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15- to 24-year-olds are 14% of the population. Home to 2,107 people, this town lies in Jura, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté.
Moirans-en-Montagne’s strongest subject is safety — an average of 7.8 recorded violent incidents and 5.9 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Where it falls short is jobs & income — 1.7 jobs per working resident; 13.7% unemployment. Schools are weaker too (C+): brevet results 3 points below the expected rate. Homes sell for a median €1,465/m², so 70 m² costs 4 years of the median income per consumption unit in the Communauté de communes Terre d'Émeraude Communauté.
Figures: recorded crime, SSMSI (Ministry of the Interior) · employment, INSEE census 2023 · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi. Moirans-en-Montagne 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 Moirans-en-Montagne 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.
Moirans-en-Montagne has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
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The 3 things Moirans-en-Montagne does most differently from other towns.
Moirans-en-Montagne has 5 historic monuments on the Culture ministry’s list, none at the highest level (classé).
The oldest protected part dates from the 15th century; the first monument here was protected in 2007.
Moirans-en-Montagne has 5 historic monuments on the Culture ministry’s list, none at the highest level (classé).
Fontaine de l'Hôtel de Ville: Photo: Pat Samsky · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Hôtel de ville - Halle au blé: Photo: Mpmpmp · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Monument aux morts: Photo: Annick Monnier · CC BY-SA 4.0
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Moirans-en-Montagne.
The commonest graded crime in Moirans-en-Montagne was family violence (2025). Police and gendarmerie recorded 23 offenses in the town in 2025. Jobs outnumber working residents in Moirans-en-Montagne (1,400 to 850): it draws people in from around.
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 · Small counts of other physical violence, burglary, vehicle theft and theft from vehicles go unpublished (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the département’s average stands in, 16.8% of the index here. With more than 10% of the index estimated that way, this Safety Grade is less sure than most. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses. Crimes are counted in the commune where they happen, then divided by its residents, so a town that draws people in from around can look higher.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
51 sales of houses and apartments in Moirans-en-Montagne, from July 2023 to June 2026, give the median of €1,465/m². Of the homes sold, 73% were houses.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,634/m² | 37 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Moirans-en-Montagne has 4 family doctors. The nearest emergency department to Moirans-en-Montagne is Centre hospitalier Louis Jaillon de Saint Claude, 7.6 mi away. France’s death rates at each age would predict 226 deaths in the town from 2016 to 2025; there were 213, 6% fewer. Average lifespans in Jura: 85.1 years for women, 78.9 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 nationally.
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.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
The closest lycée for the general bac is 7.9 mi off.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Pierre VernotteNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 48 | 88%−3 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
The median disposable income is €23,670 a year per consumption unit. 12.1% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train at the census, below both Jura’s towns (17.6%) and compared French towns (13.4%).
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.
Its heritage reaches back to the 15th century. Moirans-en-Montagne has 5 historic monuments on the Culture ministry’s list, none at the highest level (classé). Homes from before 1919 make up 7.8% of the total, below Jura’s towns (9.5%) and close to compared French towns (7.4%).
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
The share of residents under 15 is 16%. People 65 and over make up just over a fifth of the town, below Jura’s towns (27%) and compared French towns (22%) alike. Degrees are held by 20% of adults.
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Jura 52.0%, France 51.8%.
| Moirans-en-Montagne | Jura median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 16% | 14% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 14% | 10% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 23% | 21% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 27% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 21% | 27% | 22% |
| No diploma | 30% | 21% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 26% | 25% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 17% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 20% | 28% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Jura median and France median: the median of compared communes
Heritage and museums in and near Moirans-en-Montagne. Best known first.
Wikidata places 2 people here, but for none of them do the articles confirm Moirans-en-Montagne as the birthplace, so nobody is listed.
Commune in Jura, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Moirans-en-Montagne is a commune of 2,107 people in the Communauté de communes Terre d'Émeraude Communauté. 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
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Moirans-en-Montagne | 2,107 | — | — | A | A | A− |
| Saint-Claude | 8,386 | 7.1 | B | A+ | C | B |
| Arbent Ain | 3,555 | 11 | — | B+ | — | A |
| Oyonnax Ain | 22,480 | 13 | B | B− | B− | C+ |
| Bellignat Ain | 3,525 | 14 | A− | B | B | A− |
| Hauts de Bienne | 5,032 | 15 | B | A | C | C |
| Les Rousses | 3,740 | 17 | A− | B | C | A |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
They grade C+, better than 36% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Homes cost less than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €1,465/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Moirans-en-Montagne grades A for cost of living.
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 November 9, 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.