Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
A town of 3,182 in Rhône, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes.
Lozanne grades A overall: better than 94% of compared French towns, and #9 of 107 in Rhône. Its weakest subject is cost of living (C): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 8.2 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Its strongest is jobs & income (A): 0.7 jobs per working resident; 6.2% unemployment.
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 Lozanne does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Lozanne 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 Lozanne as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Couvent Sainte-Marie-de-la-Tourette, in Éveux, 3.9 mi away.
Explore the history →Heritage, museums and other places to visit in and near Lozanne. Best known first.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Lozanne.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
At birth, a girl in Rhône can expect 87.1 years and a boy 81.9 (2025); across France, 85.9 and 80.3. From 2016 to 2025, 160 residents of Lozanne died, against 226 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 29% fewer. The nearest emergency department to Lozanne is Clinique de la Sauvegarde, 6.8 mi away. For a family doctor, residents of Lozanne can choose among 3 GPs.
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.
6.2% of the labour force were unemployed, lower than both Rhône’s towns (8.1%) and compared French towns (10.1%). No commute at all: 4.0% of working residents in Lozanne at the census.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
The nearest general lycée is 4.5 mi away. By results, schools here place #16 of 115 in Rhône. Collège pupils travel 1.5 mi to the nearest one.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Notre-Dame de Lourdes PrivateNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 70 | 97%+1 pt |
| Collège Jacques CoeurBest against expectations: a point above the expected rateCollège | Collège | 183 | 97%+1 pt |
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.
The estimated advertised rent is €14.58/m² a month, close to Rhône’s towns (€14.83/m²) and above compared French towns (€12.41/m²). In Lozanne, houses go for €4,063/m² and apartments for €3,000/m². Houses were 46% of what sold.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €4,063/m² | 42 |
| Apartments | €3,000/m² | 49 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Violence against people averaged 4.5 per 1,000 residents a year over 2023–2025; graded property crimes averaged 14.5. For 2025, the figures show 53 offenses in Lozanne. Criminal damage topped the graded crimes in Lozanne (2025).
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 · Small counts of sexual violence and theft from vehicles go unpublished (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the département’s average stands in, 7.8% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
One measure of family life: 19% of residents are under 15. Young adults of 15 to 24 are 10% of residents, below Rhône’s towns (11%) and close to compared French towns (11%). Retirement age and beyond: nearly a fifth of residents are 65 or older.
51% women, 49% men
About 96 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Rhône 51.5%, France 51.8%.
| Lozanne | Rhône median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 19% | 19% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 10% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 28% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 23% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 19% | 19% | 22% |
| No diploma | 12% | 15% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 22% | 21% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 17% | 17% | 18% |
| Higher education | 44% | 41% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Rhône median and France median: the median of compared communes
Nothing in Lozanne 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 Lozanne 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lozanne | 3,182 | — | A | C | B | A |
| Chazay-d'Azergues | 4,410 | 1.8 | A+ | C | A− | A+ |
| Dommartin | 2,687 | 1.9 | — | D | — | A |
| Lentilly | 6,623 | 2.8 | A− | C− | B | A |
| Lissieu | 3,181 | 2.9 | A | D | B+ | A+ |
| La Tour-de-Salvagny | 4,649 | 3.2 | A | D− | A− | A+ |
| L'Arbresle | 6,537 | 3.8 | A− | B | C+ | B |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades B for safety, #23 of 107 in Rhône. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 11 burglaries and 15 acts of criminal damage.
They grade A−, better than 80% of compared French towns and #16 of 115 in Rhône. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Lozanne grades C for cost of living.
Commune in Rhône, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Lozanne is a commune of 3,182 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) · 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.