Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
A town of 1,571 in Rhône, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes.
Denicé has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents. Its weakest subject is cost of living (C): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 8.4 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Its strongest is health (A): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 27% 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.
Each subject compares Denicé 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 Denicé, none of them classé, France’s highest protection.
The oldest protected part dates from the 14th century; the first monument here was protected in 1926.
37% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Heritage and museums in and near Denicé. Best known first.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Denicé.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
After the care-home adjustment, Denicé’s deaths ran at 73 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. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from B− to A+.
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.
Half the homes sold went for more than €3,054/m², below Rhône’s towns (€3,666/m²) but above compared French towns (€2,430/m²).
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
For Denicé, that is below both Rhône’s towns (11%) and compared French towns (11%). Children under 15 make up 20% of residents.
51% women, 49% men
About 95 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Rhône 51.5%, France 51.8%.
| Denicé | Rhône median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 20% | 19% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 8.3% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 22% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 32% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 18% | 19% | 22% |
| No diploma | 14% | 15% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 26% | 21% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 16% | 17% | 18% |
| Higher education | 38% | 41% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Rhône median and France median: the median of compared communes
Denicé sits above both Rhône’s towns (€30,220) and compared French towns (€25,970) on this measure. 5.8% of the labour force are out of work. Denicé has 200 jobs for 750 working residents, 0.3 per worker.
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.
That puts Denicé above both Rhône’s towns (8.3%) and compared French towns (7.4%). The Culture ministry lists 1 historic monument in Denicé, none of them classé, France’s highest protection.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
On this, Denicé is above both Rhône’s towns (92.5%) and compared French towns (92.9%).
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lycée polyvalent Louis ArmandNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 404 | 98%+1 pt |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Denicé has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
Chapelle de Chevènes: Photo: sunappu-shashin · CC BY-SA 4.0
Wikidata places 1 person here, but the articles don’t both confirm Denicé 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denicé | 1,571 | — | — | C | — | A |
| Porte des Pierres Dorées | 4,185 | 2.5 | A | B | A+ | A |
| Gleizé | 8,035 | 2.6 | B+ | C− | C | A |
| Arnas | 4,601 | 3 | C+ | C− | C+ | D |
| Limas | 4,750 | 3.4 | B+ | C− | C | A |
| Villefranche-sur-Saône | 36,172 | 3.7 | C | C− | D | B |
| Pommiers | 2,618 | 3.8 | — | C+ | — | A |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Denicé has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 4.7 recorded violent incidents and 11.1 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Denicé grades C for cost of living.
Commune in Rhône, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Denicé is a commune of 1,571 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) · 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.