Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
A town of 9,034 in Rhône, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes.
Irigny grades B overall: better than 57% of compared French towns, and #60 of 107 in Rhône. Its weakest subject is cost of living (D): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 9.8 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Its strongest is walkability (A−): 71% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 17% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas. The overall grade uses the other six subjects.
The one thing Irigny does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Irigny 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 3 historic monuments in Irigny: 2 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 1 inscrit (the second level).
The oldest protected part dates from the 14th century; the first monument here was protected in 1927.
Heritage, family days out and other places to visit in and near Irigny. Best known first.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Irigny.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
That is the middle of 231 sales of houses and apartments in Irigny from July 2023 to June 2026, against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns and €3,666/m² for the median of compared towns in Rhône.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €4,159/m² | 108 |
| Apartments | €3,204/m² | 123 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
At the census, 17.3% went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport, close to Rhône’s towns (18.4%) and above compared French towns (13.4%). The median disposable income is €29,110 a year per consumption unit. Irigny has 4,150 jobs for 3,850 working residents, 1.1 per worker.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
From 2016 to 2025, 661 residents of Irigny died, against 729 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 9% fewer. Its two care homes for older people (81 places) count their residents as Irigny’s; allowing for them, deaths were 19% below expected. 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
Police and gendarmerie recorded 222 offenses in the graded categories in Irigny in 2025. For armed robbery, this figure isn’t published when it’s small (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the index uses the département’s average instead, 0.5% of the index here.
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
In the comparison, Irigny comes above both Rhône’s towns (19%) and compared French towns (17%). Degrees are held by 36% of adults.
52% women, 48% men
About 91 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Rhône 51.5%, France 51.8%.
| Irigny | Rhône median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 20% | 19% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 12% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 23% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 26% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 20% | 19% | 22% |
| No diploma | 17% | 15% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 24% | 21% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 18% | 17% | 18% |
| Higher education | 36% | 41% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Rhône median and France median: the median of compared communes
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
The Culture ministry lists 3 historic monuments in Irigny: 2 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 1 inscrit (the second level).
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.
The bac pass rate near Irigny is 95.0%, above both Rhône’s towns (92.5%) and compared French towns (92.9%).
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Daisy Georges MartinNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 144 | 83%−3 pts |
| Lycée René DescartesNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 477 | 94%−4 pts |
| Collège Marcel PagnolBest against expectations: 16 points above the expected rateCollège | Collège | 68 | 100%+16 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
The Culture ministry lists 3 historic monuments in Irigny: 2 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 1 inscrit (the second level).
Croix de chemin: Photo: Dominique Robert · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Villa et jardin Bagatelle: Photo: Dominique Robert · CC BY-SA 3.0
Wikidata places 1 person here, but the articles don’t both confirm Irigny 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Irigny | 9,034 | — | B | D | C+ | B+ |
| Saint-Genis-Laval | 21,212 | 1.8 | B | D | C− | A |
| Feyzin | 10,304 | 1.9 | C− | C− | C− | A− |
| Vernaison | 5,210 | 2 | C | D | C+ | B+ |
| Charly | 4,811 | 2.3 | C+ | D− | C+ | A |
| Oullins-Pierre-Bénite | 38,168 | 2.5 | C+ | D | C | B+ |
| Vourles | 3,332 | 2.6 | B− | D | C | A |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades C+ for safety, #58 of 107 in Rhône. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 23 burglaries and 65 acts of criminal damage.
They grade B, better than 58% of compared French towns and #42 of 115 in Rhône. 94% of 477 candidates passed the bac at Lycée René Descartes in 2025, 4 points below the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
By type: houses €4,159/m² (108 sales), apartments €3,204/m² (123 sales). Estimated advertised apartment rents are €14.54/m² a month, charges included. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Irigny grades D for cost of living.
Commune in Rhône, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Irigny is a commune of 9,034 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 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.
