Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
A town of 1,160 in Rhône, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes.
Éveux has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents. Its strongest is health (A+): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 37% 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 Éveux 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 Éveux: 1 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 0 inscrit (the second level).
The oldest protected part dates from the 20th century; the first monument here was protected in 2011.
13% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Heritage, other places to visit and museums in and near Éveux. Best known first.
MuseumMusée de la mine de Saint-Pierre-la-Palud4.1 km south, in Saint-Pierre-la-PaludAttractionAttractionGlacière de la Tourettein townAbbeyAbbeyAbbaye Saint-Martin de Savigny4 km west, in SavignyChâteauChâteauChâteau de Cruzols3.8 km east, in LentillyChâteauChâteauChâteau de Sain-Bel2.7 km southwest, in Sain-BelPhotos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Éveux.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
For Éveux, that is below both Rhône’s towns (76) and compared French towns (88). From 2016 to 2025, 52 residents of Éveux died, against 83 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 37% fewer. 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
Éveux sits above both Rhône’s towns (€30,220) and compared French towns (€25,970) on this measure. Éveux has 250 jobs for 500 working residents, 0.5 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 Éveux above both Rhône’s towns (8.3%) and compared French towns (7.4%). The Culture ministry lists 1 historic monument in Éveux: 1 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 0 inscrit (the second level). Among the classé monuments in Éveux is Couvent Sainte-Marie-de-la-Tourette.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
On this, Éveux is above both Rhône’s towns (11%) and compared French towns (11%). Children under 15 make up 16% of residents.
49% women, 51% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Rhône 51.5%, France 51.8%.
| Éveux | Rhône median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 16% | 19% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 12% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 22% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 29% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 20% | 19% | 22% |
| No diploma | 17% | 15% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 19% | 21% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 16% | 17% | 18% |
| Higher education | 43% | 41% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Rhône median and France median: the median of compared communes
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
In the comparison, Éveux comes above both Rhône’s towns (91.9%) and compared French towns (87.5%).
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Champagnat PrivateNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 108 | 100%+4 pts |
| Lycée Germaine TillionNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 279 | 97%−2 pts |
| 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.
Too few homes sold here for a reliable median price, so the Cost Grade uses rent alone.
Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Éveux has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Éveux 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Éveux | 1,160 | — | — | B− | — | A+ |
| L'Arbresle | 6,537 | 0.7 | A− | B | C+ | B |
| Sain-Bel | 2,566 | 1.7 | A | B+ | B | B− |
| Lentilly | 6,623 | 2.3 | A− | C− | B | A |
| Saint-Pierre-la-Palud | 2,616 | 2.8 | — | C+ | — | A+ |
| Lozanne | 3,182 | 3.5 | A | C | B | A |
| Dommartin | 2,687 | 4.3 | — | D | — | A |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Éveux has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 5.6 recorded violent incidents and 10.2 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
They grade B, better than 57% of compared French towns. 97% of 279 candidates passed the bac at Lycée Germaine Tillion in 2025, 2 points below the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Commune in Rhône, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Éveux is a commune of 1,160 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) · 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.