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It is a town of 14,432 residents in Ain, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes. Over-65s are only 9% of the population.
The everyday basics are strong; the price of a home is the catch. With an A overall, Saint-Genis-Pouilly is better than 88% of compared French towns. Its place in the ranking is #12 of 53 in Ain. Residents are healthier than most: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 36% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Schools do well (A−): brevet results a point above the expected rate. Buying in is costly: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 8 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Its remaining grades are unremarkable: B for safety and B for jobs & income.
Figures: deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · recorded crime, SSMSI (Ministry of the Interior) · employment, INSEE census 2023.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas. The overall grade uses the other six subjects.
The 3 things Saint-Genis-Pouilly does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Saint-Genis-Pouilly 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-Genis-Pouilly as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Château de Voltaire, in Ferney-Voltaire, 3.6 mi away.
1.7% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Other places to visit, family days out and heritage in and near Saint-Genis-Pouilly. Best known first.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Saint-Genis-Pouilly.
The under-15s are just over a fifth of the population here. People 65 and over make up nearly a tenth of the town, below both Ain’s towns (19%) and compared French towns (22%). Ages in Saint-Genis-Pouilly split evenly at 33.9: half are older, half younger.
49% women, 51% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Ain 51.0%, France 51.8%.
| Saint-Genis-Pouilly | Ain median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 22% | 20% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 11% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 37% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 21% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 9% | 19% | 22% |
| No diploma | 11% | 17% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 17% | 26% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 18% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 50% | 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.
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. 338 deaths in Saint-Genis-Pouilly between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 530: 36% below. The nearest emergency department to Saint-Genis-Pouilly is Ch Annecy Genevois site St Julien En Genevois, 7.7 mi away. There are 6 general practitioners in the town.
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.
At the census, 30.2% went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport, above Ain’s towns (13.8%) and compared French towns (13.4%) alike. Jobs located in Saint-Genis-Pouilly: 3,500, for 7,250 residents in work (0.5 each). Unemployment stands at 10.3%.
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.
School results put the town #6 of 54 in Ain. A collège lies 2.2 mi away.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège le JoranNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 173 | 95%+1 pt |
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.
The median price, €4,854/m², comes from 480 sales of houses and apartments in Saint-Genis-Pouilly from July 2023 to June 2026. In Saint-Genis-Pouilly, houses go for €5,294/m² and apartments for €4,719/m². Also worth knowing: of the homes sold, 25% were houses.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €5,294/m² | 121 |
| Apartments | €4,719/m² | 359 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
On average over 2023–2025, every 1,000 residents saw 5.1 violent offenses and 14.1 graded property crimes a year. In all, 262 offenses reached the police record in Saint-Genis-Pouilly in 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 armed robbery go unpublished (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the département’s average stands in, 0.2% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Nothing in Saint-Genis-Pouilly 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-Genis-Pouilly 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-Genis-Pouilly | 14,432 | — | A | C− | B | A+ |
| Thoiry | 6,569 | 2.5 | A− | D | B | A+ |
| Prévessin-Moëns | 9,153 | 2.5 | B | D | B− | A+ |
| Ornex | 5,082 | 3.7 | B− | D | B− | A+ |
| Ségny | 2,941 | 3.9 | — | C− | — | A+ |
| Ferney-Voltaire | 12,094 | 4 | B− | D | C | A+ |
| Cessy | 5,832 | 5.3 | A+ | C− | A | A+ |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades B for safety, #24 of 53 in Ain. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 44 burglaries and 97 acts of criminal damage.
They grade A−, better than 85% of compared French towns and #6 of 54 in Ain. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Saint-Genis-Pouilly grades C− for cost of living.
Commune in Ain, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Saint-Genis-Pouilly is a commune of 14,432 people in the Communauté d'agglomération du Pays de Gex. 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.