: Chabe01 · CC BY-SA 4.0
2 notable people were born in Plateau d'Hauteville.
Roger Pingeon: Petit Brun, CC BY-SA 2.0
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plateau d'Hauteville | 4,857 | — | A+ | B+ | A+ | A− |
| Culoz-Béon | 3,453 | 12 | B | B | B− | C |
| Ambérieu-en-Bugey | 15,934 | 12 | C− | C+ | C− | C |
| Ambronay | 2,841 | 12 | A− | B+ | B− | B+ |
| Nantua | 3,416 | 13 | C+ | A− | C | B− |
| Lagnieu | 7,411 | 13 | B+ | B− | B | C+ |
| Pont-d'Ain | 2,843 | 14 | D | B+ | D | D |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades A+ for safety, #1 of 53 in Ain.
They grade B+, better than 68% of compared French towns and #19 of 54 in Ain. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Plateau d'Hauteville grades B+ for cost of living.
Commune in Ain, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Plateau d'Hauteville is a commune of 4,857 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.
