Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
4,548 people call this town in Rhône, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes home.
A town of contrasts. Chaponnay’s overall B puts it #55 of 107 in Rhône. Set against the rest, it does better than 62% of compared French towns. Work and incomes are strong: 2 jobs per working resident; 4.5% unemployment. What holds it back is cost of living (C−): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 8.5 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. It lags on schools as well (C): brevet results 3.4 points below the expected rate. Its other grades sit near the middle: B for health and C+ for walkability.
Figures: employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas. The overall grade uses the other six subjects.
The 3 things Chaponnay does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Chaponnay 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 no building in Chaponnay as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Borne milliaire, in Solaize, 4.9 mi away.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Chaponnay.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Advertised rents are estimated at €15.13/m² a month, near Rhône’s towns (€14.83/m²) and higher than compared French towns (€12.41/m²). The market in Chaponnay: 92 sales of houses and apartments between July 2023 and June 2026. House rents are put at about €12.97/m² a month.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €3,765/m² | 70 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Recorded offenses in Chaponnay came to 82 in 2025. Each year (2023–2025 average), violence against people came to 3.5 per 1,000 residents and the graded property crimes to 13.7. With 4,200 jobs for 2,100 working residents, Chaponnay draws people in from neighbouring communes. Of the graded crimes in the town, vehicle theft 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 · When family violence, sexual violence and armed robbery number five or fewer in a recent year, the figure is withheld, and the index uses the département’s average instead (11.1% of the index here). With more than 10% of the index estimated that way, this Safety Grade is less sure than most. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses. Crimes are counted in the commune where they happen, then divided by its residents, so a town that draws people in from around can look higher.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
School results put the town #88 of 115 in Rhône. The nearest general lycée is 4.5 mi away.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège la Xavière PrivateNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 163 | 100%+2 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Chaponnay has 4 family doctors. Average lifespans in Rhône: 87.1 years for women, 81.9 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 nationally. France’s death rates at each age would predict 392 deaths locally from 2016 to 2025; there were 382, 3% fewer.
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 · Allowing for care homes is a TownRatings estimate, not a published statistic.
Degrees are held by 47% of adults, higher than both Rhône’s towns (41%) and compared French towns (30%). Young adults of 15 to 24 are 9.7% of the population. At 43.4, the median resident of Chaponnay sits in the middle of the age range.
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Rhône 51.5%, France 51.8%.
| Chaponnay | Rhône median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 21% | 19% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 9.7% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 22% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 27% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 20% | 19% | 22% |
| No diploma | 12% | 15% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 22% | 21% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 15% | 17% | 18% |
| Higher education | 47% | 41% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Rhône median and France median: the median of compared communes
Unemployment runs at 4.5%. At the census, 4.9% went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport, below Rhône’s towns (18.4%) and compared French towns (13.4%) alike.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Museums, family days out and heritage in and near Chaponnay. Best known first.
MuseumMusée de l'aviation de Lyon-Corbas3.5 km northwest, in CorbasChâteauChâteauChâteau Bouthier-Cornazin townTheme parkTheme parkJungle Parc3.1 km northwest, in CorbasMuseumMuseumMusée de l'Aviation Clément Ader3.5 km northwest, in CorbasTheme parkTheme parkLa Forêt de Justin3.8 km south, in Villette-de-ViennePhotos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
Nothing in Chaponnay is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
4 notable people were born in Chaponnay.
Louis Gueymard: Gustave Courbet, Public domain
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chaponnay | 4,548 | — | B | C− | B+ | B |
| Mions | 13,843 | 2.6 | C+ | D | C+ | A− |
| Toussieu | 3,177 | 2.9 | A− | C− | A− | A− |
| Corbas | 11,315 | 3.1 | C | D | D | A− |
| Saint-Pierre-de-Chandieu | 4,616 | 3.7 | B | C− | B | B+ |
| Saint-Symphorien-d'Ozon | 6,186 | 3.8 | B− | C | B | C+ |
| Saint-Just-Chaleyssin Isère | 2,695 | 4 | — | C | — | B+ |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades B+ for safety, #18 of 107 in Rhône. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 20 burglaries and 20 acts of criminal damage.
They grade C, better than 33% of compared French towns and #88 of 115 in Rhône. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Chaponnay grades C− for cost of living.
Commune in Rhône, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Chaponnay is a commune of 4,548 people in the Communauté de communes du Pays de l'Ozon. 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.