Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
A town of 4,601 in Rhône, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes.
Arnas grades C+ overall: better than 38% of compared French towns, and #80 of 107 in Rhône. Its weakest subject is health (D): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 15% above expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. At the median price of €3,000/m², a 70 m² home costs 8.2 times the median annual income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size) in the Communauté d'agglomération Villefranche Beaujolais Saône. Its strongest is jobs & income (A+): 1.9 jobs per working resident; 7.3% unemployment.
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 Arnas 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 2 historic monuments in Arnas, none of them classé, France’s highest protection.
The oldest protected part dates from the 17th century; the first monument here was protected in 2007.
Jean Chaffanjon, born in 1854, is the one person born in Arnas before 1900 that Wikidata records.
Heritage, museums and other places to visit in and near Arnas. Best known first.
ChâteauChâteau de Fléchères4.3 km northeast, in Fareins
MuseumMusée Paul-Dini de Villefranche-sur-Saône2.7 km south, in Villefranche-sur-SaôneChâteauChâteauChâteau de Vaurenard2.4 km southwest, in GleizéMuseumMuseumMusée des conscrits de Villefranche-sur-Saône2.9 km south, in Villefranche-sur-SaôneChâteauChâteauChâteau de Laye3.2 km northwest, in Saint-Georges-de-ReneinsPhotos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Arnas.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
In the comparison, Arnas comes above both Rhône’s towns (76) and compared French towns (88). From 2016 to 2025, 447 residents of Arnas died, against 388 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 15% more. 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
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The median price, €3,000/m², comes from 143 sales of houses and apartments in Arnas from July 2023 to June 2026. In Arnas, houses go for €3,108/m² and apartments for €2,646/m². The estimated advertised rent is €13.05/m² a month, below Rhône’s towns (€14.83/m²) and close to compared French towns (€12.41/m²).
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €3,108/m² | 95 |
| Apartments | €2,646/m² | 48 |
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.
At the lycées within 5 km of Arnas, 96.6% passed the bac, above both Rhône’s towns (92.5%) and compared French towns (92.9%).
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Notre-Dame de Mongré PrivateNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 263 | 99%+1 pt |
| Lycée polyvalent Louis ArmandNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 404 | 98%+1 pt |
| Collège Jean MoulinBest against expectations: 9 points above the expected rateCollège | Collège | 69 | 90%+9 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
For Arnas, that is above both Rhône’s towns (19%) and compared French towns (17%). 19% of residents are 65 or over.
51% women, 49% men
About 95 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Rhône 51.5%, France 51.8%.
| Arnas | Rhône median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 22% | 19% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 10% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 25% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 24% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 19% | 19% | 22% |
| No diploma | 16% | 15% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 26% | 21% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 19% | 17% | 18% |
| Higher education | 34% | 41% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Rhône median and France median: the median of compared communes
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
The Culture ministry lists 2 historic monuments in Arnas, none of them classé, France’s highest protection.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Unemployment stood at 7.3%, close to Rhône’s towns (8.1%) and below compared French towns (10.1%).
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Police and gendarmerie recorded 95 offenses in the graded categories in Arnas in 2025. For 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, 4.3% of the index here. With 3,800 jobs for 2,050 working residents, Arnas draws people from neighboring communes, and crimes are counted in the commune where they happen, then divided by its number of residents.
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
The Culture ministry lists 2 historic monuments in Arnas, none of them classé, France’s highest protection.
Château de Longsard: Photo: Nesme · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Château de Laye: Photo: Nesme · CC BY-SA 3.0
3 notable people were born in Arnas.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arnas | 4,601 | — | C+ | C− | C+ | D |
| Gleizé | 8,035 | 1.5 | B+ | C− | C | A |
| Villefranche-sur-Saône | 36,172 | 1.9 | C | C− | D | B |
| Fareins Ain | 2,533 | 2.5 | A+ | B | A− | A+ |
| Limas | 4,750 | 2.6 | B+ | C− | C | A |
| Saint-Georges-de-Reneins | 4,677 | 3.2 | B+ | C+ | C+ | A− |
| Jassans-Riottier Ain | 6,247 | 3.2 | B− | D | B− | B+ |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades C+ for safety, #46 of 107 in Rhône. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 26 burglaries and 24 acts of criminal damage.
They grade B+, better than 68% of compared French towns and #35 of 115 in Rhône. The lycée stands out: 98% of 404 candidates passed the bac at Lycée polyvalent Louis Armand 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.
Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Arnas grades C− for cost of living.
Commune in Rhône, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Arnas is a commune of 4,601 people in the Communauté d'agglomération Villefranche Beaujolais Saône. 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.
