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A town of 2,687 in Rhône, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes.
Dommartin has no overall grade because safety isn’t graded here. Its weakest subject is cost of living (D): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 10.2 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Its strongest is jobs & income (A+): 0.8 jobs per working resident; 6.1% unemployment.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
The 2 things Dommartin does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Dommartin 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.
Dommartin has no overall grade because safety isn’t graded here.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
The Culture ministry lists no building in Dommartin as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Couvent Sainte-Marie-de-la-Tourette, in Éveux, 4.5 mi away.
Explore the history →Heritage, museums and gardens in and near Dommartin. Best known first.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Dommartin.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
For a family doctor, residents of Dommartin can choose among 4 GPs. At birth, a girl in Rhône can expect 87.1 years and a boy 81.9 (2025); across France, 85.9 and 80.3. 158 deaths locally between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 227: 30% 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 · Care-home places are adjusted for by TownRatings, using a model rather than an official statistic.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
School results put the town #3 of 115 in Rhône. The nearest collège is 1.6 mi away. At the general lycée, 100% of 63 candidates passed the bac, a point above the expected rate.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Notre-Dame de Lourdes PrivateNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 70 | 97%+1 pt |
| Lycée polyvalent François RabelaisNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 63 | 100%+1 pt |
| Collège Jacques CoeurBest against expectations: a point above the expected rateCollège | Collège | 183 | 97%+1 pt |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The estimated advertised rent is €16.03/m² a month, higher than both Rhône’s towns (€14.83/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²). The market in Dommartin: 58 sales of houses and apartments between July 2023 and June 2026. Estimated advertised rent for houses: €14.23/m² a month.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €4,486/m² | 50 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
The census found 11.0% of commuters going to work on foot, by bike or by public transport. 6.1% of the labour force were unemployed, below both Rhône’s towns (8.1%) and compared French towns (10.1%).
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
23% of residents are 65 or over. People aged 15 to 24 make up 9.5% of the town, below both Rhône’s towns (11%) and compared French towns (11%). Children are 17% of the town.
49% women, 51% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Rhône 51.5%, France 51.8%.
| Dommartin | Rhône median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 17% | 19% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 9.5% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 20% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 31% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 23% | 19% | 22% |
| No diploma | 11% | 15% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 15% | 21% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 13% | 17% | 18% |
| Higher education | 58% | 41% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Rhône median and France median: the median of compared communes
The graded crime recorded most in Dommartin was burglary (2025). Police and gendarmerie recorded 26 offenses locally in 2025. The yearly rates for 2023–2025: 2.7 violent offenses and 10.1 graded property crimes per 1,000 residents.
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 · Small counts of family violence, other physical violence, sexual violence, vehicle theft and theft from vehicles go unpublished (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the département’s average stands in, 42.9% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Nothing in Dommartin 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 Dommartin 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dommartin | 2,687 | — | — | D | — | A |
| La Tour-de-Salvagny | 4,649 | 1.5 | A | D− | A− | A+ |
| Lozanne | 3,182 | 1.9 | A | C | B | A |
| Lissieu | 3,181 | 2 | A | D | B+ | A+ |
| Dardilly | 9,221 | 2.4 | C+ | D | C− | A |
| Lentilly | 6,623 | 2.5 | A− | C− | B | A |
| Chazay-d'Azergues | 4,410 | 2.9 | A+ | C | A− | A+ |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Dommartin has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 13 burglaries and 13 acts of criminal damage.
They grade A, better than 91% of compared French towns and #3 of 115 in Rhône. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Dommartin grades D for cost of living.
Commune in Rhône, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Dommartin is a commune of 2,687 people in the Communauté de communes du Pays de l'Arbresle (CCPA). 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.