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A town of 5,358 in Ain, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes.
Reyrieux grades B+ overall: better than 67% of compared French towns, and #31 of 53 in Ain. Its weakest subject is health (D): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 15% above expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. At the median price of €3,402/m², a 70 m² home costs 7.8 times the median annual income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size) in the Communauté de communes Dombes Saône Vallée. Its strongest is jobs & income (A+): 0.9 jobs per working resident; 5.1% unemployment.
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 Reyrieux does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Reyrieux 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 Reyrieux as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Église (ancienne) et basilique, in Ars-sur-Formans, 4 mi away.
13% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Reyrieux.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
The nearest emergency department to Reyrieux is Polyclinique du Beaujolais, 7.5 mi away. 865 deaths locally between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 521: 66% above. Life expectancy at birth in Ain is 85.9 years for women and 82 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. 4 GPs practise locally.
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 · Care-home places are adjusted for by TownRatings, using a model rather than an official statistic.
Among the graded crimes in Reyrieux, the most frequent was criminal damage (2025). The 2025 count: 69 offenses locally. Each year (2023–2025 average), violence against people came to 2.6 per 1,000 residents and the graded property crimes to 12.8.
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 · When family violence, sexual violence and armed robbery number five or fewer in a recent year, the figure is withheld, and the index uses the département’s average instead (6.9% of the index here). The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
The under-15s are a fifth of the population here. Retirement age and beyond: nearly a fifth of residents are 65 or older.
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Ain 51.0%, France 51.8%.
| Reyrieux | Ain median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 20% | 20% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 11% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 22% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 27% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 19% | 19% | 22% |
| No diploma | 15% | 17% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 21% | 26% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 17% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 43% | 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 bac pass rate near Reyrieux is 95.0%, about level with Ain’s towns (94.2%) and above compared French towns (92.9%). Results rank its schools #31 of 54 in Ain.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Jean CompagnonNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 164 | 88%−4 pts |
| Lycée du Val-de-SaôneNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 405 | 95%−3 pts |
| Collège de la Sidoine PrivateBest against expectations: 3 points above the expected rateCollège | Collège | 175 | 99%+3 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
5.1% of the labour force were unemployed, below Ain’s towns (8.3%) and compared French towns (10.1%) alike. At the census, 7.0% of working residents in Reyrieux went to work by public transport.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The median price, €3,402/m², comes from 134 sales of houses and apartments in Reyrieux from July 2023 to June 2026. Houses accounted for 88% of sales, apartments for the rest. From July 2023 to June 2026, 134 homes were sold here.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €3,489/m² | 118 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Heritage and museums in and near Reyrieux. Best known first.
Nothing in Reyrieux is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
3 notable people were born in Reyrieux.
Albin Chalandon: Ramsès Le Grand, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Francisque Perrut: Perrut, CC BY-SA 4.0
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reyrieux | 5,358 | — | B+ | B− | A− | D |
| Massieux | 2,843 | 1.8 | A+ | B− | B+ | A |
| Trévoux | 7,013 | 2 | A− | B− | C+ | A− |
| Quincieux Rhône | 3,679 | 2.6 | A | D | A− | A |
| Genay Rhône | 5,585 | 2.7 | A | C− | C+ | A |
| Saint-Germain-au-Mont-d'Or Rhône | 3,124 | 3.5 | A− | D | C+ | A |
| Neuville-sur-Saône Rhône | 7,812 | 4.1 | B | D | C− | A− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades A− for safety, #12 of 53 in Ain. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 19 burglaries and 24 acts of criminal damage.
They grade C+, better than 44% of compared French towns and #31 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 €3,402/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Estimated advertised apartment rents are €11.81/m² a month, charges included. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Reyrieux grades B− for cost of living.
Commune in Ain, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Reyrieux is a commune of 5,358 people in the Communauté de communes Dombes Saône Vallée. 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.