Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
A town of 11,315 in Rhône, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes.
Corbas grades C overall: better than 28% of compared French towns, and #91 of 107 in Rhône. Its weakest subject is safety (D): an average of 15.5 recorded violent incidents and 22.6 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. At the median price of €3,362/m², a 70 m² home costs 8.8 times the median annual income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size) in the Métropole de Lyon. Its strongest is walkability (A): 86% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 17% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work.
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 Corbas does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Corbas 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 Corbas as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Château de la Damette, in Irigny, 3.4 mi away.
1.4% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Heritage, museums and gardens in and near Corbas. Best known first.
MuseumMusée de l'aviation de Lyon-Corbasin town
MuseumMusée communal de la Résistance et de la Déportation de Vénissieux4 km north, in VénissieuxChâteauChâteauFort de Corbasin townTheme parkTheme parkJungle Parcin townMuseumMuseumMusée de l'Aviation Clément Aderin townFortFortFort de Feyzin2.6 km west, in FeyzinPhotos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Corbas.
Police and gendarmerie recorded 450 offenses in the graded categories in Corbas in 2025. With 10,650 jobs for 4,500 working residents, Corbas draws people from neighboring communes, and crimes are counted in the commune where they happen, then divided by its number of residents. 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, 0.3% 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
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The estimated advertised rent is €15.05/m² a month, close to Rhône’s towns (€14.83/m²) and above compared French towns (€12.41/m²). The median price, €3,362/m², comes from 253 sales of houses and apartments in Corbas from July 2023 to June 2026. In Corbas, houses go for €3,714/m² and apartments for €2,499/m².
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €3,714/m² | 133 |
| Apartments | €2,499/m² | 120 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
16.9% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train at the census, close to Rhône’s towns (18.4%) and above compared French towns (13.4%). The median disposable income is €28,160 a year per consumption unit.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
From 2016 to 2025, 741 residents of Corbas died, against 855 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 13% fewer. After the care-home adjustment, Corbas’ deaths ran at 76 per 100 expected, close to Rhône’s towns (76) and below compared French towns (88). 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
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Near Corbas, 80.5% 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 René CassinNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 124 | 83%−6 pts |
| Lycée polyvalent Jacques BrelNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 234 | 76%−11 pts |
| Collège Elsa TrioletBest against expectations: 15 points above the expected rateCollège | Collège | 134 | 82%+15 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
On this, Corbas is above both Rhône’s towns (11%) and compared French towns (11%). 28% of adults hold a degree.
48% women, 52% men
About 109 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Rhône 51.5%, France 51.8%.
| Corbas | Rhône median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 18% | 19% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 13% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 27% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 23% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 19% | 19% | 22% |
| No diploma | 26% | 15% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 24% | 21% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 16% | 17% | 18% |
| Higher education | 28% | 41% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Rhône median and France median: the median of compared communes
Nothing in Corbas 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 Corbas 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Corbas | 11,315 | — | C | D | D | A− |
| Feyzin | 10,304 | 1.9 | C− | C− | C− | A− |
| Mions | 13,843 | 2.5 | C+ | D | C+ | A− |
| Saint-Symphorien-d'Ozon | 6,186 | 2.8 | B− | C | B | C+ |
| Saint-Priest | 49,229 | 2.9 | C− | D | D | B |
| Vénissieux | 65,502 | 3 | D | C− | D− | C+ |
| Chaponnay | 4,548 | 3.1 | B | C− | B+ | B |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades D for safety, #94 of 107 in Rhône. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 36 burglaries and 120 acts of criminal damage.
They grade C−, better than 19% of compared French towns and #102 of 115 in Rhône. 76% of 234 candidates passed the bac at Lycée polyvalent Jacques Brel in 2025, 11 points below the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Homes cost more than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €3,362/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Corbas grades D for cost of living.
Commune in Rhône, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Corbas is a commune of 11,315 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.