Ain

Ain has 671,289 residents in 392 communes. Over five years, homes sold for a median €2,620/m², from €1,180/m² in Nantua to €6,050/m² in Divonne-les-Bains among communes of more than 2,000 people. 63% of households own their main home.

Département 01 · 392 communes · Updated 24 October 2026

671,289residents2022 census

€2,620/m²median price per m²five years of sales

63%of households own their homemain home

6%second homesof all homes

Four maps of Ain.

Each commune is coloured by its value; every map uses the same colour scale, from lowest to highest. Grey: not published.

Green spaceShare of land within 500 m that is green space

0%30%+

Everyday servicesEveryday shops and services within a 15-minute walk (1.2 km)

Map of Ain : Everyday shops and services within a 15-minute walk (1.2 km)

<60240+

Price per m²Median price per square metre of house and flat sales over five years

Map of Ain : Median price per square metre of house and flat sales over five years

<€1,500€5,000+

Living standardMedian disposable income per consumption unit, 2021

Map of Ain : Median disposable income per consumption unit, 2021

<€19,000€29,000+

Sources: IGN and Insee, IRIS boundaries and Admin Express 2024 (Open Licence 2.0) · DGFiP property sales (DVF), data.gouv.fr statistics (Open Licence 2.0) · Insee, Filosofi 2021 income data (Open Licence 2.0) · © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)

The 84 communes with more than 2,000 people.

Colour shows where each commune sits among the others in the table, from lowest to highest.

Commune	Residents	Price per m²	Living standard	Home owners	Aged 75+	Unemployment	Green 500 m	Services 15 min
Ambronay	2,828	€2,280/m²	€24,860	73%	7%	7.6%	25%	17
Ambérieu-en-Bugey	15,554	€2,500/m²	€21,660	45%	9%	13.4%	41%	51
Arbent	3,482	€1,930/m²	€22,410	64%	10%	10.7%	65%	6
Attignat	3,372	€2,270/m²	€24,460	70%	9%	7.0%	23%	22
Balan	2,878	€3,220/m²	€25,770	73%	5%	8.3%	9%	23
Belley	9,270	€2,260/m²	€21,180	46%	14%	11.9%	24%	37
Bellignat	3,581	€1,650/m²	€20,550	38%	9%	14.1%	12%	25
Beynost	4,936	€3,770/m²	€28,730	77%	9%	6.7%	31%	53
Bourg-en-Bresse	42,065	€2,040/m²	€20,210	37%	12%	15.8%	11%	187
Bresse Vallons	2,393	€2,020/m²	€24,120	77%	5%	5.3%	49%	9
Bâgé-Dommartin	4,057	€2,170/m²	€24,880	83%	6%	7.1%	21%	17
Béligneux	3,484	€2,930/m²	€23,060	58%	7%	8.1%	39%	21
Cessy	5,570	€5,080/m²	€42,540	64%	4%	7.0%	1%	24
Ceyzériat	3,306	€2,450/m²	€25,320	67%	11%	5.9%	16%	39
Chalamont	2,544	€2,340/m²	€23,720	58%	10%	7.0%	20%	30
Chevry	2,301	€4,810/m²	€44,010	69%	4%	6.9%	25%	10
Château-Gaillard	2,408	€2,530/m²	€25,170	77%	5%	6.7%	30%	13
Châtillon-sur-Chalaronne	5,154	€2,600/m²	€23,430	53%	16%	8.8%	10%	74
Collonges	2,260	€4,050/m²	€33,820	65%	4%	9.7%	31%	24
Crozet	2,354	€5,280/m²	€44,040	72%	4%	6.6%	32%	15
Culoz-Béon	3,416	€1,930/m²	€21,560	58%	10%	12.6%	30%	48
Dagneux	4,741	€3,050/m²	€25,320	67%	6%	8.0%	13%	45
Divonne-les-Bains	10,300	€6,050/m²	€46,650	58%	9%	7.6%	35%	45
Dortan	2,013	€2,240/m²	€23,960	66%	8%	7.2%	35%	16
Fareins	2,524	€2,950/m²	€27,070	81%	8%	4.9%	27%	24
Feillens	3,388	€2,000/m²	€24,360	64%	9%	7.4%	11%	16
Ferney-Voltaire	11,530	€4,920/m²	€27,220	38%	6%	12.6%	19%	86
Foissiat	2,024	€1,930/m²	€23,810	77%	11%	5.9%	26%	8
Frans	2,547	€3,030/m²	€27,060	78%	6%	5.1%	15%	29
Gex	13,455	€4,560/m²	€35,280	44%	5%	11.5%	48%	30
Izernore	2,262	€2,130/m²	€23,500	53%	6%	7.3%	20%	11
Jassans-Riottier	6,315	€3,320/m²	€24,030	59%	11%	9.6%	22%	53
Jujurieux	2,209	€1,870/m²	€23,050	67%	10%	10.3%	39%	20
La Boisse	3,401	€3,330/m²	€26,780	76%	7%	8.3%	7%	34
Lagnieu	7,321	€2,340/m²	€23,820	58%	11%	9.5%	49%	2
Loyettes	3,468	€3,000/m²	€23,420	71%	6%	7.0%	2%	29
Marboz	2,262	€1,960/m²	€24,540	73%	11%	5.1%	32%	28
Massieux	2,733	€3,600/m²	€28,590	79%	6%	6.6%	21%	22
Meximieux	8,198	€2,910/m²	€24,890	52%	8%	9.8%	27%	14
Mionnay	2,309	€4,030/m²	€29,130	79%	5%	6.8%	4%	24
Miribel	10,450	€3,510/m²	€26,720	55%	8%	9.2%	41%	33
Misérieux	2,010	€3,140/m²	€27,460	82%	6%	5.4%	17%	27
Montagnat	2,164	€2,850/m²	€27,200	84%	9%	4.7%	58%	16
Montluel	6,879	€2,860/m²	€23,590	55%	9%	10.0%	21%	43
Montmerle-sur-Saône	3,798	€2,730/m²	€25,970	70%	11%	6.2%	18%	38
Montrevel-en-Bresse	2,661	€2,180/m²	€22,720	55%	17%	9.1%	38%	68
Montréal-la-Cluse	3,584	€1,790/m²	€21,010	45%	9%	10.5%	53%	30
Mézériat	2,179	€2,010/m²	€23,740	68%	10%	8.8%	25%	17
Nantua	3,431	€1,180/m²	€18,370	37%	13%	15.2%	36%	54
Neyron	2,479	€3,600/m²	€30,240	76%	10%	4.5%	32%	37
Ornex	4,903	€5,430/m²	€37,070	54%	6%	10.0%	47%	25
Oyonnax	22,378	€1,540/m²	€18,340	37%	9%	14.7%	26%	92
Plateau d'Hauteville	4,790	€1,470/m²	€23,080	55%	15%	7.8%	29%	46
Polliat	2,694	€2,360/m²	€25,060	73%	11%	5.8%	19%	22
Pont-d'Ain	2,862	€1,950/m²	€22,810	64%	10%	10.2%	33%	48
Pont-de-Vaux	2,184	€1,680/m²	€21,070	41%	20%	11.3%	16%	33
Prévessin-Moëns	9,081	€5,330/m²	€44,430	55%	3%	10.1%	5%	32
Péron	2,900	€4,250/m²	€39,700	71%	4%	7.1%	0%	18
Péronnas	6,437	€2,280/m²	€24,100	66%	14%	9.1%	68%	20
Replonges	3,929	€2,260/m²	€24,890	75%	9%	7.8%	22%	18
Reyrieux	5,228	€3,500/m²	€29,130	75%	10%	5.1%	40%	32
Saint-André-de-Corcy	3,369	€3,450/m²	€26,550	66%	11%	5.5%	5%	34
Saint-Denis-en-Bugey	2,258	€2,200/m²	€23,670	70%	8%	7.4%	20%	44
Saint-Denis-lès-Bourg	6,078	€2,380/m²	€25,580	71%	12%	8.2%	33%	37
Saint-Didier-de-Formans	2,176	€3,480/m²	€28,190	83%	6%	6.5%	33%	12
Saint-Didier-sur-Chalaronne	2,969	€2,250/m²	€23,560	73%	10%	8.1%	12%	30
Saint-Genis-Pouilly	14,584	€4,660/m²	€30,790	44%	4%	10.1%	27%	56
Saint-Jean-de-Gonville	2,042	€4,550/m²	€42,220	75%	6%	5.7%	21%	11
Saint-Maurice-de-Beynost	4,243	€3,220/m²	€23,570	63%	9%	8.8%	8%	66
Saint-Maurice-de-Gourdans	2,826	€3,200/m²	€28,170	81%	7%	4.9%	17%	20
Saint-Rambert-en-Bugey	2,179	€1,270/m²	€20,170	54%	12%	15.2%	59%	19
Saint-Étienne-du-Bois	2,569	€2,180/m²	€24,380	71%	11%	7.7%	35%	24
Sergy	2,279	€4,870/m²	€42,940	71%	7%	8.5%	36%	18
Ségny	2,676	€4,670/m²	€42,330	56%	6%	8.8%	3%	20
Thoiry	6,356	€4,730/m²	€38,950	63%	6%	8.4%	7%	45
Trévoux	6,931	€3,120/m²	€23,920	48%	6%	10.4%	17%	54
Val-Revermont	2,494	€2,050/m²	€24,280	74%	8%	7.3%	45%	15
Valserhône	16,162	€2,460/m²	€23,780	48%	8%	14.7%	55%	40
Versonnex	2,222	€5,100/m²	€38,970	68%	4%	10.2%	1%	18
Villars-les-Dombes	5,059	€2,830/m²	€24,480	62%	13%	6.7%	4%	54
Villieu-Loyes-Mollon	3,831	€2,890/m²	€26,810	79%	7%	5.7%	22%	12
Viriat	6,955	€2,380/m²	€25,470	68%	9%	7.3%	53%	9
Vonnas	3,233	€2,220/m²	€22,000	60%	12%	8.4%	31%	43
Échenevex	2,227	€5,070/m²	€49,930	75%	5%	7.5%	18%	9

Sources: Insee, 2022 population census (sub-municipal files, Open Licence 2.0) · DGFiP property sales (DVF), data.gouv.fr statistics (Open Licence 2.0) · Insee, Filosofi 2021 income data (Open Licence 2.0) · © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)

People.

671,289 residents and 289,916 households at the 2022 census, next to the département figure.

19%

aged under 15

16%

aged 15–29

25%

aged 60 and over

33%

of households are people living alone

29%

of households are couples with children

of households are single-parent families

Source: Insee, 2022 population census (sub-municipal files, Open Licence 2.0)

Homes.

334,271 homes, 87% of them main residences, with 4.4 rooms on average.

62%

of homes are houses

63%

of households own their home

14%

of households rent social housing (HLM)

second homes

empty homes

91%

of households have a car

When main homes were built

before 191912%

1919–19456%

1946–197014%

1971–199028%

1991–200519%

2006–201921%

Source: Insee, 2022 population census (sub-municipal files, Open Licence 2.0)

Property prices.

41,251 house and flat sales over five years.

€2,620/m²median price, houses and flatsFrance : €2,600/m²

€2,850/m²flats16,185 sales

€2,530/m²houses25,066 sales

Median prices from sales published in France’s Demandes de valeurs foncières (DVF) over ten half-years, for sales of a single property. Individual sales are not shown. A median is only given where there were at least ten sales.

Source: DGFiP property sales (DVF), data.gouv.fr statistics (Open Licence 2.0)

Income and work.

Work and qualifications at the 2022 census.

8.9%

unemployment among 15–64s (census definition)

32%

of over-15s who have left school hold a higher-education degree

10%

managers and professionals among over-15s

26%

retired among over-15s

Sources: Insee, 2022 population census (sub-municipal files, Open Licence 2.0)

Health, shops and services.

Facilities and services in Ain on 1 January 2025, from Insee’s permanent database of facilities.

6.7GPs per 10,000 residents2025

159pharmacieson 1 January 2025

347food storessupermarkets, convenience stores, grocers

General practitioners450

Dentists325

Nurses902

Physiotherapists608

Pharmacies159

Group health centres38

Emergency departments5

Supermarkets and hypermarkets130

Convenience stores and grocers217

Bakeries431

Butchers201

Petrol stations119

EV charging stations208

Post offices and postal points182

Banks228

France services centres24

Police and gendarmerie47

Restaurants1,745

Hairdressers999

Nurseries170

Swimming pools33

Sports halls152

Gyms48

Cinemas17

Libraries230

Performance venues3

Insee’s permanent database of facilities lists the shops, services and health professionals present in each commune on 1 January. Health professionals in private practice are counted one by one; several may work at the same address.

Source: Insee, permanent database of facilities 2025 (Open Licence 2.0)

Natural and industrial hazards.

Share of the département’s 393 communes exposed to each major hazard, and natural-disaster declarations since 1982.

Earthquake100%

Flooding62%

Transport of hazardous goods51%

Ground movement22%

Dam failure18%

Nuclear hazard5%

Avalanche3%

Industrial hazard1%

1,204natural-disaster declarationssince 1982

37%of communes have a natural-hazard prevention planin force

Natural-disaster declarations by type

Floods and mudflows755

Drought (clay shrinkage)380

Ground movement54

Storms and cyclones8

Other (snow, hail, avalanches…)7

A natural-disaster declaration (arrêté CatNat) lets insurers pay out for the damage. The count reflects past events, not a forecast of future risk. The list of hazards comes from each département’s major-risk file; a prevention plan in force limits building in exposed zones.

Source: Géorisques, GASPAR database (Open Licence 2.0), as of 5 October 2026