Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
A town of 11,208 in Rhône, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes.
Chassieu grades C+ overall: better than 40% of compared French towns, and #79 of 107 in Rhône. Its weakest subject is cost of living (D−): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 11.2 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Its strongest is health (A+): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 40% 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 overall grade uses the other six subjects.
The 3 things Chassieu does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Chassieu 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 Chassieu as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Menhir de Montaberlet ou de Pierre-Fitte, in Décines-Charpieu, 2.4 mi away.
1.9% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Heritage, museums and other places to visit in and near Chassieu. Best known first.
AttractionParc Olympique lyonnais2.8 km north, in Décines-Charpieu
FortFort de Bron3.8 km west, in BronAttractionAttractionMini World Lyon4.4 km northwest, in Vaulx-en-VelinMuseumMuseumOL Le Musée3 km north, in Décines-CharpieuFortFortFort de Meyzieu3.7 km northeast, in MeyzieuPhotos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Chassieu.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
On this, Chassieu is below both Rhône’s towns (76) and compared French towns (88). From 2016 to 2025, 676 residents of Chassieu died, against 926 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 27% fewer. 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
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
In the comparison, Chassieu comes above both Rhône’s towns (€3,666/m²) and compared French towns (€2,430/m²). In Chassieu, houses go for €4,315/m² and apartments for €4,155/m².
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €4,315/m² | 174 |
| Apartments | €4,155/m² | 105 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Police and gendarmerie recorded 462 offenses in the graded categories in Chassieu in 2025. Violence against people ran at 5.2 per 1,000 residents a year and the graded property crimes at 31.6 (2023–2025 average). For 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, 0.5% 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
For Chassieu, that is above both Rhône’s towns (€30,220) and compared French towns (€25,970). Chassieu has 9,750 jobs for 4,900 working residents, 2 per worker.
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.
Near Chassieu, 90.4% of lycée candidates passed the bac, below both Rhône’s towns (92.5%) and compared French towns (92.9%).
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Léonard de VinciNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 182 | 86%−5 pts |
| Lycée polyvalent Charlie ChaplinNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 471 | 93%−2 pts |
| Collège LamartineBest against expectations: 14 points above the expected rateCollège | Collège | 104 | 87%+14 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Chassieu sits above both Rhône’s towns (11%) and compared French towns (11%) on this measure. 42% of adults hold a degree.
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Rhône 51.5%, France 51.8%.
| Chassieu | Rhône median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 18% | 19% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 12% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 21% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 27% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 21% | 19% | 22% |
| No diploma | 14% | 15% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 22% | 21% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 17% | 17% | 18% |
| Higher education | 42% | 41% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Rhône median and France median: the median of compared communes
Nothing in Chassieu is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
One notable person was born in Chassieu.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chassieu | 11,208 | — | C+ | D− | D | A+ |
| Décines-Charpieu | 29,877 | 1.9 | D | D | C− | B |
| Genas | 13,421 | 1.9 | A− | C− | C+ | A− |
| Meyzieu | 36,687 | 2.6 | C | D | C− | A− |
| Bron | 42,982 | 2.7 | C | D | D | A |
| Vaulx-en-Velin | 53,069 | 3.3 | D− | D | D− | C |
| Saint-Priest | 49,229 | 3.4 | C− | D | D | B |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades D for safety, #92 of 107 in Rhône. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 79 burglaries and 108 acts of criminal damage.
They grade C, better than 29% of compared French towns and #91 of 115 in Rhône. 93% of 471 candidates passed the bac at Lycée polyvalent Charlie Chaplin in 2025, 2 points below the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Estimated advertised apartment rents are €16.14/m² a month, charges included. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Chassieu grades D− for cost of living.
Commune in Rhône, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Chassieu is a commune of 11,208 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
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.