Is Saint-Maurice-de-Gourdans a good place to live?
Saint-Maurice-de-Gourdans’s strongest is health (A): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 27% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Where it falls short is cost of living — at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 8 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Getting around depends on the car: 43% 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) · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting, INSEE census 2023. Saint-Maurice-de-Gourdans has no overall grade because safety and schools aren’t graded here.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
Each subject compares Saint-Maurice-de-Gourdans 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.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Saint-Maurice-de-Gourdans.
HousingCost of living D
Estimated advertised rents run higher in Saint-Maurice-de-Gourdans than in Ain’s towns or across compared French towns: €16.06/m² a month
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
65 sales of houses and apartments in Saint-Maurice-de-Gourdans, from July 2023 to June 2026, give the median of €3,116/m². Among the homes sold, 91% were houses.
€3,116/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Saint-Maurice-de-Gourdans€3,116/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Ain median€2,641/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€3,125/m²
59
€16.06/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€12.75 to €20.23/m² a month)
8
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€12.04/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€27,250
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté de communes de la Plaine de l'Ain
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
HealthHealth A
Fewer deaths than Saint-Maurice-de-Gourdans’ ages would predict, 73 per 100 expected, under Ain’s towns and compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
The nearest emergency department to Saint-Maurice-de-Gourdans is Antenne Smur Bron Hospices Civils de Lyon, 13.7 mi away. France’s death rates at each age would predict 180 deaths here from 2016 to 2025; there were 131, 27% fewer. Life expectancy in Ain: 85.9 years for women and 82 for men (2025); France averages 85.9 and 80.3. There are 4 general practitioners here.
−27%deaths against expected, after care homesAHealth Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw73
Adjusted73
Median town88
Expected100
4
GPs in Saint-Maurice-de-Gourdans · 2 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
13.7 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Antenne Smur Bron Hospices Civils de Lyon
13.7 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Hopital Prive D Amberieu
85.9 · 82
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Ain, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Few people in Saint-Maurice-de-Gourdans are 65 or over: 16%, below Ain’s towns and compared French towns
Children under 15 make up 20%, about level with Ain’s towns (20%) and above compared French towns (17%). Degrees are held by 39% of adults. Typical age in Saint-Maurice-de-Gourdans: 41.6, the median.
41.6median age
Saint-Maurice-de-GourdansAin medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
10%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma11%
CAP or BEP27%
Baccalauréat18%
Higher education39%
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About an even split. Median share of women: Ain 51.0%, France 51.8%.
INSEE, census 2023 · Ain median and France median: the median of compared communes
Work & commuteJobs & income A−
Saint-Maurice-de-Gourdans has lower unemployment than Ain’s towns or compared French towns: 4.9%
Walking, cycling and public transport carried 7.8% of commuters at the census. Jobs located in Saint-Maurice-de-Gourdans: 300, for 1,500 residents in work (0.2 each). Half of residents lived on more than €30,710 a year per consumption unit, higher than both Ain’s towns (€27,670) and compared French towns (€25,970).
8%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving87%
Public transport6%
On foot1%
Motorbike or scooter1%
Bicycle1%
300
jobs based in Saint-Maurice-de-Gourdans, 0.2 per working resident
4.9%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€30,710
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
4%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
C+
Walkability: better than 39% of compared French towns
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Safety
Saint-Maurice-de-Gourdans has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average
Among the graded crimes in Saint-Maurice-de-Gourdans, the most frequent was criminal damage (2025). 2025 saw 22 offenses recorded here. On average over 2023–2025, every 1,000 residents saw 2.4 violent offenses and 8.6 graded property crimes a year.
2.4recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year
Recorded by type · 2025
Criminal damage15
Burglary7
Armed robbery0
Fraud23
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.
2.4
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
8.6
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
22
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
32.6%
of the index rests on the département’s average, used where small counts aren’t published
Source: SSMSI (Interior Ministry), recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 · Licence Ouverte · When family violence, other physical violence, sexual violence, vehicle theft and theft from vehicles number five or fewer in a recent year, the figure is withheld, and the index uses the département’s average instead (32.6% of the index here). The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
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Everything we know about Saint-Maurice-de-Gourdans
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Saint-Maurice-de-Gourdans
Is Saint-Maurice-de-Gourdans safe?
Saint-Maurice-de-Gourdans has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 7 burglaries and 15 acts of criminal damage.
Is Saint-Maurice-de-Gourdans expensive to live in?
Homes cost more than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €3,116/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Saint-Maurice-de-Gourdans grades D for cost of living.
About Saint-Maurice-de-Gourdans
Commune in Ain, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Saint-Maurice-de-Gourdans is a commune of 2,903 people in the Communauté de communes de la Plaine de l'Ain. 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
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.
