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A town of 1,211 in Rhône, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes.
Cogny 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 6% 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 35% 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 one thing Cogny does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Cogny 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 Culture ministry lists 1 historic monument in Cogny, none of them classé, France’s highest protection.
The oldest protected part dates from the 15th century; the first monument here was protected in 2021.
38% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Heritage and museums in and near Cogny. Best known first.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Cogny.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Cogny sits below both Rhône’s towns (76) and compared French towns (88) on this measure. From 2016 to 2025, 63 residents of Cogny died, against 96 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 35% 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
That puts Cogny below both Rhône’s towns (8.1%) and compared French towns (10.1%). Cogny has 100 jobs for 550 working residents, 0.2 per worker. The median disposable income is €32,240 a year per consumption unit.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
On this, Cogny is above both Rhône’s towns (8.3%) and compared French towns (7.4%). The Culture ministry lists 1 historic monument in Cogny, none of them classé, France’s highest protection.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
In the comparison, Cogny comes below both Rhône’s towns (11%) and compared French towns (11%). Under-15s account for 20% of the population.
49% women, 51% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Rhône 51.5%, France 51.8%.
| Cogny | Rhône median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 20% | 19% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 8.5% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 21% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 30% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 21% | 19% | 22% |
| No diploma | 14% | 15% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 25% | 21% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 16% | 17% | 18% |
| Higher education | 40% | 41% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Rhône median and France median: the median of compared communes
Cogny has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
Manoir d'Epeisse: Photo: Dominique Robert · CC BY-SA 3.0
One notable person was born in Cogny.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cogny | 1,211 | — | — | C+ | — | A+ |
| Porte des Pierres Dorées | 4,185 | 2.1 | A | B | A+ | A |
| Gleizé | 8,035 | 4 | B+ | C− | C | A |
| Pommiers | 2,618 | 4 | — | C+ | — | A |
| Limas | 4,750 | 4.3 | B+ | C− | C | A |
| Val d'Oingt | 4,117 | 4.4 | A+ | B− | A− | B+ |
| Arnas | 4,601 | 4.7 | C+ | C− | C+ | D |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Cogny has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 6.1 recorded violent incidents and 9.2 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Commune in Rhône, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Cogny is a commune of 1,211 people in the Communauté d'agglomération Villefranche Beaujolais Saône. 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) · 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.