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A town of 1,675 in Rhône, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes.
Jobs and pay hold up well: 1.7 jobs per working resident; 6.4% unemployment. It also does well on health: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 34% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Its weakest is cost of living — at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 8.2 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. The median home sells for €3,707/m².
Figures: employment, INSEE census 2023 · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi. Civrieux-d'Azergues has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
Each subject compares Civrieux-d'Azergues 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.
Civrieux-d'Azergues has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
The 2 things Civrieux-d'Azergues does most differently from other towns.
The Culture ministry lists no building in Civrieux-d'Azergues as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Église Saint-Denis, in Alix, 4.7 mi away.
15% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Nothing in Civrieux-d'Azergues 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 Civrieux-d'Azergues.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
74 deaths in Civrieux-d'Azergues between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 112: 34% below. In Rhône, women can expect to live 87.1 years and men 81.9 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. The nearest emergency department to Civrieux-d'Azergues is Clinique de la Sauvegarde, 6 mi away.
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 · Care-home places are adjusted for by TownRatings, using a model rather than an official statistic.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
| 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
16% of residents are 65 or over, lower than both Rhône’s towns (19%) and compared French towns (22%). The share of residents under 15 is 21%. Line up the people of Civrieux-d'Azergues by age and the one in the middle is 40.5.
49% women, 51% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Rhône 51.5%, France 51.8%.
| Civrieux-d'Azergues | Rhône median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 21% | 19% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 11% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 25% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 27% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 16% | 19% | 22% |
| No diploma | 9.5% | 15% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 20% | 21% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 17% | 17% | 18% |
| Higher education | 48% | 41% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Rhône median and France median: the median of compared communes
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Advertised rents are estimated at €13.45/m² a month, between Rhône’s towns (€14.83/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²). Of the homes sold, 67% were houses. Between July 2023 and June 2026, buyers took 54 homes in Civrieux-d'Azergues.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €3,984/m² | 36 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Unemployment stood at 6.4%, below Rhône’s towns (8.1%) and compared French towns (10.1%) alike. 12.6% of commuters went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport at the census.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Heritage, museums and other places to visit in and near Civrieux-d'Azergues. Best known first.
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Civrieux-d'Azergues yet.
Commune in Rhône, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Civrieux-d'Azergues is a commune of 1,675 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
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Civrieux-d'Azergues | 1,675 | — | — | C | — | A |
| Chazay-d'Azergues | 4,410 | 1.3 | A+ | C | A− | A+ |
| Lozanne | 3,182 | 1.4 | A | C | B | A |
| Lissieu | 3,181 | 1.5 | A | D | B+ | A+ |
| Dommartin | 2,687 | 1.6 | — | D | — | A |
| Chasselay | 2,973 | 3 | — | C− | — | B+ |
| La Tour-de-Salvagny | 4,649 | 3.1 | A | D− | A− | A+ |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Civrieux-d'Azergues has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 4.9 recorded violent incidents and 13.2 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
They grade A−, better than 77% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Civrieux-d'Azergues grades C 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 4, 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.