Property for sale in Ain

Ain sits between Lyon and Geneva, offering a varied landscape within a single department, from the flat, lake-dotted plains of the Dombes to the Jura foothills and Bugey mountains. Proximity to Lyon's international airport keeps the department well connected. Deeply rooted in gastronomic and monastic history, Ain is home to Bourg-en-Bresse, known across France for the quality of its chickens, and to the ornate Monastère Royal de Brou on the edge of town. Beyond the headline sights, buyers will find the medieval town of Pérouges, with its cobbled streets and half-timbered houses, and vineyards along the western border sharing some of the same villages as the Beaujolais. Ain is likewise known for its lakes and wetlands, with the Dombes dotted with around a thousand ponds farmed for fish since the Middle Ages. A temperate climate brings warm summers and cool winters. The housing stock runs from a townhouse in Bourg-en-Bresse, a vineyard property near the Beaujolais border or a rural house among the lakes and farmland of the Dombes. With gastronomy, medieval villages and easy Lyon access, it is a department well worth considering. For those weighing up the market, houses in Ain average €2,325/m².