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Is Vongnes a good place to live? Vongnes is too small to grade: French towns get subject grades from 1,000 residents.
Vongnes’ grade
Overall Not graded
Why Too small to grade
What makes Vongnes stand out The 2 things Vongnes does most differently from other towns.
Picked automatically from the dataÉglise · Inscrit · Photo: Chabe01 · CC BY-SA 4.0
Vongnes’ story
Vongnes in pictures
The Culture ministry lists 1 historic monument in Vongnes, none of them classé, France’s highest protection.
The oldest protected part dates from the 12th century; the first monument here was protected in 1976.
33% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
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The data Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Vongnes.
Who lives here
Vongnes has fewer young adults than Ain’s towns or compared French towns: 6% are 15 to 24 For Vongnes, that is below both Ain’s towns (11%) and compared French towns (11%). Over-65s are 31% of the population.
55.5 median age
Ages · share of residents Under 15 15–24 25–44 45–64 65+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education No diploma 14%
CAP or BEP 28%
Baccalauréat 20%
Higher education 36%
Women and men · all residents 49% women, 51% men
Women France medianMen
About an even split. Median share of women: Ain 51.0%, France 51.8%.
Ages and diplomas in Vongnes Vongnes Ain median France median Under 15 16% 20% 17% 15–24 6% 11% 11% 25–44 20% 24% 23% 45–64 27% 26% 26% 65+ 31% 19% 22% No diploma 14% 17% 19% CAP or BEP 28% 26% 26% Baccalauréat 20% 18% 18% Higher education 36% 32% 30%
INSEE, census 2023 · Ain median and France median: the median of compared communes
History
Vongnes keeps more of its old housing than Ain or compared French towns: 33% built before 1919 France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Vongnes sits above both Ain’s towns (7.9%) and compared French towns (7.4%) on this measure. The Culture ministry lists 1 historic monument in Vongnes, none of them classé, France’s highest protection.
1 historic monument
Monuments by protection · Mérimée Classé 0
Inscrit 1
12th c.
oldest protected part
1976
first monument protected
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Work & commute
Vongnes has lower unemployment than Ain’s towns or compared French towns: 6.3% That puts Vongnes below both Ain’s towns (8.3%) and compared French towns (10.1%). Vongnes has 50 jobs for 50 working residents, 0.9 per worker.
10% walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023 Driving 87%
On foot 7%
Public transport 3%
Bicycle 0%
Motorbike or scooter 0%
50
jobs based in Vongnes, 0.9 per working resident
6.3%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
3%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Housing
Estimated advertised rents run lower in Vongnes than in Ain’s towns or across compared French towns: €11.20/m² a month Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
On this, Vongnes is below both Ain’s towns (€12.27/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²).
€11.20/m² estimated apartment rent a month
Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month Vongnes €11.20/m²
Median of towns €12.41/m²
Ain median €12.27/m²
€11.20/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€8.69 to €14.44/m² a month)
€10.36/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Nearby attractions Musée des traditions vigneronnes and 5 more in and around Vongnes Museums and heritage in and near Vongnes. Best known first.
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Everything we know about Vongnes 12 pages on Vongnes
Landmarks Vongnes has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
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Famous people from Vongnes Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Vongnes yet.
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How the neighbors grade
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
About Vongnes Commune in Ain, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Vongnes is a commune of 75 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
Population 75 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality Communauté de communes Bugey Sud
Département Ain (01)
Région Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Area 0.8 sq mi (2.1 km²)
INSEE code 01456 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.