Lacenas has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents. Its weakest subject is cost of living (C): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 8.5 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Its strongest is health (A): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 32% 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 Lacenas 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 Lacenas.
HealthHealth A
Lacenas loses fewer people than its age profile suggests, 68 per 100 expected, below Rhône’s towns and compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
There are 3 general practitioners in Lacenas. Life expectancy at birth in Rhône is 87.1 years for women and 81.9 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. 52 deaths in the town between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 76: 32% below.
−32%deaths against expected, after care homesAHealth Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw68
Adjusted68
Median town88
Expected100
3
GPs in Lacenas · 3.8 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
2.5 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier Nord Ouest Villefranche
2.6 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Centre hospitalier Nord Ouest Villefranche
87.1 · 81.9
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Rhône, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Renting in Lacenas costs less than in Rhône’s towns and across compared French towns, at an estimated advertised €11.55/m² a month
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The median sale price was €3,106/m², lower than Rhône’s towns (€3,666/m²) yet higher than compared French towns (€2,430/m²). Between July 2023 and June 2026, buyers took 31 homes in Lacenas. Houses accounted for nine in ten sales, apartments for the rest.
€3,106/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Lacenas€3,106/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Rhône median€3,666/m²
€11.55/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€8.94 to €14.91/m² a month)
8.5
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€12.97/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€25,490
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté d'agglomération Villefranche Beaujolais Saône
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
History
Old homes shape Lacenas: 29% were built before 1919, more than in Rhône’s towns and across compared French towns
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
The oldest protected building goes back to the 12th century. Among the classé monuments in Lacenas is Château du Sou. The town has 2 historic monuments on the Culture ministry’s list: 1 classé, the highest protection, and 1 inscrit, the second level.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Who lives here
Few people in Lacenas are 15 to 24: 8.2%, fewer than in Rhône’s towns and across compared French towns
Children under 15 make up 21%, above both Rhône’s towns (19%) and compared French towns (17%). 47% of adults hold a degree. Those 65 and older account for 20% of residents.
43.5median age
LacenasRhône medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
20%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma11%
CAP or BEP22%
Baccalauréat16%
Higher education47%
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About an even split. Median share of women: Rhône 51.5%, France 51.8%.
INSEE, census 2023 · Rhône median and France median: the median of compared communes
Work & commuteJobs & income A−
Incomes in Lacenas run higher than in Rhône’s towns and across compared French towns: a median €31,730 a year per consumption unit
Unemployment stood at 6.3%, below Rhône’s towns (8.1%) and compared French towns (10.1%) alike. Walking, cycling and public transport carried 11.9% of commuters at the census. Also worth knowing: jobs based in Lacenas number 150, against 500 residents in work (0.3 per worker).
12%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving84%
Public transport9%
On foot2%
Motorbike or scooter1%
Bicycle1%
150
jobs based in Lacenas, 0.3 per working resident
6.3%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€31,730
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
4%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
B
Walkability: better than 60% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Schools
85.0% of candidates passed the brevet at the collège within 5 km, 5 points below the expected rate
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Near Lacenas, 96.7% of lycée candidates passed the bac, higher than both Rhône’s towns (92.5%) and compared French towns (92.9%). The town’s pupils have a collège 2.8 mi away. At the general lycée, 98% of 404 candidates passed the bac, a point above the expected rate.
98%passed the bac (general and technological)B−School Grade
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Safety
Lacenas has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average
The graded crime recorded most in Lacenas was criminal damage (2025). Each year (2023–2025 average), violence against people came to 6.1 per 1,000 residents and the graded property crimes to 10. 2025 saw 5 offenses recorded in the town.
6.1recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year
Recorded by type · 2025
Criminal damage5
Sexual violence0
Armed robbery0
Fraud10
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.
6.1
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
10
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
5
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
90.4%
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 family violence, other physical violence, burglary, vehicle theft and theft from vehicles number five or fewer in a recent year, the figure is withheld, and the index uses the département’s average instead (90.4% of the index here). The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Lacenas
Is Lacenas safe?
Lacenas has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average.
Are schools in Lacenas good?
They grade B−, better than 53% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Lacenas expensive to live in?
Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Lacenas grades C for cost of living.
About Lacenas
Commune in Rhône, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Lacenas is a commune of 1,076 people in the Communauté d'agglomération Villefranche Beaujolais Saône. 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
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.
