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Population 3,778: a town in Rhône, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes.
Marcy-l'Étoile’s strongest is jobs & income (A+) — 4.7 jobs per working resident; 8.2% unemployment. People here tend to be in good health (A): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 32% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Homes are dear (D−): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 11.7 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Homes change hands at a median €4,487/m².
Figures: employment, INSEE census 2023 · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi. Marcy-l'Étoile has no overall grade because safety isn’t graded here.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
The 3 things Marcy-l'Étoile does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Marcy-l'Étoile 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.
Marcy-l'Étoile has no overall grade because safety isn’t graded here.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
The Culture ministry lists no building in Marcy-l'Étoile as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Edicule Renaissance, in Écully, 3.7 mi away.
3.1% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Heritage, museums and gardens in and near Marcy-l'Étoile. Best known first.
MuseumMusée des sciences biologiques docteur Mérieuxin townChâteauChâteauChâteau de Lacroix-Lavalin townFortFortFort de Chapoly2.4 km southeast, in Saint-Genis-les-OllièresChâteauChâteauChâteau de la Barge4.4 km south, in Grézieu-la-VarenneChâteauChâteauChâteau de la Ferrière3.3 km southeast, in Charbonnières-les-BainsAttractionAttractionAncien Garage du Méridien3.7 km east, in Charbonnières-les-BainsPhotos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Marcy-l'Étoile.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
In Marcy-l'Étoile, houses go for €4,683/m² and apartments for €4,267/m². Houses were 57% of what sold. House rents are put at about €14.21/m² a month.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €4,683/m² | 47 |
| Apartments | €4,267/m² | 35 |
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.
Women in Rhône live to 87.1 on average and men to 81.9 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. 297 deaths in Marcy-l'Étoile between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 321: 7% below. There are 5 general practitioners 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 adjustment is a TownRatings modeling step, not an official statistic.
At the census, 27.2% of commuters got to work without a car. The unemployment rate comes to 8.2%.
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.
Near Marcy-l'Étoile, 98.5% of lycée candidates passed the bac, higher than both Rhône’s towns (92.5%) and compared French towns (92.9%). A collège lies 2.9 mi away. The town’s schools place #25 of 115 in Rhône on results.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Jean RostandNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 184 | 89%−5 pts |
| Lycée Blaise PascalNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 471 | 98%−1 pt |
| Collège Saint-Joseph PrivateBest against expectations: 2 points above the expected rateCollège | Collège | 201 | 100%+2 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
13% of residents are aged 15 to 24. Children under 15 make up 19%, close to Rhône’s towns (19%) and above compared French towns (17%). The 65-and-over age group makes up 17% of residents.
52% women, 48% men
About 92 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Rhône 51.5%, France 51.8%.
| Marcy-l'Étoile | Rhône median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 19% | 19% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 13% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 23% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 28% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 17% | 19% | 22% |
| No diploma | 13% | 15% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 16% | 21% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 15% | 17% | 18% |
| Higher education | 51% | 41% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Rhône median and France median: the median of compared communes
Recorded offenses in Marcy-l'Étoile came to 30 in 2025. Each year (2023–2025 average), violence against people came to 2.3 per 1,000 residents and the graded property crimes to 8.1. The town has 7,900 jobs for 1,650 working residents, so people come in from nearby communes to work. In 2025, criminal damage led the graded crimes in the town.
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 family violence, sexual violence, vehicle theft and theft from vehicles go unpublished (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the département’s average stands in, 29.6% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses. Crimes are counted in the commune where they happen, then divided by its residents, so a town that draws people in from around can look higher.
Nothing in Marcy-l'Étoile 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 Marcy-l'Étoile 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marcy-l'Étoile | 3,778 | — | — | D− | — | A |
| Charbonnières-les-Bains | 5,383 | 1.7 | B+ | D− | B | A+ |
| Saint-Genis-les-Ollières | 5,439 | 1.9 | A | D | A− | A+ |
| La Tour-de-Salvagny | 4,649 | 2.1 | A | D− | A− | A+ |
| Pollionnay | 2,958 | 2.5 | — | C− | — | A |
| Grézieu-la-Varenne | 6,472 | 2.6 | A | C | B | A− |
| Craponne | 12,084 | 2.8 | A | D | B− | A+ |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Marcy-l'Étoile has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 6 burglaries and 18 acts of criminal damage.
They grade A−, better than 75% of compared French towns and #25 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 Marcy-l'Étoile grades D− for cost of living.
Commune in Rhône, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Marcy-l'Étoile is a commune of 3,778 people in the Métropole de Lyon. 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.