Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
A town of 6,569 in Ain, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes.
Thoiry grades A− overall: better than 78% of compared French towns, and #21 of 53 in Ain. Its weakest subject is cost of living (D): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 8 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Its strongest is health (A+): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 40% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas. The overall grade uses the other six subjects.
The 2 things Thoiry does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Thoiry 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 Thoiry as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Borne frontière, in Chézery-Forens, 5.6 mi away.
Explore the history →Other places to visit, family days out and heritage in and near Thoiry. Best known first.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Thoiry.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
For Thoiry, that is below both Ain’s towns (82) and compared French towns (88). From 2016 to 2025, 206 residents of Thoiry died, against 344 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 40% fewer. 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
Thoiry sits above both Ain’s towns (32%) and compared French towns (30%) on this measure. Those 65 and older account for 13% of residents.
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Ain 51.0%, France 51.8%.
| Thoiry | Ain median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 21% | 20% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 9.5% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 29% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 28% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 13% | 19% | 22% |
| No diploma | 10% | 17% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 19% | 26% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 17% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 51% | 32% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Ain median and France median: the median of compared communes
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
That puts Thoiry above both Ain’s towns (€12.27/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²). The median price, €4,884/m², comes from 197 sales of houses and apartments in Thoiry from July 2023 to June 2026.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €4,919/m² | 103 |
| Apartments | €4,883/m² | 94 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
On this, Thoiry is above both Ain’s towns (€27,670) and compared French towns (€25,970). Thoiry has 1,550 jobs for 3,300 working residents, 0.5 per worker.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Police and gendarmerie recorded 119 offenses in the graded categories in Thoiry in 2025. For other physical violence, 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, 1.0% of the index here.
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
Nothing in Thoiry is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
2 notable people were born in Thoiry.
Jacques Benoit-Gonnin: This illustration was made by Peter Potrowl ., CC BY-SA 4.0
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thoiry | 6,569 | — | A− | D | B | A+ |
| Saint-Genis-Pouilly | 14,432 | 2.5 | A | C− | B | A+ |
| Péron | 2,916 | 4.2 | A | C− | A | A |
| Prévessin-Moëns | 9,153 | 5 | B | D | B− | A+ |
| Ségny | 2,941 | 6.1 | — | C− | — | A+ |
| Ornex | 5,082 | 6.1 | B− | D | B− | A+ |
| Ferney-Voltaire | 12,094 | 6.4 | B− | D | C | A+ |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades B for safety, #26 of 53 in Ain. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 29 burglaries and 38 acts of criminal damage.
Homes cost more than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €4,884/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. By type: houses €4,919/m² (103 sales), apartments €4,883/m² (94 sales). Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Thoiry grades D for cost of living.
Commune in Ain, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Thoiry is a commune of 6,569 people in the Communauté d'agglomération du Pays de Gex. 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.
