Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
The town has 1,597 residents and lies in Rhône, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes.
Health is its strong suit (A) — after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 34% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Jobs & income is another plus (A): 0.4 jobs per working resident; 5.4% unemployment. Homes are dear: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 11.2 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Homes go for a median €4,286/m².
Figures: deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · employment, INSEE census 2023 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi. Fleurieu-sur-Saône has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
The one thing Fleurieu-sur-Saône does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Fleurieu-sur-Saône 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.
Fleurieu-sur-Saône has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
The Culture ministry lists no building in Fleurieu-sur-Saône as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Maison L'Accueil, in Albigny-sur-Saône, 0.6 mi away.
21% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Heritage, other places to visit and museums in and near Fleurieu-sur-Saône. Best known first.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Fleurieu-sur-Saône.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Advertised rents are estimated at €15.44/m² a month, close to Rhône’s towns (€14.83/m²) and above compared French towns (€12.41/m²). The market in Fleurieu-sur-Saône: 43 sales of houses and apartments between July 2023 and June 2026. Of the homes sold, 84% were houses.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €4,649/m² | 36 |
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.
For a family doctor, residents of Fleurieu-sur-Saône have one GP on hand. Women in Rhône live to 87.1 on average and men to 81.9 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. France’s death rates at each age would predict 109 deaths locally from 2016 to 2025; there were 72, 34% fewer.
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 adjustment for care homes is TownRatings’ own modeling, not an official figure.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
At the lycées within 5 km of Fleurieu-sur-Saône, 99.0% passed the bac, higher than both Rhône’s towns (92.5%) and compared French towns (92.9%).
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Jean RenoirNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 216 | 90%−2 pts |
| Lycée Notre-Dame de Bellegarde PrivateNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 226 | 100%+1 pt |
| Collège Notre-Dame de Bellegarde PrivateBest against expectations: a point above the expected rateCollège | Collège | 280 | 100%+1 pt |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Unemployment stood at 5.4%, below Rhône’s towns (8.1%) and compared French towns (10.1%) alike. No commute at all: 6.2% of working residents in Fleurieu-sur-Saône at the census.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
One measure of family life: 19% of residents are under 15. 18% of residents are 65 or over, close to Rhône’s towns (19%) and below compared French towns (22%). The age that splits Fleurieu-sur-Saône in two is 43.7.
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Rhône 51.5%, France 51.8%.
| Fleurieu-sur-Saône | Rhône median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 19% | 19% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 11% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 22% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 29% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 18% | 19% | 22% |
| No diploma | 9.1% | 15% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 16% | 21% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 16% | 17% | 18% |
| Higher education | 56% | 41% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Rhône median and France median: the median of compared communes
Police and gendarmerie recorded 20 offenses in Fleurieu-sur-Saône in 2025. Per 1,000 residents a year, there were 4.6 cases of violence against people and 13.3 graded property crimes (2023–2025 average). Also worth knowing: among the graded crimes locally, the most frequent was burglary (2025).
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 and vehicle theft go unpublished (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the département’s average stands in, 45.2% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Nothing in Fleurieu-sur-Saône 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 Fleurieu-sur-Saône 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fleurieu-sur-Saône | 1,597 | — | — | D | — | A |
| Albigny-sur-Saône | 3,057 | 0.7 | B+ | D | B− | B+ |
| Neuville-sur-Saône | 7,812 | 1.1 | B | D | C− | A− |
| Fontaines-Saint-Martin | 3,098 | 1.4 | — | D | — | A |
| Cailloux-sur-Fontaines | 2,989 | 1.4 | — | D | — | A+ |
| Montanay | 3,308 | 1.4 | A+ | D | A− | A+ |
| Couzon-au-Mont-d'Or | 2,619 | 1.4 | A | D | B+ | A |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Fleurieu-sur-Saône has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 8 burglaries and 7 acts of criminal damage.
They grade A−, better than 78% of compared French towns. The lycée stands out: 100% of 226 candidates passed the bac at Lycée Notre-Dame de Bellegarde in 2025, a point above the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Fleurieu-sur-Saône grades D for cost of living.
Commune in Rhône, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Fleurieu-sur-Saône is a commune of 1,597 people in the Métropole de Lyon. 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 November 4, 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.