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It is a town of 1,469 residents in Ain, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes.
Savigneux’s standout strength is health — after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 30% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Jobs and pay hold up well: 0.5 jobs per working resident; 4.4% unemployment. At the median price of €2,886/m², a 70 m² home costs 6.6 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the Communauté de communes Dombes Saône Vallée. Few people walk, cycle or take the bus to work: 64% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 6% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work.
Figures: deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi. Savigneux 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 Savigneux does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Savigneux 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.
Savigneux has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
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The Culture ministry’s list holds 1 historic monument in Savigneux; none is classé, France’s top protection.
The oldest protected part dates from the 10th century; the first monument here was protected in 1984.
19% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Savigneux.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
The nearest emergency department to Savigneux is Polyclinique du Beaujolais, 6.8 mi away. From 2016 to 2025, 57 residents of Savigneux died, against 81 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 30% fewer. In Ain, life expectancy at birth reaches 85.9 years for women and 82 for men (2025), next to 85.9 and 80.3 for France.
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 B− to A+.
14% of residents are 65 or over. The 15-to-24 age group: 9.1%, below Ain’s towns (11%) and compared French towns (11%) alike. Savigneux has a median age of 39.
51% women, 49% men
About 96 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Ain 51.0%, France 51.8%.
| Savigneux | Ain median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 23% | 20% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 9.1% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 27% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 27% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 14% | 19% | 22% |
| No diploma | 13% | 17% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 29% | 26% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 21% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 34% | 32% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Ain median and France median: the median of compared communes
The median disposable income is €30,220 a year per consumption unit. 5.8% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train at the census, lower than both Ain’s towns (13.8%) and compared French towns (13.4%). At the census, 5.6% of working residents in Savigneux didn’t travel to work at all.
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 earliest of these monuments dates from the 10th century. The Culture ministry’s list holds 1 historic monument in Savigneux; none is classé, France’s top protection.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
52 sales of houses and apartments in Savigneux, from July 2023 to June 2026, give the median of €2,886/m². Renting a house costs an estimated €11.22/m² a month. Also worth knowing: from July 2023 to June 2026, 52 homes were sold here.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €3,066/m² | 41 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Police and gendarmerie recorded 14 offenses in Savigneux in 2025. Per 1,000 residents a year, there were 4.1 cases of violence against people and 12.2 graded property crimes (2023–2025 average). More of the graded crimes here were burglary than anything else (2025).
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, other physical violence, vehicle theft, theft from vehicles and criminal damage, 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, 54.0% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Heritage, museums and other places to visit in and near Savigneux. Best known first.
Savigneux has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
Château de Juis: Photo: MOSSOT · CC BY 3.0
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Savigneux 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Savigneux | 1,469 | — | — | B− | — | A |
| Frans | 2,582 | 3.6 | A | B− | A− | B+ |
| Jassans-Riottier | 6,247 | 4.4 | B− | D | B− | B+ |
| Fareins | 2,533 | 4.6 | A+ | B | A− | A+ |
| Reyrieux | 5,358 | 4.9 | B+ | B− | A− | D |
| Trévoux | 7,013 | 5.4 | A− | B− | C+ | A− |
| Villefranche-sur-Saône Rhône | 36,172 | 6.2 | C | C− | D | B |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Savigneux has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average.
Homes cost more than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €2,886/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Estimated advertised apartment rents are €12.36/m² a month, charges included. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Savigneux grades B− for cost of living.
Commune in Ain, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Savigneux is a commune of 1,469 people in the Communauté de communes Dombes Saône Vallée. 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 4, 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.