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A town of 1,359 in Ain, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes.
Saint-Bénigne has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents. Its weakest subject is walkability (D−): 0% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 4% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Its strongest is jobs & income (B+): 0.5 jobs per working resident; 5.7% unemployment.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
Each subject compares Saint-Bénigne 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.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
The Culture ministry lists no building in Saint-Bénigne as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is maison Racle, in Pont-de-Vaux, 1.3 mi away.
15% 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-Bénigne.
Unemployment stands at 5.7%. At the census, 4.3% went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport, lower than both Ain’s towns (13.8%) and compared French towns (13.4%). Median disposable income comes to €26,550 a year per consumption unit.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
The nearest general lycée is 9.2 mi away. For collège, the closest is 1.2 mi away.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Antoine ChintreuilNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 84 | 86%−3 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Houses made up 97% of the homes sold; apartments the rest. 29 houses and apartments changed hands in Saint-Bénigne from July 2023 to June 2026. Renting a house costs an estimated €8.54/m² a month.
Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Life expectancy in Ain: 85.9 years for women and 82 for men (2025); France averages 85.9 and 80.3. France’s death rates at each age would predict 114 deaths in Saint-Bénigne from 2016 to 2025; there were 98, 14% fewer. The nearest emergency department to Saint-Bénigne is Ch les Chanaux Macon, 11.2 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 · The adjustment for care homes is TownRatings’ own modeling, not an official figure. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from C− to A.
25% of adults hold a degree. Children under 15 make up 20%, near Ain’s towns (20%) and higher than compared French towns (17%). Residents of Saint-Bénigne have a median age of 44.5.
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Ain 51.0%, France 51.8%.
| Saint-Bénigne | Ain median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 20% | 20% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 8.5% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 22% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 27% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 22% | 19% | 22% |
| No diploma | 18% | 17% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 34% | 26% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 19% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 25% | 32% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Ain median and France median: the median of compared communes
Nothing in Saint-Bénigne is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Saint-Bénigne yet.
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-Bénigne | 1,359 | — | — | B | — | B |
| Bâgé-Dommartin | 4,050 | 8.1 | A | B+ | A | A |
| Feillens | 3,411 | 8.2 | A+ | B− | A+ | A |
| Tournus Saône-et-Loire | 5,701 | 8.4 | B | A− | D− | B− |
| Replonges | 3,956 | 10 | B− | C+ | B+ | B− |
| Montrevel-en-Bresse | 2,743 | 11 | B− | C+ | B | B− |
| Mâcon Saône-et-Loire | 35,177 | 11 | C | B | C− | B |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Saint-Bénigne has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 4.4 recorded violent incidents and 7.5 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
They grade C, better than 28% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Commune in Ain, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Saint-Bénigne is a commune of 1,359 people in the Communauté de communes Bresse et Saône. 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 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.