Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
The town has 1,048 residents and lies in Rhône, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes.
Lamure-sur-Azergues’s best grade is for schools — brevet results 2 points above the expected rate. Add cost of living to its strengths (B+) — at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 4.3 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Elsewhere it is close to typical: B− for health and B− for walkability. Homes change hands at a median €1,540/m².
Figures: brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting, INSEE census 2023. Lamure-sur-Azergues 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.
The one thing Lamure-sur-Azergues does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Lamure-sur-Azergues 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.
Lamure-sur-Azergues 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 Lamure-sur-Azergues as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Chapelle de Saint-Bonnet, in Montmelas-Saint-Sorlin, 5.9 mi away.
28% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Lamure-sur-Azergues.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège de la Haute AzerguesNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 46 | 98%+2 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
House rents are put at about €9.96/m² a month. From July 2023 to June 2026, 35 homes were sold in Lamure-sur-Azergues. The sales split: 83% houses, the rest apartments.
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.
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. 82 deaths in Lamure-sur-Azergues between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 93: 11% below. The nearest emergency department to Lamure-sur-Azergues is Centre hospitalier Nord Ouest Villefranche, 10.3 mi away. One GP practises in the town.
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 figures behind this are our own model (TownRatings), not official statistics. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from D to A−.
Lamure-sur-Azergues holds 550 jobs; 450 of its residents are in work, so 1.2 jobs each. At the census, 11.3% went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport, below both Rhône’s towns (18.4%) and compared French towns (13.4%). 8.2% of the labour force are out of work.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
17% are under 15, below Rhône’s towns (19%) and close to compared French towns (17%). Aged 15 to 24: 13% of residents. At 44.3, the median resident of Lamure-sur-Azergues sits in the middle of the age range.
48% women, 52% men
About 107 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Rhône 51.5%, France 51.8%.
| Lamure-sur-Azergues | Rhône median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 17% | 19% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 13% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 21% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 27% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 22% | 19% | 22% |
| No diploma | 20% | 15% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 27% | 21% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 21% | 17% | 18% |
| Higher education | 26% | 41% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Rhône median and France median: the median of compared communes
Museums, other places to visit and heritage in and near Lamure-sur-Azergues. Best known first.
Nothing in Lamure-sur-Azergues 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 Lamure-sur-Azergues 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lamure-sur-Azergues | 1,048 | — | — | B+ | — | B− |
| Cours | 4,306 | 8.5 | A− | A+ | B− | C+ |
| Thizy-les-Bourgs | 5,771 | 8.6 | A− | A+ | C+ | B |
| Val d'Oingt | 4,117 | 9.7 | A+ | B− | A− | B+ |
| Amplepuis | 4,876 | 9.7 | A− | A | C | B− |
| Porte des Pierres Dorées | 4,185 | 9.9 | A | B | A+ | A |
| Arnas | 4,601 | 11 | C+ | C− | C+ | D |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Lamure-sur-Azergues has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 7 recorded violent incidents and 16.5 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
They grade A, better than 93% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Lamure-sur-Azergues grades B+ for cost of living.
Commune in Rhône, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Lamure-sur-Azergues is a commune of 1,048 people in the Communauté d'agglomération de l'Ouest Rhodanien. 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 4, 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.