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5,383 people call this town in Rhône, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes home.
The everyday basics are strong; the price of a home is the catch. Overall, Charbonnières-les-Bains earns a B+, which places it #42 of 107 in Rhône. It comes out better than 70% of compared French towns. Its best grade is for health (A+): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 38% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Households here earn well: 0.8 jobs per working resident; 8.7% unemployment. What holds it back is cost of living — at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 12.4 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality.
Figures: deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · employment, INSEE census 2023 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi.
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 Charbonnières-les-Bains 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 2 things Charbonnières-les-Bains does most differently from other towns.
The Culture ministry lists no building in Charbonnières-les-Bains as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Edicule Renaissance, in Écully, 2 mi away.
Explore the history →Nothing in Charbonnières-les-Bains is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Charbonnières-les-Bains.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Charbonnières-les-Bains has 10 family doctors. In Rhône, life expectancy at birth reaches 87.1 years for women and 81.9 for men (2025), next to 85.9 and 80.3 for France. From 2016 to 2025, 352 residents of Charbonnières-les-Bains died, against 568 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 38% 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.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
A house in Charbonnières-les-Bains goes for €5,063/m², an apartment for €4,579/m². Advertised rents are estimated at €16.12/m² a month, above both Rhône’s towns (€14.83/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²). From July 2023 to June 2026, 178 homes were sold locally.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €5,063/m² | 71 |
| Apartments | €4,579/m² | 107 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
At the census, 28.2% went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport, above both Rhône’s towns (18.4%) and compared French towns (13.4%). Nearly a tenth of the labour force are out of work.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Vocational results within 5 km: 81% passed the bac pro, of 387 candidates at 4 lycées. For collège, the closest is 1.6 mi away. Its collèges and lycées rank #80 of 115 in Rhône on results.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Saint-Joseph PrivateNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 201 | 100%+2 pts |
| Lycée Blaise PascalNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 471 | 98%−1 pt |
| Collège Victor SchoelcherBest against expectations: 12 points above the expected rateCollège | Collège | 89 | 91%+12 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Over-65s are 26% of the population. 16% are under 15, lower than both Rhône’s towns (19%) and compared French towns (17%). Charbonnières-les-Bains has a median age of 48.1 years.
52% women, 48% men
About 92 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Rhône 51.5%, France 51.8%.
| Charbonnières-les-Bains | Rhône median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 16% | 19% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 11% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 18% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 28% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 26% | 19% | 22% |
| No diploma | 6% | 15% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 11% | 21% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 14% | 17% | 18% |
| Higher education | 66% | 41% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Rhône median and France median: the median of compared communes
Among the graded crimes in Charbonnières-les-Bains, the most frequent was burglary (2025). Police and gendarmerie figures for Charbonnières-les-Bains show 129 offenses in 2025. On average over 2023–2025, every 1,000 residents saw 4.1 violent offenses and 16.2 graded property crimes a year.
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 · For sexual violence and armed robbery, 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. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Heritage, museums and gardens in and near Charbonnières-les-Bains. Best known first.
MuseumMusée des sciences biologiques docteur Mérieux2.2 km west, in Marcy-l'ÉtoileAttractionAttractionAncien Garage du Méridienin townMuseumMuseumEntre'Vuein townFortFortFort de la Duchère4.4 km east, in Lyon 9eFortFortFort de Chapoly1.8 km southwest, in Saint-Genis-les-OllièresPhotos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
One notable person was born in Charbonnières-les-Bains.
Commune in Rhône, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Charbonnières-les-Bains is a commune of 5,383 people in the Métropole de Lyon. 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
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charbonnières-les-Bains | 5,383 | — | B+ | D− | B | A+ |
| Saint-Genis-les-Ollières | 5,439 | 1.6 | A | D | A− | A+ |
| Marcy-l'Étoile | 3,778 | 1.7 | — | D− | — | A |
| Écully | 17,944 | 1.7 | B+ | D− | C | A |
| Tassin-la-Demi-Lune | 23,200 | 2 | B+ | D− | C+ | A+ |
| Dardilly | 9,221 | 2.3 | C+ | D | C− | A |
| Champagne-au-Mont-d'Or | 6,311 | 2.5 | B | D | C− | A− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades B for safety, #30 of 107 in Rhône. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 41 burglaries and 35 acts of criminal damage.
They grade C+, better than 37% of compared French towns and #80 of 115 in Rhône. 98% of 471 candidates passed the bac at Lycée Blaise Pascal in 2025, a point below 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 Charbonnières-les-Bains grades D− for cost of living.
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 November 9, 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.