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23% of residents are 15 to 24. An arrondissement of 88,326 people in Lyon, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes.
A town of contrasts. Its weakest is safety (D−): an average of 10.4 recorded violent incidents and 56.4 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Getting around on foot or by bus is easy: 100% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 70% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. It also does well on health: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 21% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Buying 70 m² at the median €4,500/m² takes 11.8 years of the median income per consumption unit in the Métropole de Lyon. All told, that adds up to a C overall and a rank of #86 of 107 in Rhône. Set against the rest, it does better than 31% of compared French towns. Elsewhere it is close to typical: B for schools and B for jobs & income.
Figures: amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting and employment, INSEE census 2023 · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · recorded crime, SSMSI (Ministry of the Interior) · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas. The overall grade uses the other six subjects.
Each subject compares Lyon 7e 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 3 things Lyon 7e does most differently from other towns.
The Culture ministry’s list holds 4 historic monuments in Lyon 7e; none is classé, France’s top protection.
The oldest protected part dates from the 16th century; the first monument here was protected in 1967.
Its city has 2 protected historic areas, listed for the city as a whole.
The Culture ministry’s list holds 4 historic monuments in Lyon 7e; none is classé, France’s top protection.
ancien marché aux bestiaux des abattoirs de la Mouche, actuellement salle des fêtes et salle de concert dite halle Tony Garnier: Photo: Agence de presse Meurisse · Public domain · Garage Citroën: Photo: Nouill · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Château de la Motte: Photo: PHILDIC · CC0
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Lyon 7e.
The 2025 count: 6,783 offenses in Lyon 7e. The town comes 105th of the 107 compared towns in Rhône on the Safety Grade.
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 · The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
The under-15s are 14% of the population here. 11% of residents are 65 or over, below Rhône’s towns (19%) and compared French towns (22%) alike. Among adults, 61% have a degree.
52% women, 48% men
About 92 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Rhône 51.5%, France 51.8%.
| Lyon 7e | Rhône median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 14% | 19% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 23% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 36% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 16% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 11% | 19% | 22% |
| No diploma | 11% | 15% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 11% | 21% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 13% | 17% | 18% |
| Higher education | 61% | 41% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Rhône median and France median: the median of compared communes
Half of residents lived on more than €26,930 a year per consumption unit, about level with compared French towns (€25,970) and below Rhône’s towns (€30,220). Of those in the labour force, 11.0% are unemployed.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Advertised rents are estimated at €16.31/m² a month, higher than both Rhône’s towns (€14.83/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²). 3,521 houses and apartments changed hands in Lyon 7e from July 2023 to June 2026. Renting a house costs an estimated €16.03/m² a month.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Apartments | €4,500/m² | 3,505 |
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.
Ages and care homes taken into account, deaths in Lyon 7e come to 79 per 100 predicted. 147 GPs practise locally. 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.
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 · Allowing for care homes is a TownRatings estimate, not a published statistic.
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Its oldest listed monument dates from the 16th century. Homes from before 1919 make up 6.5% of the total.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Vocational results within 5 km: 85% passed the bac pro, of 2,407 candidates at 27 lycées. Results rank its schools #51 of 115 in Rhône.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Georges ClemenceauNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 175 | 85%−6 pts |
| Lycée Belmont PrivateNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 103 | 100%+1 pt |
| Collège la ClavelièreBest against expectations: 15 points above the expected rateCollège | Collège | 75 | 89%+15 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Museums, heritage and gardens in and near Lyon 7e. Best known first.
GardenParc Sergent Blandanin town
MuseumInstitut culturel du judaïsmein townChâteauChâteauChâteau de La Mottein townGardenGardenParc Henry Chabertin townFortFortFort de la Vitrioleriein townPhotos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
2 notable people were born in Lyon 7e.
Vincent Crouzet: Thierry Caro, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Jean-Lucien Guillaume: VenVas, Public domain
Arrondissement of Lyon, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Lyon 7e is one of the arrondissements of Lyon, with 88,326 people. TownRatings compares Paris, Lyon and Marseille by arrondissement: each has its own mayor and its own statistics.
Built from INSEE’s 2026 official geography (COG) and IGN Admin Express boundaries
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →
It grades D− for safety, #105 of 107 in Rhône. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 347 burglaries and 1,118 acts of criminal damage.
They grade B, better than 55% of compared French towns and #51 of 115 in Rhône. The lycée stands out: 100% of 103 candidates passed the bac at Lycée Belmont in 2025, a point above the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. 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 €4,500/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns.
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.
