Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
A town of 2,973 in Rhône, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes.
Chasselay has no overall grade because safety isn’t graded here. Its weakest subject is cost of living (C−): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 8.8 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Its strongest is jobs & income (A): 0.5 jobs per working resident; 5.2% unemployment.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
The 2 things Chasselay does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Chasselay 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.
Chasselay has no overall grade because safety isn’t graded here.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
The Culture ministry lists no building in Chasselay as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Maison L'Accueil, in Albigny-sur-Saône, 3 mi away.
22% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Other places to visit, heritage and museums in and near Chasselay. Best known first.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Chasselay.
That puts Chasselay above both Rhône’s towns (€30,220) and compared French towns (€25,970). Unemployment stands at 5.2%.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
That is the middle of 101 sales of houses and apartments in Chasselay from July 2023 to June 2026, against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns and €3,666/m² for the median of compared towns in Rhône.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €4,289/m² | 62 |
| Apartments | €3,557/m² | 39 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
On this, Chasselay is above both Rhône’s towns (91.9%) and compared French towns (87.5%).
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Notre-Dame de Lourdes PrivateNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 70 | 97%+1 pt |
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.
From 2016 to 2025, 468 residents of Chasselay died, against 408 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 15% more. Its care home for older people (153 places) counts its residents as Chasselay’s; allowing for it, deaths were 20% below expected. 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
In the comparison, Chasselay comes above both Rhône’s towns (41%) and compared French towns (30%). Those 65 and older account for 26% of residents.
53% women, 47% men
About 89 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Rhône 51.5%, France 51.8%.
| Chasselay | Rhône median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 17% | 19% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 9.9% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 21% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 26% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 26% | 19% | 22% |
| No diploma | 12% | 15% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 16% | 21% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 15% | 17% | 18% |
| Higher education | 53% | 41% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Rhône median and France median: the median of compared communes
Police and gendarmerie recorded 19 offenses in the graded categories in Chasselay in 2025. For family violence, other physical violence, sexual violence, vehicle theft and theft from vehicles, 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, 34.4% of the index here.
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
Nothing in Chasselay is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
3 notable people were born in Chasselay.
Marcel Guillot: Anonymous Unknown author , no author disclosure, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chasselay | 2,973 | — | — | C− | — | B+ |
| Saint-Germain-au-Mont-d'Or | 3,124 | 1.7 | A− | D | C+ | A |
| Lissieu | 3,181 | 1.8 | A | D | B+ | A+ |
| Quincieux | 3,679 | 2.6 | A | D | A− | A |
| Albigny-sur-Saône | 3,057 | 2.9 | B+ | D | B− | B+ |
| Limonest | 4,012 | 3 | B+ | D− | C− | B+ |
| Chazay-d'Azergues | 4,410 | 3.1 | A+ | C | A− | A+ |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Chasselay has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 2.5 recorded violent incidents and 9.7 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 6 burglaries and 13 acts of criminal damage.
They grade A−, better than 77% of compared French towns and #22 of 115 in Rhône. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
By type: houses €4,289/m² (62 sales), apartments €3,557/m² (39 sales). Estimated advertised apartment rents are €14.94/m² a month, charges included. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Chasselay grades C− for cost of living.
Commune in Rhône, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Chasselay is a commune of 2,973 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
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.