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A town of 1,247 in Ain, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes.
Saint-Vulbas has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents. Its weakest subject is cost of living (C−): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 7 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Its strongest is jobs & income (A+): 14.4 jobs per working resident; 4.4% unemployment.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
Each subject compares Saint-Vulbas 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 1 historic monument in Saint-Vulbas: 1 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 0 inscrit (the second level).
The oldest protected part dates from the 11th century; the first monument here was protected in 1944.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Saint-Vulbas.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
On this, Saint-Vulbas is above both Ain’s towns (€12.27/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²). The median price, €2,706/m², comes from 30 sales of houses and apartments in Saint-Vulbas from July 2023 to June 2026.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,706/m² | 30 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
After the care-home adjustment, Saint-Vulbas’ deaths ran at 99 per 100 expected, above both Ain’s towns (82) and compared French towns (88). From 2016 to 2025, 209 residents of Saint-Vulbas died, against 141 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 48% more. The care-home adjustment is a TownRatings modeling step, not an official statistic.
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
In the comparison, Saint-Vulbas comes below both Ain’s towns (11%) and compared French towns (11%). Those 65 and older account for 19% of residents.
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Ain 51.0%, France 51.8%.
| Saint-Vulbas | Ain median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 19% | 20% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 8.3% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 30% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 25% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 19% | 19% | 22% |
| No diploma | 19% | 17% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 25% | 26% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 24% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 27% | 32% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Ain median and France median: the median of compared communes
For Saint-Vulbas, that is below both Ain’s towns (8.3%) and compared French towns (10.1%). The median disposable income is €28,690 a year per consumption unit.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
The Culture ministry lists 1 historic monument in Saint-Vulbas: 1 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 0 inscrit (the second level).
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Police and gendarmerie recorded 22 offenses in the graded categories in Saint-Vulbas in 2025. For family violence, other physical violence, sexual violence, burglary and vehicle theft, this figure isn’t published when it’s small (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the index uses the département’s average instead, 34.7% of the index here. With 9,500 jobs for 650 working residents, Saint-Vulbas draws people from neighboring communes, and crimes are counted in the commune where they happen, then divided by its number of residents.
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
Heritage, museums and other places to visit in and near Saint-Vulbas. Best known first.
Saint-Vulbas has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
Chapelle de Marcilleux: Photo: Soviflo · CC BY-SA 3.0
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Saint-Vulbas 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-Vulbas | 1,247 | — | — | C− | — | C− |
| Saint-Maurice-de-Gourdans | 2,903 | 4.6 | — | D | — | A |
| Loyettes | 3,554 | 4.7 | C | C | A− | C |
| Saint-Romain-de-Jalionas Isère | 3,417 | 5.7 | B− | C | B+ | B+ |
| Montalieu-Vercieu Isère | 3,510 | 5.9 | C− | B+ | C− | D |
| Lagnieu | 7,411 | 5.9 | B+ | B− | B | C+ |
| Chavanoz Isère | 5,126 | 6.2 | D | C− | B | C+ |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Saint-Vulbas has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 5.3 recorded violent incidents and 22.1 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Homes cost more than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €2,706/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Saint-Vulbas grades C− for cost of living.
Commune in Ain, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Saint-Vulbas is a commune of 1,247 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
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 October 30, 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.