Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
The town, home to 6,160 people, lies in Ain, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes.
Health is a strength: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 32% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Households here earn well: 0.6 jobs per working resident; 8.1% unemployment. A 70 m² home at the median €2,347/m² costs 6.2 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the Communauté d'agglomération du Bassin de Bourg-en-Bresse. The overall grade lands at A, better than 85% of compared French towns. That places it #16 of 53 in Ain. Its remaining grades are unremarkable: B for safety and B− for schools.
Figures: deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · employment, INSEE census 2023 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · recorded crime, SSMSI (Ministry of the Interior) · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas. The overall grade uses the other six subjects.
Each subject compares Saint-Denis-lès-Bourg 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 Saint-Denis-lès-Bourg as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Maison à pans de bois, in Bourg-en-Bresse, 1.2 mi away.
4.8% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Heritage, museums and other places to visit in and near Saint-Denis-lès-Bourg. Best known first.
Monastery or conventMonastère royal de Brou2.9 km east, in Bourg-en-BresseCathedralCathedralCocathédrale Notre-Dame-de-l'Annonciation de Bourg-en-Bresse2.2 km east, in Bourg-en-BresseChurchChurchÉglise Saint-Nicolas-de-Tolentin de Brou2.9 km east, in Bourg-en-BresseMonastery or conventMonastery or conventPorte des Jacobins2.2 km east, in Bourg-en-BresseMuseumMuseumMusée de Brou3 km east, in Bourg-en-BresseGardenGardenParc botanique de la Teyssonnière4.3 km west, in BuellasPhotos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Saint-Denis-lès-Bourg.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
466 deaths in Saint-Denis-lès-Bourg between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 661: 30% below. Women in Ain live to 85.9 on average and men to 82 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. Also worth knowing: for a family doctor, residents of Saint-Denis-lès-Bourg can choose among 5 GPs.
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 figures behind this are our own model (TownRatings), not official statistics.
The median disposable income was €28,490 a year per consumption unit, near Ain’s towns (€27,670) and higher than compared French towns (€25,970). At the census, 17.6% of commuters got to work without a car. The unemployment rate comes to 8.1%.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
16% are under 15, about level with compared French towns (17%) and below Ain’s towns (20%). People aged 15 to 24 are a tenth of the population. Among adults, 36% have a degree.
52% women, 48% men
About 93 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Ain 51.0%, France 51.8%.
| Saint-Denis-lès-Bourg | Ain median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 16% | 20% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 9.8% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 19% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 28% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 27% | 19% | 22% |
| No diploma | 15% | 17% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 24% | 26% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 19% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 36% | 32% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Ain median and France median: the median of compared communes
Violence against people averaged 4.2 per 1,000 residents a year over 2023–2025; graded property crimes averaged 14.8. For 2025, the figures show 133 offenses in Saint-Denis-lès-Bourg. Of the graded crimes in the town, burglary came up most often (2025).
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 · Small counts of other physical violence, sexual violence, armed robbery and vehicle theft go unpublished (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the département’s average stands in, 4.8% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Behind the median of €2,347/m²: 187 houses and apartments sold in Saint-Denis-lès-Bourg between July 2023 and June 2026. Houses in Saint-Denis-lès-Bourg sell for €2,431/m² and apartments for €2,048/m². The sales split: 79% houses, the rest apartments.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,431/m² | 148 |
| Apartments | €2,048/m² | 39 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
The town’s schools place #25 of 54 in Ain on results. At the four general lycées, 96% of 1,319 candidates passed the bac, 2.1 points below the expected rate.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Yvon MorandatNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 144 | 78%−8 pts |
| Lycée Saint-Pierre PrivateNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 159 | 99%±0 pts |
| Collège du RevermontBest against expectations: 7 points above the expected rateCollège | Collège | 121 | 93%+7 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Nothing in Saint-Denis-lès-Bourg is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
One notable person was born in Saint-Denis-lès-Bourg.
Virginie Barbet: Suzy1919, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Denis-lès-Bourg | 6,160 | — | A | C+ | B | A |
| Péronnas | 6,444 | 1.5 | A | C+ | B | A |
| Bourg-en-Bresse | 42,372 | 1.5 | C | B− | D | C+ |
| Viriat | 7,102 | 3 | B+ | C+ | C+ | C+ |
| Polliat | 2,741 | 4.5 | — | B | — | A+ |
| Attignat | 3,409 | 5.9 | — | B− | — | A |
| Ceyzériat | 3,328 | 6.1 | A+ | C+ | A− | B+ |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades B for safety, #23 of 53 in Ain. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 74 burglaries and 29 acts of criminal damage.
They grade B−, better than 54% of compared French towns and #25 of 54 in Ain. 99% of 159 candidates passed the bac at Lycée Saint-Pierre in 2025, at the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Prices are close to the median of compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €2,347/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Estimated advertised apartment rents are €11.90/m² a month, charges included. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Saint-Denis-lès-Bourg grades C+ for cost of living.
Commune in Ain, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Saint-Denis-lès-Bourg is a commune of 6,160 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) · 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.
