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A town of 1,420 in Ain, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes.
Villereversure has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents. Its strongest is cost of living (A): A year’s estimated rent on a 70 m² apartment is 31% of 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 one thing Villereversure does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Villereversure 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 Villereversure as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Église Saint-Julien-sur-Roche (restes), in Ramasse, 2.7 mi away.
21% 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 Villereversure.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Among the homes sold, 93% were houses. Renting a house costs an estimated €7.95/m² a month. Villereversure recorded 29 home sales from July 2023 to June 2026.
Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
19% are under 15, below Ain’s towns (20%) but above compared French towns (17%). Young adults of 15 to 24 are nearly a tenth of the population. The median resident of Villereversure is 45.5 years old.
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Ain 51.0%, France 51.8%.
| Villereversure | Ain median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 19% | 20% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 9% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 22% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 23% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 28% | 19% | 22% |
| No diploma | 23% | 17% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 31% | 26% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 17% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 24% | 32% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Ain median and France median: the median of compared communes
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
282 deaths in Villereversure between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 231: 22% above. Its care home for older people (90 places) counts its residents as Villereversure’s; allowing for it, deaths were 15% below expected. The nearest emergency department to Villereversure is Clinique Docteur Convert, 6.9 mi away. Life expectancy at birth in Ain is 85.9 years for women and 82 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across 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 · The care-home step is TownRatings’ own calculation, not an official number. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from C+ to A−.
Jobs located in Villereversure: 450, for 550 residents in work (0.8 each). Unemployment stood at 7.8%, below both Ain’s towns (8.3%) and compared French towns (10.1%). Bus, tram or train carried 2.5% of working residents in Villereversure to work at the census.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Nothing in Villereversure is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
One notable person was born in Villereversure.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Villereversure | 1,420 | — | — | A | — | B |
| Ceyzériat | 3,328 | 3.5 | A+ | C+ | A− | B+ |
| Bourg-en-Bresse | 42,372 | 7.9 | C | B− | D | C+ |
| Saint-Étienne-du-Bois | 2,584 | 8 | — | B | — | A+ |
| Montréal-la-Cluse | 3,568 | 8.8 | B | B− | A− | B− |
| Péronnas | 6,444 | 8.8 | A | C+ | B | A |
| Viriat | 7,102 | 9.1 | B+ | C+ | C+ | C+ |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Villereversure has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 4.7 recorded violent incidents and 8 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Commune in Ain, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Villereversure is a commune of 1,420 people in the Communauté d'agglomération du Bassin de Bourg-en-Bresse. 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) · 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.