Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
A town of 3,255 in Ain, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes.
Vonnas grades A− overall: better than 77% of compared French towns, and #23 of 53 in Ain. Its weakest subject is schools (C−): brevet results 4 points below the expected rate. At the median price of €2,204/m², a 70 m² home costs 5.7 times the median annual income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size) in the Communauté de communes de la Veyle. Its strongest is health (A−): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 25% 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.
Each subject compares Vonnas 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 Vonnas, none of them classé, France’s highest protection.
The oldest protected part dates from the 18th century; the first monument here was protected in 2016.
15% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Vonnas.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
For Vonnas, that is below both Ain’s towns (82) and compared French towns (88). From 2016 to 2025, 260 residents of Vonnas died, against 315 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 17% 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
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Vonnas sits below both Ain’s towns (91.0%) and compared French towns (87.5%) on this measure. Schools rank #52 of 54 in Ain.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège du RenonNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 96 | 84%−4 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Police and gendarmerie recorded 43 offenses in the graded categories in Vonnas in 2025. Violence against people ran at 4.2 per 1,000 residents a year and the graded property crimes at 12.4 (2023–2025 average). For other physical violence, sexual violence and vehicle theft, 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, 15.5% of the index here. Because that share is over 10%, this Safety Grade is less sure than most.
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.
That puts Vonnas below both Ain’s towns (€12.27/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²). The median price, €2,204/m², comes from 124 sales of houses and apartments in Vonnas from July 2023 to June 2026.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,275/m² | 100 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Vonnas has 1,350 jobs for 1,400 working residents, 1 per worker.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
On this, Vonnas is above both Ain’s towns (7.9%) and compared French towns (7.4%). The Culture ministry lists 1 historic monument in Vonnas, none of them classé, France’s highest protection.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
In the comparison, Vonnas comes below both Ain’s towns (32%) and compared French towns (30%). Young adults of 15 to 24 are 12% of the population.
51% women, 49% men
About 95 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Ain 51.0%, France 51.8%.
| Vonnas | Ain median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 18% | 20% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 12% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 20% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 25% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 25% | 19% | 22% |
| No diploma | 25% | 17% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 29% | 26% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 19% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 22% | 32% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Ain median and France median: the median of compared communes
Vonnas has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
Domaine de Béost: Photo: Chabe01 · CC BY-SA 4.0
Wikidata places 1 person here, but the articles don’t both confirm Vonnas as the birthplace, so nobody is listed.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vonnas | 3,255 | — | A− | B | B+ | A− |
| Polliat | 2,741 | 7 | — | B | — | A+ |
| Châtillon-sur-Chalaronne | 5,250 | 7.2 | B− | B− | C | C |
| Bâgé-Dommartin | 4,050 | 7.7 | A | B+ | A | A |
| Replonges | 3,956 | 7.9 | B− | C+ | B+ | B− |
| Saint-Didier-sur-Chalaronne | 2,934 | 8.8 | A | A− | A− | C+ |
| Feillens | 3,411 | 9.2 | A+ | B− | A+ | A |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades B+ for safety, #15 of 53 in Ain. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 16 burglaries and 10 acts of criminal damage.
They grade C−, better than 18% of compared French towns and #52 of 54 in Ain. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Prices are close to the median of compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €2,204/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns, so Vonnas grades B for cost of living.
Commune in Ain, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Vonnas is a commune of 3,255 people in the Communauté de communes de la Veyle. 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.