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4,649 residents make their home in this town in Rhône, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes.
Plenty to like here, at a price. Its standout strength is health: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 36% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. La Tour-de-Salvagny’s overall A puts it #8 of 107 in Rhône. That leaves it better than 95% of compared French towns. Work and incomes are strong: 0.8 jobs per working resident; 5.4% unemployment. Housing is expensive: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 11.3 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality.
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.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas. The overall grade uses the other six subjects.
The 2 things La Tour-de-Salvagny does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares La Tour-de-Salvagny 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 La Tour-de-Salvagny as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Edicule Renaissance, in Écully, 4.4 mi away.
Explore the history →Heritage, museums and gardens in and near La Tour-de-Salvagny. Best known first.
MuseumMusée des sciences biologiques docteur Mérieux3.4 km south, in Marcy-l'ÉtoileFortFortFort du Paillet2.7 km northeast, in DardillyChâteauChâteauChâteau de Lacroix-Laval3.2 km south, in Marcy-l'ÉtoileChâteauChâteauChâteau de Cruzols3.8 km northwest, in LentillyChâteauChâteauChâteau de Bois Dieu4.1 km northeast, in LissieuPhotos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in La Tour-de-Salvagny.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Houses in La Tour-de-Salvagny sell for €4,538/m² and apartments for €4,095/m². The estimated advertised rent is €16.53/m² a month, above Rhône’s towns (€14.83/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²) alike. Renting a house costs an estimated €15.83/m² a month.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €4,538/m² | 93 |
| Apartments | €4,095/m² | 72 |
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.
From 2016 to 2025, 334 residents of La Tour-de-Salvagny died, against 453 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 26% fewer. Average lifespans in Rhône: 87.1 years for women, 81.9 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 nationally. 5 GPs practise locally.
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 adjustment is a TownRatings modeling step, not an official statistic.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
The nearest collège is 2.4 mi away. Results rank its schools #14 of 115 in Rhône. At the two general lycées, 98% of 534 candidates passed the bac, 0.8 points below the expected rate.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Jacques CoeurNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 183 | 97%+1 pt |
| Lycée polyvalent François RabelaisNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 63 | 100%+1 pt |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Among the graded crimes in La Tour-de-Salvagny, the most frequent was burglary (2025). In all, 51 offenses reached the police record in the town in 2025. The yearly rates for 2023–2025: 3.4 violent offenses and 11.5 graded property crimes per 1,000 residents.
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 · When other physical violence, sexual violence and vehicle theft number five or fewer in a recent year, the figure is withheld, and the index uses the département’s average instead (8.9% of the index here). The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Unemployment stood at 5.4%, lower than both Rhône’s towns (8.1%) and compared French towns (10.1%). On foot, by bike or by bus and train: that was how nearly a fifth of commuters travelled at the census.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Over-65s are 23% of the population. Children under 15 make up 19%, about level with Rhône’s towns (19%) and above compared French towns (17%). Line up the people of La Tour-de-Salvagny by age and the one in the middle is 44.
52% women, 48% men
About 94 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Rhône 51.5%, France 51.8%.
| La Tour-de-Salvagny | Rhône median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 19% | 19% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 11% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 22% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 25% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 23% | 19% | 22% |
| No diploma | 8.5% | 15% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 16% | 21% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 15% | 17% | 18% |
| Higher education | 57% | 41% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Rhône median and France median: the median of compared communes
Nothing in La Tour-de-Salvagny 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 La Tour-de-Salvagny 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| La Tour-de-Salvagny | 4,649 | — | A | D− | A− | A+ |
| Dommartin | 2,687 | 1.5 | — | D | — | A |
| Dardilly | 9,221 | 1.7 | C+ | D | C− | A |
| Marcy-l'Étoile | 3,778 | 2.1 | — | D− | — | A |
| Lentilly | 6,623 | 2.3 | A− | C− | B | A |
| Charbonnières-les-Bains | 5,383 | 2.6 | B+ | D− | B | A+ |
| Limonest | 4,012 | 3 | B+ | D− | C− | B+ |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades A− for safety, #8 of 107 in Rhône. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 19 burglaries and 12 acts of criminal damage.
They grade A−, better than 83% of compared French towns and #14 of 115 in Rhône. The lycée stands out: 100% of 63 candidates passed the bac at Lycée polyvalent François Rabelais 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 La Tour-de-Salvagny grades D− for cost of living.
Commune in Rhône, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
La Tour-de-Salvagny is a commune of 4,649 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 9, 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.