Charnay has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents. Its weakest subject is walkability (C): 0% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 9% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Its strongest is health (A+): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 52% 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.
Each subject compares Charnay 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.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Charnay.
HealthHealth A+
Allowing for age and care homes, Charnay sees fewer deaths than Rhône’s towns or compared French towns: 48 per 100 expected
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
From 2016 to 2025, 353 residents of Charnay died, against 182 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 94% more. The nearest emergency department to Charnay is Centre hospitalier Nord Ouest Villefranche, 7.9 mi away. Women in Rhône live to 87.1 on average and men to 81.9 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France.
−52%deaths against expected, after care homesA+Health Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw194
Adjusted48
Median town88
Expected100
0
GPs in Charnay · 3.9 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
7.9 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier Nord Ouest Villefranche
7.9 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Centre hospitalier Nord Ouest Villefranche
87.1 · 81.9
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Rhône, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Charnay has fewer young adults than Rhône’s towns or compared French towns: 5.7% are 15 to 24
Degrees are held by 53% of adults. People 65 and over make up 29% of the town, higher than both Rhône’s towns (19%) and compared French towns (22%). The share of residents under 15 is 18%.
49.6median age
CharnayRhône medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
29%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma9%
CAP or BEP18%
Baccalauréat15%
Higher education53%
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About an even split. Median share of women: Rhône 51.5%, France 51.8%.
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Work & commuteJobs & income A+
Charnay is better off than Rhône’s towns or compared French towns: the median disposable income is €35,650 a year per consumption unit
Per resident in work, Charnay counts 0.5 jobs (250 jobs, 450 workers). 4.6% of the labour force were unemployed, lower than both Rhône’s towns (8.1%) and compared French towns (10.1%). At the census, nearly one in ten commuters got to work without a car.
9%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving83%
Public transport7%
On foot2%
Motorbike or scooter2%
Bicycle0%
250
jobs based in Charnay, 0.5 per working resident
4.6%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€35,650
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
7%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
C
Walkability: better than 32% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
History
Charnay keeps more of its old housing than Rhône’s towns or compared French towns: 38% built before 1919
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Charnay has 1 historic monument on the Culture ministry’s list, none at the highest level (classé). The earliest of these monuments dates from the 12th century.
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Charnay
Is Charnay safe?
Charnay has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 6.5 recorded violent incidents and 10.9 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Are schools in Charnay good?
They grade B+, better than 70% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
About Charnay
Commune in Rhône, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Charnay is a commune of 1,023 people in the Communauté de communes Beaujolais Pierres Dorées. 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
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.
