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With 2,096 residents, it is a town in Ain, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes.
Saint-Jean-de-Gonville’s strongest subject is schools (A): brevet results 2 points above the expected rate. Homes are dear (C−): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 7.6 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Homes change hands at a median €4,603/m². Just 12% of residents are 65 or older.
Figures: brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi. Saint-Jean-de-Gonville 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 2 things Saint-Jean-de-Gonville does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Saint-Jean-de-Gonville 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-Jean-de-Gonville 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-Jean-de-Gonville as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Borne frontière, in Chézery-Forens, 5.5 mi away.
Explore the history →Other places to visit and heritage in and near Saint-Jean-de-Gonville. Best known first.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Saint-Jean-de-Gonville.
Graduates make up 45% of adults. People 65 and over make up 12% of the town, below Ain’s towns (19%) and compared French towns (22%) alike. Those aged 15 to 24 account for 7.9% of residents.
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Ain 51.0%, France 51.8%.
| Saint-Jean-de-Gonville | Ain median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 23% | 20% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 7.9% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 31% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 26% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 12% | 19% | 22% |
| No diploma | 10% | 17% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 22% | 26% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 19% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 45% | 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.
For collège, the closest is 2.2 mi away.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Le ParuthiolNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 212 | 95%+2 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
The nearest emergency department to Saint-Jean-de-Gonville is Ch Annecy Genevois site St Julien En Genevois, 7.6 mi away. France’s death rates at each age would predict 95 deaths in the town from 2016 to 2025; there were 68, 28% fewer. In Ain, women can expect to live 85.9 years and men 82 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. There are 2 general practitioners locally.
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 · TownRatings makes the care-home adjustment itself; it is a model, not an official statistic. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from B− to A+.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Houses were 69% of what sold. Saint-Jean-de-Gonville recorded 68 home sales from July 2023 to June 2026.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €4,625/m² | 47 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
For its 1,100 residents in work, Saint-Jean-de-Gonville has 300 jobs: 0.3 each. Unemployment stood at 5.6%, below Ain’s towns (8.3%) and compared French towns (10.1%) alike. Also worth knowing: at the census, 3.6% of working residents in Saint-Jean-de-Gonville didn’t travel to work at all.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Nothing in Saint-Jean-de-Gonville 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-Jean-de-Gonville 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-Jean-de-Gonville | 2,096 | — | — | C− | — | A |
| Péron | 2,916 | 2 | A | C− | A | A |
| Thoiry | 6,569 | 2.2 | A− | D | B | A+ |
| Saint-Genis-Pouilly | 14,432 | 4.5 | A | C− | B | A+ |
| Prévessin-Moëns | 9,153 | 6.8 | B | D | B− | A+ |
| Valleiry Haute-Savoie | 5,264 | 7 | B− | C+ | B+ | B+ |
| Viry Haute-Savoie | 5,809 | 7.5 | B | C | B− | A |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Saint-Jean-de-Gonville has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 3.4 recorded violent incidents and 5.9 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
They grade A, better than 89% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Saint-Jean-de-Gonville grades C− for cost of living.
Commune in Ain, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Saint-Jean-de-Gonville is a commune of 2,096 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 8, 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.