Health is a strength: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 37% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Households here earn well: 0.8 jobs per working resident; 5.6% unemployment. Its lowest grade is for cost of living: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 8.5 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Walkability is weaker too — 8% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 9% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work.
Figures: deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025. Marcilly-d'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.
Each subject compares Marcilly-d'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.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Marcilly-d'Azergues.
HealthHealth A+
Mortality in Marcilly-d'Azergues, once ages and care homes are allowed for, undercuts Rhône’s towns and compared French towns: 63 per 100 expected
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
The nearest emergency department to Marcilly-d'Azergues is Clinique de la Sauvegarde, 6.2 mi away. France’s death rates at each age would predict 85 deaths here from 2016 to 2025; there were 54, 37% fewer. Women in Rhône live to 87.1 on average and men to 81.9 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France.
−37%deaths against expected, after care homesA+Health Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw63
Adjusted63
Median town88
Expected100
0
GPs in Marcilly-d'Azergues · 4 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
6.2 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Clinique de la Sauvegarde
7.3 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Clinique du Val D Ouest Vendome
87.1 · 81.9
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Rhône, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
HousingCost of living C
A typical home in Marcilly-d'Azergues sells for €3,840/m²
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Advertised rents are estimated at €13.74/m² a month, between Rhône’s towns (€14.83/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²). The market in Marcilly-d'Azergues: 34 sales of houses and apartments between July 2023 and June 2026. Of the homes sold, 76% were houses.
€3,840/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Marcilly-d'Azergues€3,840/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Rhône median€3,666/m²
€13.74/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€11.14 to €16.94/m² a month)
8.5
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€15.02/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€31,550
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté de communes Beaujolais Pierres Dorées
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Work & commuteJobs & income A+
Marcilly-d'Azergues is better off than Rhône’s towns or compared French towns: the median disposable income is €33,470 a year per consumption unit
Unemployment stood at 5.6%, below both Rhône’s towns (8.1%) and compared French towns (10.1%). At the census, 7.3% of working residents in Marcilly-d'Azergues went to work by public transport.
9%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving87%
Public transport7%
Motorbike or scooter2%
On foot1%
Bicycle1%
400
jobs based in Marcilly-d'Azergues, 0.8 per working resident
5.6%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€33,470
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
2%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
C
Walkability: better than 34% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Who lives here
Degrees are more common in Marcilly-d'Azergues than in Rhône’s towns or across compared French towns: 49% of adults
Aged 15 to 24: 7.9% of residents. Children under 15 make up 22%, above both Rhône’s towns (19%) and compared French towns (17%). Line up the people of Marcilly-d'Azergues by age and the one in the middle is 41.8.
41.8median age
Marcilly-d'AzerguesRhône medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
20%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma10%
CAP or BEP20%
Baccalauréat17%
Higher education49%
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About an even split. Median share of women: Rhône 51.5%, France 51.8%.
INSEE, census 2023 · Rhône median and France median: the median of compared communes
History
Old homes shape Marcilly-d'Azergues: 20% were built before 1919, more than in Rhône’s towns and across compared French towns
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
The Culture ministry lists 1 historic monument in Marcilly-d'Azergues, none of them classé, France’s highest protection. Protection here reaches back to the 17th century.
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Marcilly-d'Azergues
Is Marcilly-d'Azergues safe?
Marcilly-d'Azergues has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 6.9 recorded violent incidents and 10.4 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Are schools in Marcilly-d'Azergues good?
They grade A−, better than 77% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Marcilly-d'Azergues expensive to live in?
Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Marcilly-d'Azergues grades C for cost of living.
About Marcilly-d'Azergues
Commune in Rhône, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Marcilly-d'Azergues is a commune of 1,066 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
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.
