Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
A town of 1,360 in Rhône, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes.
Cublize has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents. Its weakest subject is health (C): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 6% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Its strongest is cost of living (A−): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 5.4 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
The one thing Cublize does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Cublize 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 Cublize as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Voie romaine, in Thizy-les-Bourgs, 4.1 mi away.
28% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Cublize.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Behind the median of €1,940/m²: 40 houses and apartments sold in Cublize between July 2023 and June 2026.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,940/m² | 40 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Average lifespans in Rhône: 87.1 years for women, 81.9 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 nationally. France’s death rates at each age would predict 142 deaths in Cublize from 2016 to 2025; there were 178, 26% more. The nearest emergency department to Cublize is Hopitaux Nord Ouest de Tarare, 9.3 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 · The care-home step is TownRatings’ own calculation, not an official number. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from D to B.
People aged 15 to 24 make up a tenth of the town, below Rhône’s towns (11%) and compared French towns (11%) alike. Residents of Cublize have a median age of 44. Under 15: 19% of residents.
49% women, 51% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Rhône 51.5%, France 51.8%.
| Cublize | Rhône median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 19% | 19% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 9.6% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 23% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 27% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 22% | 19% | 22% |
| No diploma | 21% | 15% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 24% | 21% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 21% | 17% | 18% |
| Higher education | 27% | 41% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Rhône median and France median: the median of compared communes
On foot, by bike or by bus and train: that was how 8.9% of commuters travelled at the census. Jobs based in Cublize number 300, against 600 residents in work (0.5 per worker). 7.5% 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 in and near Cublize. Best known first.
Nothing in Cublize is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
One notable person was born in Cublize.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cublize | 1,360 | — | — | A− | — | C |
| Thizy-les-Bourgs | 5,771 | 3.5 | A− | A+ | C+ | B |
| Amplepuis | 4,876 | 4 | A− | A | C | B− |
| Cours | 4,306 | 6.2 | A− | A+ | B− | C+ |
| Tarare | 10,893 | 8.9 | B+ | B+ | C | B+ |
| Vindry-sur-Turdine | 5,305 | 11 | A | C | B+ | A− |
| Val d'Oingt | 4,117 | 11 | A+ | B− | A− | B+ |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Cublize has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 5.4 recorded violent incidents and 8.2 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Homes cost less than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €1,940/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Cublize grades A− for cost of living.
Commune in Rhône, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Cublize is a commune of 1,360 people in the Communauté d'agglomération de l'Ouest Rhodanien. 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.