Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
1,332 people call this town in Rhône, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes home.
Health outcomes beat most towns (A+): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 44% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Jobs and pay hold up well: 0.3 jobs per working resident; 4.4% unemployment. Its other grades sit near the middle: B for schools and B− for walkability.
Figures: deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025. Lachassagne 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.
Each subject compares Lachassagne 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.
Lachassagne 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 Lachassagne as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Habitat gallo-romain de la Grange du Bief, in Anse, 1.3 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 Lachassagne. Best known first.
AttractionChemin de fer touristique d'Anse4.1 km northeast, in AnseChâteauChâteauChâteau de la Fontaine3.2 km northeast, in AnseAttractionAttractionChâteau de Saint-Bernard4.1 km northeast, in Saint-BernardChâteauChâteauTour du télégraphe Chappe de Marcy1.6 km south, in MarcyChâteauChâteauChâteau des Bassieux1.5 km northeast, in AnsePhotos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Lachassagne.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
France’s death rates at each age would predict 88 deaths in Lachassagne from 2016 to 2025; there were 49, 44% fewer. At birth, a girl in Rhône can expect 87.1 years and a boy 81.9 (2025); across France, 85.9 and 80.3. The nearest emergency department to Lachassagne is Centre hospitalier Nord Ouest Villefranche, 5.4 mi away.
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 · That adjustment for care homes is a model of TownRatings’ own, not official data.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
House rents are put at about €12.37/m² a month. Houses were just over four fifths of what sold. The market in Lachassagne: 28 sales of houses and apartments between July 2023 and June 2026.
Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Graduates make up 56% of adults. The 15-to-24 age group: 8.7%, below both Rhône’s towns (11%) and compared French towns (11%). People 65 and over make up 19% of the town.
49% women, 51% men
About 106 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Rhône 51.5%, France 51.8%.
| Lachassagne | Rhône median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 23% | 19% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 8.7% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 24% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 25% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 19% | 19% | 22% |
| No diploma | 7.1% | 15% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 16% | 21% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 17% | 17% | 18% |
| Higher education | 56% | 41% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Rhône median and France median: the median of compared communes
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
A collège lies 1.5 mi away. The nearest general lycée is 3.9 mi away.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Asa PauliniNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 191 | 92%−3 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Unemployment stood at 4.4%, below Rhône’s towns (8.1%) and compared French towns (10.1%) alike. At the census, one in ten commuters got to work without a car.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Nothing in Lachassagne is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
One notable person was born in Lachassagne.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lachassagne | 1,332 | — | — | B+ | — | A+ |
| Anse | 8,206 | 1.4 | C+ | C+ | C | C+ |
| Pommiers | 2,618 | 2 | — | C+ | — | A |
| Porte des Pierres Dorées | 4,185 | 3.2 | A | B | A+ | A |
| Limas | 4,750 | 3.5 | B+ | C− | C | A |
| Chazay-d'Azergues | 4,410 | 3.7 | A+ | C | A− | A+ |
| Quincieux | 3,679 | 4.3 | A | D | A− | A |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Lachassagne has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 5.3 recorded violent incidents and 9.7 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
They grade B, better than 56% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Commune in Rhône, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Lachassagne is a commune of 1,332 people in the Communauté de communes Beaujolais Pierres Dorées. 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) · 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.