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In Rhône, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, this town has 4,669 residents.
Real strengths, and real weak spots. Its strongest is 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. With a B overall, Collonges-au-Mont-d'Or is better than 55% of compared French towns and ranks #66 of 107 in Rhône. Jobs and pay hold up well: 0.5 jobs per working resident; 7.2% unemployment. Housing is expensive: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 12.1 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality.
Figures: deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · employment, INSEE census 2023 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas. The overall grade uses the other six subjects.
The 2 things Collonges-au-Mont-d'Or does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Collonges-au-Mont-d'Or 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 Collonges-au-Mont-d'Or, none of them classé, France’s highest protection.
The oldest protected part dates from the 19th century; the first monument here was protected in 2017.
20% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Other places to visit, heritage and museums in and near Collonges-au-Mont-d'Or. Best known first.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Collonges-au-Mont-d'Or.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
5 GPs practise in Collonges-au-Mont-d'Or. At birth, a girl in Rhône can expect 87.1 years and a boy 81.9 (2025); across France, 85.9 and 80.3. Also worth knowing: 225 deaths in the town between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 340: 34% below.
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 adjustment for care homes is a model of TownRatings’ own, not official data.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The estimated advertised rent is €14.41/m² a month, about level with Rhône’s towns (€14.83/m²) and above compared French towns (€12.41/m²). Houses sell for €5,167/m² in Collonges-au-Mont-d'Or, apartments for €4,254/m². The sales split: 56% houses, the rest apartments.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €5,167/m² | 92 |
| Apartments | €4,254/m² | 71 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
7.2% of the labour force were unemployed, below Rhône’s towns (8.1%) and compared French towns (10.1%) alike. On foot, by bike or by bus and train: that was how nearly a fifth of commuters travelled at the census.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
More of the graded crimes in Collonges-au-Mont-d'Or were theft from vehicles than anything else (2025). In all, 118 offenses reached the police record locally in 2025. Graded property crimes ran at 20.2 per 1,000 residents a year, and violence against people at 6.1 (2023–2025 average).
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 sexual violence and 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, 3.0% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
People aged 15 to 24 make up 10% of the town, below both Rhône’s towns (11%) and compared French towns (11%). Under-15s account for 21% of the population. The 65-and-over age group makes up nearly a fifth of residents.
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Rhône 51.5%, France 51.8%.
| Collonges-au-Mont-d'Or | Rhône median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 21% | 19% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 10% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 24% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 26% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 19% | 19% | 22% |
| No diploma | 9.4% | 15% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 13% | 21% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 16% | 17% | 18% |
| Higher education | 57% | 41% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Rhône median and France median: the median of compared communes
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
The closest collège is 0.8 mi off. The town’s schools place #76 of 115 in Rhône on results.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Jean de TournesNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 146 | 86%−5 pts |
| Lycée Saint-Charles PrivateNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 57 | 98%±0 pts |
| Collège Maria CasarèsBest against expectations: 9 points above the expected rateCollège | Collège | 125 | 88%+9 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
The Culture ministry lists 1 historic monument in Collonges-au-Mont-d'Or, none of them classé, France’s highest protection. The oldest protected building goes back to the 19th century.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Collonges-au-Mont-d'Or has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
Wikidata places 3 people here, but for none of them do the articles confirm Collonges-au-Mont-d'Or as the birthplace, so nobody is listed.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Collonges-au-Mont-d'Or | 4,669 | — | B | D | C | A |
| Fontaines-sur-Saône | 6,957 | 0.9 | B | D | C+ | A |
| Saint-Cyr-au-Mont-d'Or | 6,327 | 1.1 | B | D− | C+ | A− |
| Sathonay-Camp | 7,019 | 1.5 | B− | D | B− | B+ |
| Fontaines-Saint-Martin | 3,098 | 1.5 | — | D | — | A |
| Couzon-au-Mont-d'Or | 2,619 | 1.7 | A | D | B+ | A |
| Caluire-et-Cuire | 43,597 | 1.9 | B | D | C | A |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades C for safety, #67 of 107 in Rhône. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 17 burglaries and 33 acts of criminal damage.
They grade C+, better than 39% of compared French towns and #76 of 115 in Rhône. 98% of 57 candidates passed the bac at Lycée Saint-Charles in 2025, at the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Collonges-au-Mont-d'Or grades D for cost of living.
Commune in Rhône, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Collonges-au-Mont-d'Or is a commune of 4,669 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 November 9, 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.