Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
A town of 1,101 in Rhône, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes.
Lancié has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents. At the median price of €2,738/m², a 70 m² home costs 7.2 times the median annual income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size) in the Communauté de communes Saône-Beaujolais. Its strongest is health (A): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 31% 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 Lancié 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.
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The Culture ministry lists no building in Lancié as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Moulin à vent, in Romanèche-Thorins, 2.3 mi away.
31% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Museums, heritage and other places to visit in and near Lancié. Best known first.
ChâteauChâteau de Pizay3.8 km south, in Belleville-en-BeaujolaisChâteauChâteauChâteau du Penloisin townChâteauChâteauChâteau de Corcelles-en-Beaujolais1 km south, in Corcelles-en-BeaujolaisTheme parkTheme parkTouroparc Zoo3.1 km east, in Romanèche-ThorinsMuseumMuseumMusée du vin2.2 km east, in Romanèche-ThorinsPhotos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Lancié.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Average lifespans in Rhône: 87.1 years for women, 81.9 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 nationally. From 2016 to 2025, 51 residents of Lancié died, against 74 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 31% fewer. The nearest emergency department to Lancié is Polyclinique du Beaujolais, 11 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. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from B to A+.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
For the general bac, the closest lycée is 4.8 mi away. The nearest collège is 1.7 mi away.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Jean Claude RuetNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 121 | 97%+1 pt |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
People 65 and over make up 17% of the town, below both Rhône’s towns (19%) and compared French towns (22%). The 15-to-24 age group makes up one in ten residents. 35% of adults hold a degree.
51% women, 49% men
About 95 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Rhône 51.5%, France 51.8%.
| Lancié | Rhône median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 22% | 19% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 9.6% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 26% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 26% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 17% | 19% | 22% |
| No diploma | 14% | 15% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 28% | 21% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 19% | 17% | 18% |
| Higher education | 35% | 41% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Rhône median and France median: the median of compared communes
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Behind the median of €2,738/m²: 40 houses and apartments sold in Lancié between July 2023 and June 2026. Houses accounted for 95% of sales, apartments for the rest.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,768/m² | 38 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
10.9% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train at the census, lower than both Rhône’s towns (18.4%) and compared French towns (13.4%). 200 jobs are based in Lancié, for 550 working residents (0.3 per worker). The median disposable income is €27,730 a year per consumption unit.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Nothing in Lancié is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
One notable person was born in Lancié.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lancié | 1,101 | — | — | B− | — | A |
| La Chapelle-de-Guinchay Saône-et-Loire | 4,018 | 3.8 | A | B− | A | B− |
| Belleville-en-Beaujolais | 14,016 | 4.2 | C | C | C+ | C |
| Saint-Didier-sur-Chalaronne Ain | 2,934 | 5 | A | A− | A− | C+ |
| Crêches-sur-Saône Saône-et-Loire | 3,198 | 5.9 | A− | B− | C− | A− |
| Montmerle-sur-Saône Ain | 3,799 | 6.4 | A | B− | A | B+ |
| Saint-Georges-de-Reneins | 4,677 | 7.7 | B+ | C+ | C+ | A− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Lancié has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 6 recorded violent incidents and 7.9 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 90% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Homes cost more than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €2,738/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Lancié grades B− for cost of living.
Commune in Rhône, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Lancié is a commune of 1,101 people in the Communauté de communes Saône-Beaujolais. 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 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.