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A town of 16,712 in Ain, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes.
Valserhône grades D overall: better than 11% of compared French towns. Its weakest subject is safety (C−): an average of 10.4 recorded violent incidents and 19.9 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. At the median price of €2,474/m², a 70 m² home costs 6.1 times the median annual income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size) in the Communauté de communes Terre Valserhône. Its strongest is walkability (A−): 67% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 22% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas. The overall grade uses the other six subjects.
The one thing Valserhône does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Valserhône 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 1 historic monument in Valserhône, none of them classé, France’s highest protection.
The oldest protected part dates from the 20th century; the first monument here was protected in 2019.
Wikidata records 3 people born in Valserhône before 1900, the earliest Louise de Ballon, in 1591.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Valserhône.
That puts Valserhône above both Ain’s towns (8.3%) and compared French towns (10.1%). Valserhône has 5,400 jobs for 7,150 working residents, 0.8 per worker.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Police and gendarmerie recorded 494 offenses in the graded categories in Valserhône in 2025. Of the graded crimes in Valserhône, criminal damage came up most often (2025). For armed robbery, 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, 0.1% 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
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
On this, Valserhône is above both Ain’s towns (€12.27/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²). The median price, €2,474/m², comes from 670 sales of houses and apartments in Valserhône from July 2023 to June 2026. Houses in Valserhône sell for €3,131/m² and apartments for €2,313/m².
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €3,131/m² | 231 |
| Apartments | €2,313/m² | 439 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
In the comparison, Valserhône comes below both Ain’s towns (19%) and compared French towns (22%). Among adults, 26% have a degree.
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Ain 51.0%, France 51.8%.
| Valserhône | Ain median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 19% | 20% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 11% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 27% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 26% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 17% | 19% | 22% |
| No diploma | 23% | 17% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 26% | 26% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 19% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 26% | 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.
For Valserhône, that is below both Ain’s towns (91.0%) and compared French towns (87.5%).
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Saint-ExupéryNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 132 | 82%−7 pts |
| Lycée polyvalent Saint-ExupéryNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 169 | 96%±0 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Valserhône sits above both Ain’s towns (82) and compared French towns (88) on this measure. From 2016 to 2025, 1,383 residents of Valserhône died, against 1,296 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 7% more. 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
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
The Culture ministry lists 1 historic monument in Valserhône, none of them classé, France’s highest protection.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Other places to visit and heritage in and near Valserhône. Best known first.
Valserhône has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
Monument aux morts: Photo: Chabe01 · CC BY-SA 4.0
8 notable people were born in Valserhône.
Louise de Ballon: jlreymond, Public domain · Joanny Rendu: Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Valserhône | 16,712 | — | D | C− | C− | C |
| Valleiry Haute-Savoie | 5,264 | 7.5 | B− | C+ | B+ | B+ |
| Péron | 2,916 | 7.5 | A | C− | A | A |
| Nantua | 3,416 | 10 | C+ | A− | C | B− |
| Viry Haute-Savoie | 5,809 | 11 | B | C | B− | A |
| Thoiry | 6,569 | 12 | A− | D | B | A+ |
| Montréal-la-Cluse | 3,568 | 12 | B | B− | A− | B− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades C− for safety, #50 of 53 in Ain. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 26 burglaries and 208 acts of criminal damage.
They grade C, better than 32% of compared French towns and #47 of 54 in Ain. 96% of 169 candidates passed the bac at Lycée polyvalent Saint-Exupéry in 2025, at the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Valserhône grades C− for cost of living.
Commune in Ain, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Valserhône is a commune of 16,712 people in the Communauté de communes Terre Valserhône. 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.