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It is a town of 1,094 residents in Ain, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes.
Pupils here do better than most (A−): brevet results at the expected rate. Where it falls short is walkability (C). Elsewhere it is close to typical: B− for cost of living and B− for health.
Figures: employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025). Sainte-Julie 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 one thing Sainte-Julie does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Sainte-Julie 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.
Sainte-Julie has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
The Culture ministry’s list holds 1 historic monument in Sainte-Julie; none is classé, France’s top protection.
The oldest protected part dates from the 13th century; the first monument here was protected in 1984.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Sainte-Julie.
Just over one in ten residents are 65 or over, below both Ain’s towns (19%) and compared French towns (22%). Aged 15 to 24: just over one in ten residents. The age that splits Sainte-Julie in two is 38.7.
48% women, 52% men
About 107 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Ain 51.0%, France 51.8%.
| Sainte-Julie | Ain median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 22% | 20% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 12% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 26% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 27% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 12% | 19% | 22% |
| No diploma | 14% | 17% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 27% | 26% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 21% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 34% | 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.
A collège lies 2.8 mi away.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège de la Plaine de l'AinNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 148 | 96%+1 pt |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
The median disposable income was €28,250 a year per consumption unit, close to Ain’s towns (€27,670) and above compared French towns (€25,970). 600 jobs are based in Sainte-Julie, for 550 working residents (1 per worker). At the census, one in ten commuters got to work without a car.
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.
Protection here reaches back to the 13th century. Just over one in ten homes date from before 1919.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
At birth, a girl in Ain can expect 85.9 years and a boy 82 (2025); across France, 85.9 and 80.3. From 2016 to 2025, 47 residents of Sainte-Julie died, against 54 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 14% fewer. The nearest emergency department to Sainte-Julie is Hopital Prive D Amberieu, 7.2 mi away.
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 · Care-home places are adjusted for by TownRatings, using a model rather than an official statistic. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from D to A.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The sales split: 79% houses, the rest apartments. Between July 2023 and June 2026, buyers took 19 homes in Sainte-Julie.
Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
For 2025, the figures show 6 offenses in Sainte-Julie. Per 1,000 residents a year, there were 4.3 cases of violence against people and 11.7 graded property crimes (2023–2025 average). In 2025, criminal damage led the graded crimes in the town.
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 · For family violence, sexual violence, burglary, vehicle theft and theft from vehicles, 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, 75.3% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Heritage in and near Sainte-Julie. Best known first.
Sainte-Julie has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Sainte-Julie 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sainte-Julie | 1,094 | — | — | B− | — | B− |
| Lagnieu | 7,411 | 2.9 | B+ | B− | B | C+ |
| Villieu-Loyes-Mollon | 3,849 | 3.8 | B | C | C+ | B |
| Meximieux | 8,247 | 4.5 | C+ | C− | C+ | B− |
| Ambérieu-en-Bugey | 15,934 | 5.9 | C− | C+ | C− | C |
| Saint-Maurice-de-Gourdans | 2,903 | 6.7 | — | D | — | A |
| Béligneux | 3,535 | 7.6 | B+ | C− | B+ | C |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Sainte-Julie has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average.
They grade A−, better than 79% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Commune in Ain, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Sainte-Julie is a commune of 1,094 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) · 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.