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It is a town of 2,203 residents in Ain, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes.
Health is a strength (A): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 28% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Work and incomes are strong: 0.3 jobs per working resident; 6.5% unemployment. At €3,324/m², the median price, 70 m² costs 7.6 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the Communauté de communes Dombes Saône Vallée. It is hard to get around without a car: 5% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 8% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work.
Figures: deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · 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-Didier-de-Formans 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.
The 3 things Saint-Didier-de-Formans does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Saint-Didier-de-Formans 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-Didier-de-Formans has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
The Culture ministry lists no building in Saint-Didier-de-Formans 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, 3.2 mi away.
17% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Heritage, other places to visit and museums in and near Saint-Didier-de-Formans. Best known first.
AttractionChemin de fer touristique d'Anse4.2 km west, in AnseAttractionAttractionChâteau de Saint-Bernard4 km west, in Saint-BernardChâteauChâteauChâteau de Trévoux1.5 km south, in TrévouxChâteauChâteauChâteau de Fetan2.8 km southwest, in TrévouxMonastery or conventMonastery or conventChâteau de La Bruyère3.6 km west, in Saint-BernardPhotos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Saint-Didier-de-Formans.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
From 2016 to 2025, 91 residents of Saint-Didier-de-Formans died, against 127 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 28% fewer. 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. The nearest emergency department to Saint-Didier-de-Formans is Polyclinique du Beaujolais, 5.2 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 · This figure includes a care-home adjustment that TownRatings models; no official statistic exists.
Unemployment stands at 6.5%. At the census, 7.7% went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport, below Ain’s towns (13.8%) and compared French towns (13.4%) alike.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
The under-15s are a fifth of the population here. 18% of residents are 65 or over, close to Ain’s towns (19%) and below compared French towns (22%). Those aged 15 to 24 account for 9.8% of residents.
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Ain 51.0%, France 51.8%.
| Saint-Didier-de-Formans | Ain median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 20% | 20% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 9.8% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 21% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 31% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 18% | 19% | 22% |
| No diploma | 13% | 17% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 25% | 26% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 17% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 41% | 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.
Collège pupils travel 0.8 mi to the nearest one. At the general lycée, 95% of 405 candidates passed the bac, 3 points below the expected rate.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Jean MoulinNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 175 | 93%+1 pt |
| 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
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Behind the median of €3,324/m²: 45 houses and apartments sold in Saint-Didier-de-Formans between July 2023 and June 2026. Houses made up four fifths of the homes sold; apartments the rest. Estimated advertised rent for houses: €12.63/m² a month.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €3,567/m² | 36 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
The 2025 count: 25 offenses in Saint-Didier-de-Formans. Per 1,000 residents a year, there were 3 cases of violence against people and 12.7 graded property crimes (2023–2025 average). Among the graded crimes here, the most frequent was burglary (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 · For family violence, other physical violence, sexual violence, vehicle theft and theft from vehicles, the count isn’t published when it’s small (five or fewer in a year of the last three), so the index uses the département’s average, 31.6% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Nothing in Saint-Didier-de-Formans 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-Didier-de-Formans 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-Didier-de-Formans | 2,203 | — | — | B− | — | A |
| Trévoux | 7,013 | 1 | A− | B− | C+ | A− |
| Jassans-Riottier | 6,247 | 2.2 | B− | D | B− | B+ |
| Reyrieux | 5,358 | 2.3 | B+ | B− | A− | D |
| Frans | 2,582 | 2.4 | A | B− | A− | B+ |
| Quincieux Rhône | 3,679 | 3.1 | A | D | A− | A |
| Villefranche-sur-Saône Rhône | 36,172 | 3.6 | C | C− | D | B |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Saint-Didier-de-Formans has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 14 burglaries and 11 acts of criminal damage.
They grade B−, better than 46% of compared French towns. 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 €3,324/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 Saint-Didier-de-Formans grades B− for cost of living.
Commune in Ain, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Saint-Didier-de-Formans is a commune of 2,203 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 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.