Homes are affordable: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 5 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Its weakest subject is walkability (C−): 20% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 9% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Its remaining grades are unremarkable: B for schools, B− for health and B− for jobs & income. Nearly a third of homes here are second homes.
Figures: prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting and employment, INSEE census 2023 · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025). Valromey-sur-Séran 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.
Each subject compares Valromey-sur-Séran 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.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Valromey-sur-Séran.
HousingCost of living A−
Estimated advertised rents run lower in Valromey-sur-Séran than in Ain’s towns or across compared French towns: €9.57/m² a month
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Half the homes sold went for more than €1,866/m², below Ain’s towns (€2,641/m²) and compared French towns (€2,430/m²) alike. Houses were 98% of what sold. From July 2023 to June 2026, 64 homes were sold in Valromey-sur-Séran.
€1,866/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Valromey-sur-Séran€1,866/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Ain median€2,641/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€1,875/m²
63
€9.57/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€7.43 to €12.33/m² a month)
5
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€9.79/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€25,980
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté de communes Bugey Sud
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Work & commuteJobs & income B−
Unemployment in Valromey-sur-Séran, 6.6%, runs below Ain’s towns and compared French towns
For its 550 residents in work, Valromey-sur-Séran has 100 jobs: 0.2 each. 8.5% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train at the census, below Ain’s towns (13.8%) and compared French towns (13.4%) alike. The typical income here, after tax and benefits, is €27,580 a year per consumption unit.
9%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving86%
Public transport5%
On foot2%
Bicycle1%
Motorbike or scooter1%
100
jobs based in Valromey-sur-Séran, 0.2 per working resident
6.6%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€27,580
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
5%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
C−
Walkability: better than 23% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Who lives here
Valromey-sur-Séran has fewer young adults than Ain’s towns or compared French towns: 6.8% are 15 to 24
Degrees are held by 36% of adults. People 65 and over make up 29% of the town, above both Ain’s towns (19%) and compared French towns (22%). Typical age in Valromey-sur-Séran: 52.2, the median.
52.2median age
Valromey-sur-SéranAin medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
29%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma12%
CAP or BEP26%
Baccalauréat21%
Higher education36%
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About an even split. Median share of women: Ain 51.0%, France 51.8%.
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
History
Valromey-sur-Séran keeps more of its old housing than Ain’s towns or compared French towns: 32% built before 1919
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Among the classé monuments in Valromey-sur-Séran is Aqueduc romain. The town has 3 historic monuments on the Culture ministry’s list: 1 classé, the highest protection, and 2 inscrit, the second level. Its heritage reaches back to Antiquity.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
HealthHealth B−
Valromey-sur-Séran records 88 deaths for every 100 its ages predict, against 82 in Ain’s towns and 88 in compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Women in Ain live to 85.9 on average and men to 82 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. France’s death rates at each age would predict 149 deaths in Valromey-sur-Séran from 2016 to 2025; there were 132, 12% fewer. Also worth knowing: the nearest emergency department to Valromey-sur-Séran is Centre hospitalier Bugey Sud, 10.7 mi away.
−12%deaths against expected, after care homesB−Health Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw88
Adjusted88
Median town88
Expected100
0
GPs in Valromey-sur-Séran · 3 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
10.7 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier Bugey Sud
10.7 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Centre hospitalier Bugey Sud
85.9 · 82
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Ain, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Valromey-sur-Séran has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average
The commonest graded crime in Valromey-sur-Séran was burglary (2025). Violence against people ran at 4.9 per 1,000 residents a year and the graded property crimes at 7.1 (2023–2025 average). Over 2025, Valromey-sur-Séran logged 6 recorded offenses.
4.9recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year
Recorded by type · 2025
Burglary6
Armed robbery0
Vehicle theft0
Fraud13
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.
4.9
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
7.1
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
6
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
87.7%
of the index rests on the département’s average, used where small counts aren’t published
Source: SSMSI (Interior Ministry), recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 · Licence Ouverte · Small counts of family violence, other physical violence, sexual violence, theft from vehicles and criminal damage go unpublished (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the département’s average stands in, 87.7% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Nearby attractions
Aqueduc romain de Vieu and 7 more in and around Valromey-sur-Séran
Other places to visit, heritage and family days out in and near Valromey-sur-Séran. Best known first.
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Valromey-sur-Séran
Is Valromey-sur-Séran safe?
Valromey-sur-Séran has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average.
Are schools in Valromey-sur-Séran good?
They grade B, better than 61% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Valromey-sur-Séran expensive to live in?
Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Valromey-sur-Séran grades A− for cost of living.
About Valromey-sur-Séran
Commune in Ain, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Valromey-sur-Séran is a commune of 1,351 people in the Communauté de communes Bugey Sud. 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
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.
