Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
A town of 4,540 in Rhône, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes.
Communay grades B− overall: better than 51% of compared French towns, and #70 of 107 in Rhône. Its weakest subject is schools (D): brevet results 7 points below the expected rate. At the median price of €3,766/m², a 70 m² home costs 8.4 times the median annual income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size) in the Communauté de communes du Pays de l'Ozon. Its strongest is jobs & income (A): 0.5 jobs per working resident; 5.6% unemployment.
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 Communay does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Communay 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 Communay as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Borne milliaire, in Solaize, 2.5 mi away.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Communay.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
In the comparison, Communay comes below both Rhône’s towns (91.9%) and compared French towns (87.5%).
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Hector BerliozNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 118 | 98%+3 pts |
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.
For Communay, that is below both Rhône’s towns (76) and compared French towns (88). From 2016 to 2025, 224 residents of Communay died, against 314 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 29% 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.
The median sale price was €3,766/m², close to Rhône’s towns (€3,666/m²) and above compared French towns (€2,430/m²).
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €3,998/m² | 84 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Communay sits above both Rhône’s towns (19%) and compared French towns (17%) on this measure. Those aged 15 to 24 account for 9.6% of residents.
51% women, 49% men
About 94 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Rhône 51.5%, France 51.8%.
| Communay | Rhône median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 20% | 19% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 9.6% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 22% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 28% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 20% | 19% | 22% |
| No diploma | 12% | 15% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 23% | 21% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 19% | 17% | 18% |
| Higher education | 42% | 41% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Rhône median and France median: the median of compared communes
Police and gendarmerie recorded 107 offenses in the graded categories in Communay in 2025. 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, 4.4% 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
That puts Communay above both Rhône’s towns (€30,220) and compared French towns (€25,970). 5.6% of the labour force are out of work.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Heritage, other places to visit and gardens in and near Communay. Best known first.
Nothing in Communay is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Communay yet.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Communay | 4,540 | — | B− | C | C+ | A |
| Ternay | 5,596 | 1.2 | C+ | C− | B− | B+ |
| Sérézin-du-Rhône | 3,133 | 1.7 | B | C− | B | A |
| Chasse-sur-Rhône Isère | 6,588 | 2.2 | C− | C− | D− | A− |
| Saint-Symphorien-d'Ozon | 6,186 | 2.4 | B− | C | B | C+ |
| Grigny-sur-Rhône | 10,030 | 2.5 | D | C | C | B− |
| Solaize | 3,144 | 2.5 | C | D | D | A+ |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades C+ for safety, #46 of 107 in Rhône. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 20 burglaries and 20 acts of criminal damage.
They grade D, better than 10% of compared French towns and #108 of 115 in Rhône. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Estimated advertised apartment rents are €14.30/m² a month, charges included. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Communay grades C for cost of living.
Commune in Rhône, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Communay is a commune of 4,540 people in the Communauté de communes du Pays de l'Ozon. 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.