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A town of 1,212 in Rhône, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes. Only 15% of residents are 65 or over.
Dracé has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents. Its weakest subject is walkability (D): 0% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 6% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Its strongest is schools (A): bac results 4 points above the expected rate; brevet results at the expected rate.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
The 2 things Dracé does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Dracé 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 Dracé as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Église de Saint-Romain-des-Iles, in Saint-Symphorien-d'Ancelles, 2.3 mi away.
22% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Museums, heritage and other places to visit in and near Dracé. Best known first.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Dracé.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
For collège, the closest is 2.1 mi away.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Bel AirNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 112 | 95%+2 pts |
| Lycée Saint-Joseph PrivateNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 49 | 100%+4 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Walking, cycling and public transport carried 6.4% of commuters at the census. For its 600 residents in work, Dracé has 150 jobs: 0.2 each. The median disposable income was €28,200 a year per consumption unit, lower than Rhône’s towns (€30,220) yet higher than compared French towns (€25,970).
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
People 65 and over make up 15% of the town. 10% of residents are 15 to 24, below both Rhône’s towns (11%) and compared French towns (11%). Graduates make up 28% of adults.
48% women, 52% men
About 107 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Rhône 51.5%, France 51.8%.
| Dracé | Rhône median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 23% | 19% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 10% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 27% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 25% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 15% | 19% | 22% |
| No diploma | 18% | 15% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 30% | 21% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 20% | 17% | 18% |
| Higher education | 28% | 41% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Rhône median and France median: the median of compared communes
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
The nearest emergency department to Dracé is Polyclinique du Beaujolais, 10.3 mi away. From 2016 to 2025, 55 residents of Dracé died, against 59 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 6% fewer. Average lifespans in Rhône: 87.1 years for women, 81.9 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 nationally.
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 figures behind this are our own model (TownRatings), not official statistics. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from D to A−.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
A house rents for an estimated €9.96/m² a month. Dracé recorded 29 home sales from July 2023 to June 2026.
Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Nothing in Dracé 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 Dracé 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dracé | 1,212 | — | — | B− | — | C |
| Saint-Didier-sur-Chalaronne Ain | 2,934 | 2.9 | A | A− | A− | C+ |
| Belleville-en-Beaujolais | 14,016 | 3.4 | C | C | C+ | C |
| La Chapelle-de-Guinchay Saône-et-Loire | 4,018 | 4.1 | A | B− | A | B− |
| Montmerle-sur-Saône Ain | 3,799 | 4.9 | A | B− | A | B+ |
| Crêches-sur-Saône Saône-et-Loire | 3,198 | 6.1 | A− | B− | C− | A− |
| Saint-Georges-de-Reneins | 4,677 | 7 | B+ | C+ | C+ | A− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Dracé has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 8 recorded violent incidents and 41.4 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
They grade A, better than 88% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Commune in Rhône, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Dracé is a commune of 1,212 people in the Communauté de communes Saône-Beaujolais. 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) · 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.