Jobs & income is its strong suit: 1 job per working resident; 6.1% unemployment. A 70 m² home at the median €2,388/m² costs 6.2 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the Communauté de communes de la Veyle. Its lowest grade is for walkability — just over two in five residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 5% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work.
Figures: employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi. Saint-Cyr-sur-Menthon 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-Cyr-sur-Menthon 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.
SafetyNot graded: over a quarter of the index would rest on the département’s average, where small counts aren’t published–
SchoolsNot graded: no collège with published results within 5 km–
Hazard riskNot graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas–
How TownRatings grades French towns →
Ferme dite de la Grange du Clou · Classé · Photo: Chabe01 · CC BY-SA 4.0
Saint-Cyr-sur-Menthon’s story
Saint-Cyr-sur-Menthon in pictures
On the Culture ministry’s list, Saint-Cyr-sur-Menthon counts 4 historic monuments: 2 classé at the top level of protection and 2 inscrit at the second.
The oldest protected part dates from the 14th century; the first monument here was protected in 1925.
17% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
1925First protected: Grange des Carons
1994Most recently protected: Ferme dite de la Grange du Clou
On the Culture ministry’s list, Saint-Cyr-sur-Menthon counts 4 historic monuments: 2 classé at the top level of protection and 2 inscrit at the second.
Ferme des Planons: Photo: Chabe01 · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Grange des Carons: Photo: Jlpigache · CC BY-SA 3.0
The data
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Saint-Cyr-sur-Menthon.
Work & commuteJobs & income A
Saint-Cyr-sur-Menthon is harder to get around on foot than 86% of compared French towns
5%walk, cycle or take transit
6.1% of the labour force were unemployed, below Ain’s towns (8.3%) and compared French towns (10.1%) alike. The census found 5.2% of commuters going to work on foot, by bike or by public transport. Jobs located in Saint-Cyr-sur-Menthon: 900, for 900 residents in work (1 each).
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving90%
On foot2%
Public transport2%
Motorbike or scooter1%
Bicycle1%
900
jobs based in Saint-Cyr-sur-Menthon, 1 per working resident
6.1%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€27,020
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
4%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
D
Walkability: better than 14% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Who lives here
Children make up 22% of Saint-Cyr-sur-Menthon, above Ain’s towns and compared French towns
40.7median age
18% of residents are 65 or over, below Ain’s towns (19%) and compared French towns (22%) alike. Young adults of 15 to 24 are nearly a tenth of the population. Degrees are held by 27% of adults.
Saint-Cyr-sur-MenthonAin medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
9%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma16%
CAP or BEP32%
Baccalauréat21%
Higher education27%
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 106 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Ain 51.0%, France 51.8%.
INSEE, census 2023 · Ain median and France median: the median of compared communes
History
Old homes shape Saint-Cyr-sur-Menthon: 17% were built before 1919, more than in Ain’s towns or compared French towns
4historic monuments
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Among the classé monuments in Saint-Cyr-sur-Menthon is Ferme des Planons. The oldest protected building goes back to the 14th century. Most of the list is farm buildings: 4 of 4. On the Culture ministry’s list, Saint-Cyr-sur-Menthon counts 4 historic monuments: 2 classé at the top level of protection and 2 inscrit at the second.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
HealthHealth B
Saint-Cyr-sur-Menthon’s death rate, adjusted for age and care homes, is lower than in 57% of compared French towns
−14%deaths against expected, after care homesBHealth Grade
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
The nearest emergency department to Saint-Cyr-sur-Menthon is Ch les Chanaux Macon, 7.8 mi away. France’s death rates at each age would predict 120 deaths here from 2016 to 2025; there were 103, 14% fewer. Women in Ain live to 85.9 on average and men to 82 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. 2 GPs practise locally.
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw86
Adjusted86
Median town88
Expected100
2
GPs in Saint-Cyr-sur-Menthon · 3.1 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
7.8 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Ch les Chanaux Macon
7.8 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Ch les Chanaux Macon
85.9 · 82
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Ain, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Saint-Cyr-sur-Menthon is a commune of 1,890 people in the Communauté de communes de la Veyle. 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
1,890 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes de la Veyle
Département
Ain (01)
Région
Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Area
6.6 sq mi (17 km²)
INSEE code
01343
Saint-Cyr-sur-Menthon’s neighbors
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Saint-Cyr-sur-Menthon
Is Saint-Cyr-sur-Menthon safe?
Saint-Cyr-sur-Menthon has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 3.5 recorded violent incidents and 10 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Is Saint-Cyr-sur-Menthon expensive to live in?
Prices are close to the median of compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €2,388/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Saint-Cyr-sur-Menthon grades B− for cost of living.
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.
