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With 1,229 residents, it is a town in Ain, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes.
People here tend to be in good health: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 15% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Its weakest is walkability (C−). Its remaining grades are unremarkable: B− for cost of living and B− for jobs & income.
Figures: deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting and employment, INSEE census 2023 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi. Saint-André-sur-Vieux-Jonc 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 Saint-André-sur-Vieux-Jonc 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.
Saint-André-sur-Vieux-Jonc has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
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The Culture ministry lists no building in Saint-André-sur-Vieux-Jonc as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Collège des Jésuites (ancien), in Bourg-en-Bresse, 4.8 mi away.
16% 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 Saint-André-sur-Vieux-Jonc.
Jobs located in Saint-André-sur-Vieux-Jonc: 200, for 550 residents in work (0.4 each). The median disposable income is €27,680 a year per consumption unit. 5.5% of the town’s working residents had no journey to work at the census.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
People aged 15 to 24 make up nearly a tenth of the town, lower than both Ain’s towns (11%) and compared French towns (11%). Graduates make up 27% of adults. 19% of residents are 65 or over.
51% women, 49% men
About 96 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Ain 51.0%, France 51.8%.
| Saint-André-sur-Vieux-Jonc | Ain median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 22% | 20% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 8.6% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 24% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 26% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 19% | 19% | 22% |
| No diploma | 19% | 17% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 30% | 26% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 20% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 27% | 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.
From 2016 to 2025, 73 residents of Saint-André-sur-Vieux-Jonc died, against 86 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 15% fewer. In Ain, life expectancy at birth reaches 85.9 years for women and 82 for men (2025), next to 85.9 and 80.3 for France. The nearest emergency department to Saint-André-sur-Vieux-Jonc is Centre hospitalier de Bourg En Bresse Fleyriat, 5.4 mi away.
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 · Allowing for care homes is a TownRatings estimate, not a published statistic. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from C− to A.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Sales in Saint-André-sur-Vieux-Jonc from July 2023 to June 2026: 28 houses and apartments. The sales split: 96% houses, the rest apartments. House rents are put at about €11.35/m² a month.
Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Nothing in Saint-André-sur-Vieux-Jonc is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
One notable person was born in Saint-André-sur-Vieux-Jonc.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-André-sur-Vieux-Jonc | 1,229 | — | — | B− | — | B |
| Péronnas | 6,444 | 3.5 | A | C+ | B | A |
| Saint-Denis-lès-Bourg | 6,160 | 4 | A | C+ | B | A |
| Bourg-en-Bresse | 42,372 | 5 | C | B− | D | C+ |
| Polliat | 2,741 | 6.4 | — | B | — | A+ |
| Viriat | 7,102 | 6.8 | B+ | C+ | C+ | C+ |
| Ceyzériat | 3,328 | 8.5 | A+ | C+ | A− | B+ |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Saint-André-sur-Vieux-Jonc has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 5.4 recorded violent incidents and 9.2 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Commune in Ain, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Saint-André-sur-Vieux-Jonc is a commune of 1,229 people in the Communauté d'agglomération du Bassin de Bourg-en-Bresse. 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) · 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.