Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
A town of 6,775 in Rhône, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes.
Brindas grades A overall: better than 94% of compared French towns, and #10 of 107 in Rhône. Its weakest subject is cost of living (C): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 9.2 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Its strongest is jobs & income (A): 0.5 jobs per working resident; 5.5% unemployment.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas. The overall grade uses the other six subjects.
The 2 things Brindas does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Brindas 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.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
The Culture ministry lists 2 historic monuments in Brindas, none of them classé, France’s highest protection.
The oldest protected part dates from the 13th century; the first monument here was protected in 1978.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Brindas.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
For Brindas, that is below both Rhône’s towns (76) and compared French towns (88). From 2016 to 2025, 298 residents of Brindas died, against 417 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 29% 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 93 offenses in the graded categories in Brindas in 2025. Violence against people ran at 4.9 per 1,000 residents a year and the graded property crimes at 11.6 (2023–2025 average). Of the graded crimes in Brindas, criminal damage came up most often (2025).
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
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Brindas sits close to Rhône’s towns (91.9%) and above compared French towns (87.5%) on this measure.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Georges CharpakNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 183 | 93%+1 pt |
| Collège Saint-Sébastien PrivateBest against expectations: 2 points above the expected rateCollège | Collège | 131 | 99%+2 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
That puts Brindas above both Rhône’s towns (41%) and compared French towns (30%). Children under 15 make up 20% of residents.
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Rhône 51.5%, France 51.8%.
| Brindas | Rhône median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 20% | 19% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 12% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 22% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 29% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 17% | 19% | 22% |
| No diploma | 9.5% | 15% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 20% | 21% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 17% | 17% | 18% |
| Higher education | 50% | 41% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Rhône median and France median: the median of compared communes
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
On this, Brindas is above both Rhône’s towns (€3,666/m²) and compared French towns (€2,430/m²). Houses in Brindas sell for €4,370/m² and apartments for €3,837/m².
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €4,370/m² | 116 |
| Apartments | €3,837/m² | 67 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
The Culture ministry lists 2 historic monuments in Brindas, none of them classé, France’s highest protection.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
In the comparison, Brindas comes above both Rhône’s towns (€30,220) and compared French towns (€25,970). 5.5% of the labour force are out of work.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Heritage, museums and family days out in and near Brindas. Best known first.
The list names few of Brindas’ 2 monuments; beside them, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Brindas yet.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brindas | 6,775 | — | A | C | A− | A |
| Grézieu-la-Varenne | 6,472 | 1.8 | A | C | B | A− |
| Craponne | 12,084 | 1.9 | A | D | B− | A+ |
| Messimy | 3,546 | 2 | A+ | C | A− | A |
| Vaugneray | 6,304 | 2 | A | C− | A− | B+ |
| Chaponost | 9,382 | 2.4 | B+ | C | C | A |
| Saint-Genis-les-Ollières | 5,439 | 2.9 | A | D | A− | A+ |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades A− for safety, #14 of 107 in Rhône. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 17 burglaries and 24 acts of criminal damage.
They grade B+, better than 72% of compared French towns and #29 of 115 in Rhône. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Estimated advertised apartment rents are €13.34/m² a month, charges included. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Brindas grades C for cost of living.
Commune in Rhône, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Brindas is a commune of 6,775 people in the Communauté de communes des Vallons du Lyonnais (CCVL). 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.