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A town of 1,131 in Rhône, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes. 14% of residents are 15 to 24.
Cercié has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents. Its strongest is health (A): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 30% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
The one thing Cercié does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Cercié 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 Cercié as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Château de La Palud, in Quincié-en-Beaujolais, 2.3 mi away.
18% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Heritage and other places to visit in and near Cercié. Best known first.
ChâteauChâteau de Pizay3.2 km northeast, in Belleville-en-BeaujolaisChâteauChâteauChâteau de Saint-Lager1.1 km southeast, in Saint-LagerChâteauChâteauChâteau des Ravatys800 m southeast, in Saint-LagerChâteauChâteauChâteau de la Pierre2.4 km west, in Régnié-DuretteChâteauChâteauChâteau de La Palud3.7 km west, in Quincié-en-BeaujolaisPhotos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Cercié.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Cercié sits below both Rhône’s towns (76) and compared French towns (88) on this measure. The care-home adjustment is a TownRatings modeling step, not an official statistic. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from B to A+.
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
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
That puts Cercié above both Rhône’s towns (91.9%) and compared French towns (87.5%).
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège privé Notre Dame Site Claudine Thévenet PrivateNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 118 | 97%+1 pt |
| Collège Jean Claude RuetBest against expectations: a point above the expected rateCollège | Collège | 121 | 97%+1 pt |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
On this, Cercié is below both Rhône’s towns (€14.83/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²).
Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
In the comparison, Cercié comes below both Rhône’s towns (8.1%) and compared French towns (10.1%). Cercié has 200 jobs for 550 working residents, 0.4 per worker. The median disposable income is €26,700 a year per consumption unit.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
For Cercié, that is above both Rhône’s towns (11%) and compared French towns (11%). Those 65 and older account for 18% of residents.
51% women, 49% men
About 95 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Rhône 51.5%, France 51.8%.
| Cercié | Rhône median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 18% | 19% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 14% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 21% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 28% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 18% | 19% | 22% |
| No diploma | 16% | 15% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 27% | 21% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 20% | 17% | 18% |
| Higher education | 32% | 41% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Rhône median and France median: the median of compared communes
Nothing in Cercié is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Cercié 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cercié | 1,131 | — | — | A− | — | A |
| Belleville-en-Beaujolais | 14,016 | 3.3 | C | C | C+ | C |
| Saint-Georges-de-Reneins | 4,677 | 5 | B+ | C+ | C+ | A− |
| Montmerle-sur-Saône Ain | 3,799 | 5.2 | A | B− | A | B+ |
| Arnas | 4,601 | 7.7 | C+ | C− | C+ | D |
| La Chapelle-de-Guinchay Saône-et-Loire | 4,018 | 7.9 | A | B− | A | B− |
| Saint-Didier-sur-Chalaronne Ain | 2,934 | 8.2 | A | A− | A− | C+ |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Cercié has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 5.8 recorded violent incidents and 9.1 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
They grade A, better than 90% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Commune in Rhône, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Cercié is a commune of 1,131 people in the Communauté de communes Saône-Beaujolais. 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) · 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.