L'Arbresle’s best grade is for walkability (A): 98% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 23% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Overall, L'Arbresle earns an A−, better than 78% of compared French towns. In the ranking it comes #31 of 107 in Rhône. It is strong on jobs & income as well: 1.1 jobs per working resident; 9.2% unemployment. A 70 m² home at the median €2,739/m² costs 6.2 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the Communauté de communes du Pays de l'Arbresle (CCPA). Police record more crime here than in most towns (C+): an average of 7.7 recorded violent incidents and 16.8 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. The rest of its grades are middling: B for schools and B for health.
Figures: amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting and employment, INSEE census 2023 · recorded crime, SSMSI (Ministry of the Interior) · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025).
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas. The overall grade uses the other six subjects.
Each subject compares L'Arbresle 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.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in L'Arbresle.
Work & commuteJobs & income B+
L'Arbresle is easier to get around on foot than 93% of compared French towns
At the census, 22.7% of commuters got to work without a car. Half of residents lived on more than €26,420 a year per consumption unit, about level with compared French towns (€25,970) and below Rhône’s towns (€30,220). The unemployment rate comes to 9.2%.
23%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving72%
Public transport13%
On foot8%
Bicycle1%
Motorbike or scooter1%
3,300
jobs based in L'Arbresle, 1.1 per working resident
9.2%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€26,420
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
4%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
A
Walkability: better than 93% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Who lives here
A young town: 12% of people in L'Arbresle are 15 to 24, more than in Rhône’s towns and across compared French towns
18% of residents have reached 65. Degrees are held by just over a third of adults, lower than Rhône’s towns (41%) yet higher than compared French towns (30%). Typical age in L'Arbresle: 40.1, the median.
40.1median age
L'ArbresleRhône medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
12%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma20%
CAP or BEP23%
Baccalauréat18%
Higher education34%
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 95 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Rhône 51.5%, France 51.8%.
INSEE, census 2023 · Rhône median and France median: the median of compared communes
Safety
More crime per resident in L'Arbresle than in 64% of compared French towns
In 2025, criminal damage led the graded crimes in L'Arbresle. For 2025, the figures show 140 offenses locally.
7.7recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a yearC+Safety Grade
Recorded by type · 2025
Criminal damage37
Family violence26
Other physical violence18
Theft from vehicles18
Burglary16
Vehicle theft13
Sexual violence12
Theft without violence60
Fraud55
Drug use33
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.
7.7
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
16.8
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
140
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
0.3%
of the index rests on the département’s average, used where small counts aren’t published
Source: SSMSI (Interior Ministry), recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 · Licence Ouverte · When armed robbery number five or fewer in a recent year, the figure is withheld, and the index uses the département’s average instead (0.3% of the index here). The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
HealthHealth B
L'Arbresle records 83 deaths for every 100 its ages predict, against 76 in Rhône’s towns and 88 in compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
567 deaths in L'Arbresle between 2016 and 2025, close to the 568 that France’s rates at each age predict. The nearest emergency department to L'Arbresle is Clinique de la Sauvegarde, 9 mi away. For a family doctor, residents of L'Arbresle can choose among 7 GPs. Also worth knowing: in Rhône, life expectancy at birth reaches 87.1 years for women and 81.9 for men (2025), next to 85.9 and 80.3 for France.
−17%deaths against expected, after care homesBHealth Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw100
Adjusted83
Median town88
Expected100
7
GPs in L'Arbresle · 3.9 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
9 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Clinique de la Sauvegarde
9.3 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Clinique du Val D Ouest Vendome
87.1 · 81.9
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Rhône, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Renting in L'Arbresle costs less than in Rhône’s towns and across compared French towns, at an estimated advertised €11.72/m² a month
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Behind the median of €2,739/m²: 195 houses and apartments sold in L'Arbresle between July 2023 and June 2026. Apartments in L'Arbresle sell for €2,516/m², houses for €3,364/m². Houses accounted for 36% of sales, apartments for the rest.
€2,739/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
L'Arbresle€2,739/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Rhône median€3,666/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€3,364/m²
70
Apartments
€2,516/m²
125
€11.72/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€9.05 to €15.18/m² a month)
6.2
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€14.31/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€30,710
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté de communes du Pays de l'Arbresle (CCPA)
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
History
3 historic monuments in L'Arbresle, 1 classé
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Protection here reaches back to the 16th century. Among the classé monuments in L'Arbresle is Hôtel des Valous (ancien). On the Culture ministry’s list, L'Arbresle counts 3 historic monuments: 1 classé at the top level of protection and 2 inscrit at the second. Homes built before 1919 account for 11% of the housing.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Schools
95.3% of candidates passed the brevet at the four collèges within 5 km, at the expected rate
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
By results, schools here place #45 of 115 in Rhône. At the lycées within 5 km of L'Arbresle, 93.2% passed the bac, near both Rhône’s towns (92.5%) and compared French towns (92.9%).
97%passed the bac (general and technological)BSchool Grade
Rémi Garde: cropped by Shory (extracted from Jejecam 's image), CC BY-SA 3.0 · Jean-Michel Aulas: Sebleouf, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Barthélemy Thimonnier: not credited, Public domain · Blaise Sonnery: Jejecam, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Cédric O: Tamaya20, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Claude Pelletier: Jean Baptiste Adolphe Lafosse, Public domain
L'Arbresle’s neighbors
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about L'Arbresle
Is L'Arbresle safe?
It grades C+ for safety, #58 of 107 in Rhône. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 16 burglaries and 37 acts of criminal damage.
Are schools in L'Arbresle good?
They grade B, better than 57% of compared French towns and #45 of 115 in Rhône. 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.
Is L'Arbresle expensive to live in?
Homes cost more than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €2,739/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so L'Arbresle grades B for cost of living.
About L'Arbresle
Commune in Rhône, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
L'Arbresle is a commune of 6,537 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
Population
6,537 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes du Pays de l'Arbresle (CCPA)
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.
