Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
A town of 1,030 in Ain, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes.
Tenay has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents. Its weakest subject is jobs & income (D−): 0.5 jobs per working resident; 14.4% unemployment. Its strongest is cost of living (A+): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 2.9 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
The 2 things Tenay does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Tenay 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 no building in Tenay as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Abbaye (ancienne), in Saint-Rambert-en-Bugey, 4.1 mi away.
33% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Tenay.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The estimated advertised rent is €8.93/m² a month, below both Ain’s towns (€12.27/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²). Houses made up 78% of the homes sold; apartments the rest. Also worth knowing: a house rents for an estimated €9.45/m² a month.
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.
There is one general practitioner in Tenay. The nearest emergency department to Tenay is Hopital Prive D Amberieu, 8.7 mi away. France’s death rates at each age would predict 119 deaths here from 2016 to 2025; there were 242, 103% more. 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 · This figure includes a care-home adjustment that TownRatings models; no official statistic exists.
At the census, 18.2% went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport, above Ain’s towns (13.8%) and compared French towns (13.4%) alike. The jobless rate is 14.4%.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Over-65s are a quarter of the population. Just over a fifth of adults hold a degree, lower than both Ain’s towns (32%) and compared French towns (30%). Young adults of 15 to 24 account for 10% of the town.
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Ain 51.0%, France 51.8%.
| Tenay | Ain median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 15% | 20% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 10% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 25% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 26% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 25% | 19% | 22% |
| No diploma | 25% | 17% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 32% | 26% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 17% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 21% | 32% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Ain median and France median: the median of compared communes
Nothing in Tenay is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
One notable person was born in Tenay.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tenay | 1,030 | — | — | A+ | — | D |
| Plateau d'Hauteville | 4,857 | 5.5 | A+ | B+ | A+ | A− |
| Ambérieu-en-Bugey | 15,934 | 8 | C− | C+ | C− | C |
| Lagnieu | 7,411 | 8.3 | B+ | B− | B | C+ |
| Montalieu-Vercieu Isère | 3,510 | 9.1 | C− | B+ | C− | D |
| Ambronay | 2,841 | 9.5 | A− | B+ | B− | B+ |
| Pont-d'Ain | 2,843 | 12 | D | B+ | D | D |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Tenay has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 6.4 recorded violent incidents and 15.6 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Tenay grades A+ for cost of living.
Commune in Ain, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Tenay is a commune of 1,030 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.