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A town of 2,421 in Ain, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes.
Neyron has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents. Its weakest subject is safety (D): an average of 4.4 recorded violent incidents and 29.9 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. At the median price of €3,507/m², a 70 m² home costs 8 times the median annual income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size) in the Communauté de communes de Miribel et du Plateau. Its strongest is jobs & income (A+): 0.9 jobs per working resident; 4.5% unemployment.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
The 2 things Neyron does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Neyron 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 no building in Neyron as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Menhir de Montaberlet ou de Pierre-Fitte, in Décines-Charpieu, 3.5 mi away.
13% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Heritage, family days out and museums in and near Neyron. Best known first.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Neyron.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Neyron sits below both Ain’s towns (82) and compared French towns (88) on this measure. From 2016 to 2025, 113 residents of Neyron died, against 187 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 40% 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
Police and gendarmerie recorded 67 offenses in the graded categories in Neyron in 2025. Of the graded crimes in Neyron, theft from vehicles came up most often (2025). For other physical violence and sexual violence, 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, 4.8% of the index here.
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 Neyron above both Ain’s towns (€12.27/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²). The median price, €3,507/m², comes from 98 sales of houses and apartments in Neyron from July 2023 to June 2026.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €3,776/m² | 69 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
On this, Neyron is below both Ain’s towns (94.2%) and compared French towns (92.9%).
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Paul-Émile VictorNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 100 | 88%+5 pts |
| Lycée polyvalent Camus-SermenazNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 238 | 89%+1 pt |
| Lycée professionnel les CanutsBest against expectations: 11 points above the expected rateVocational lycée | Vocational lycée | 88 | 89%+11 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
In the comparison, Neyron comes above both Ain’s towns (32%) and compared French towns (30%). Children under 15 make up 17% of residents.
49% women, 51% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Ain 51.0%, France 51.8%.
| Neyron | Ain median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 17% | 20% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 11% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 21% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 29% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 21% | 19% | 22% |
| No diploma | 11% | 17% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 20% | 26% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 17% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 48% | 32% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Ain median and France median: the median of compared communes
For Neyron, that is above both Ain’s towns (€27,670) and compared French towns (€25,970). Unemployment stands at 4.5%.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Nothing in Neyron is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
3 notable people were born in Neyron.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Neyron | 2,421 | — | — | C− | D | A+ |
| Miribel | 10,395 | 1.3 | B+ | C− | C− | A− |
| Rillieux-la-Pape Rhône | 31,389 | 1.6 | D | D | C− | B |
| Saint-Maurice-de-Beynost | 4,332 | 2.6 | A− | C+ | B− | A |
| Sathonay-Camp Rhône | 7,019 | 2.8 | B− | D | B− | B+ |
| Vaulx-en-Velin Rhône | 53,069 | 2.9 | D− | D | D− | C |
| Cailloux-sur-Fontaines Rhône | 2,989 | 3.6 | — | D | — | A+ |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades D for safety. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 14 burglaries and 16 acts of criminal damage.
They grade C, better than 32% of compared French towns. The lycée stands out: 89% of 238 candidates passed the bac at Lycée polyvalent Camus-Sermenaz in 2025, a point above the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Homes cost more than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €3,507/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Neyron grades C− for cost of living.
Commune in Ain, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Neyron is a commune of 2,421 people in the Communauté de communes de Miribel et du Plateau. 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.