Housing is within reach: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 3.2 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Its schools fall short: brevet results 7 points below the expected rate. Health lags (D): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 7% above expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Its remaining grades are unremarkable: B− for safety and B for walkability. Work and incomes lag: 0.6 jobs per working resident; 10.6% unemployment.
Figures: prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · recorded crime, SSMSI (Ministry of the Interior) · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting and employment, INSEE census 2023. Saint-Rambert-en-Bugey 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.
Each subject compares Saint-Rambert-en-Bugey 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-Rambert-en-Bugey.
HousingCost of living A+
Buying in Saint-Rambert-en-Bugey costs less than in both Ain’s towns and compared French towns: the median sale is €1,259/m²
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The estimated advertised rent is €9.45/m² a month, lower than both Ain’s towns (€12.27/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²). Houses made up 76% of the homes sold; apartments the rest. A house rents for an estimated €8.97/m² a month.
€1,259/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Saint-Rambert-en-Bugey€1,259/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Ain median€2,641/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€1,607/m²
54
€9.45/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€7.30 to €12.24/m² a month)
3.2
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€8.97/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
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
HealthHealth D
More deaths than Saint-Rambert-en-Bugey’s ages would predict, 107 per 100 expected, above Ain’s towns and compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Life expectancy in Ain: 85.9 years for women and 82 for men (2025); France averages 85.9 and 80.3. France’s death rates at each age would predict 265 deaths in Saint-Rambert-en-Bugey from 2016 to 2025; there were 395, 49% more. Also worth knowing: this Ain town has 3 family doctors.
+7%deaths against expected, after care homesDHealth Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw149
Adjusted107
Median town88
Expected100
3
GPs in Saint-Rambert-en-Bugey · 1.3 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
4.7 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Hopital Prive D Amberieu
4.7 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
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Work & commuteJobs & income D
Money is tighter in Saint-Rambert-en-Bugey than in Ain’s towns or compared French towns: the median disposable income is €22,650 a year per consumption unit
10.6% of the labour force were unemployed, about level with compared French towns (10.1%) and above Ain’s towns (8.3%). No commute at all: 3.2% of working residents in Saint-Rambert-en-Bugey at the census.
13%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving83%
Public transport8%
On foot5%
Motorbike or scooter1%
Bicycle1%
550
jobs based in Saint-Rambert-en-Bugey, 0.6 per working resident
10.6%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€22,650
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
3%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
B
Walkability: better than 58% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Who lives here
Degrees are less common in Saint-Rambert-en-Bugey than in Ain’s towns or across compared French towns: 21% of adults
18% are under 15, between Ain’s towns (20%) and compared French towns (17%). Saint-Rambert-en-Bugey has a median age of 41.3. The share aged 15 to 24 is 11%.
41.3median age
Saint-Rambert-en-BugeyAin medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
11%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma24%
CAP or BEP29%
Baccalauréat20%
Higher education21%
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 92 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Ain 51.0%, France 51.8%.
INSEE, census 2023 · Ain median and France median: the median of compared communes
Safety
More crime per resident in Saint-Rambert-en-Bugey than in 51% of compared French towns
Violence against people ran at 8.2 per 1,000 residents a year and the graded property crimes at 13.3 (2023–2025 average). Police and gendarmerie recorded 44 offenses in Saint-Rambert-en-Bugey in 2025. Criminal damage topped the graded crimes in Saint-Rambert-en-Bugey (2025).
8.2recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a yearB−Safety Grade
Recorded by type · 2025
Criminal damage24
Family violence11
Other physical violence9
Armed robbery0
Fraud11
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.
8.2
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
13.3
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
44
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
22.2%
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 · For sexual violence, burglary, 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, 22.2% of the index here. With more than 10% of the index estimated that way, this Safety Grade is less sure than most. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Nearby attractions
Abbaye de Saint-Rambert-en-Bugey and 6 more in and around Saint-Rambert-en-Bugey
Heritage and museums in and near Saint-Rambert-en-Bugey. Best known first.
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Saint-Rambert-en-Bugey
Are schools in Saint-Rambert-en-Bugey good?
They grade D, better than 9% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Saint-Rambert-en-Bugey expensive to live in?
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Saint-Rambert-en-Bugey grades A+ for cost of living.
About Saint-Rambert-en-Bugey
Commune in Ain, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Saint-Rambert-en-Bugey is a commune of 2,190 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.
