Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
A town of 1,992 in Rhône, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes.
Marennes has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents. Its weakest subject is walkability (D): 75% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 3% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. At the median price of €3,792/m², a 70 m² home costs 8.4 times the median annual income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size) in the Communauté de communes du Pays de l'Ozon. Its strongest is jobs & income (A): 0.5 jobs per working resident; 5.5% unemployment.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
The one thing Marennes does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Marennes 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 Marennes as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Borne milliaire, in Solaize, 3.8 mi away.
12% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Marennes.
Marennes sits above both Rhône’s towns (€30,220) and compared French towns (€25,970) on this measure. At the census, 3.3% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Adjusted for age and care homes, Marennes records 75 deaths per 100 expected, close to Rhône’s towns (76) and below compared French towns (88). The care-home adjustment is a TownRatings modeling step, not an official statistic. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from B− to A+.
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
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
That puts Marennes below Rhône’s towns (91.9%) and close to compared French towns (87.5%).
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège la Xavière PrivateNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 163 | 100%+2 pts |
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 median sale price was €3,792/m², close to Rhône’s towns (€3,666/m²) and above compared French towns (€2,430/m²).
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €3,974/m² | 43 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
On this, Marennes is above both Rhône’s towns (19%) and compared French towns (17%). People 65 and over make up 17% of the town.
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Rhône 51.5%, France 51.8%.
| Marennes | Rhône median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 21% | 19% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 10% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 25% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 27% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 17% | 19% | 22% |
| No diploma | 13% | 15% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 24% | 21% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 16% | 17% | 18% |
| Higher education | 42% | 41% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Rhône median and France median: the median of compared communes
Museums, family days out and heritage in and near Marennes. Best known first.
MuseumMusée de l'aviation de Lyon-Corbas3.4 km north, in CorbasMuseumMuseumÉcomusée de Chaponnay1.7 km east, in ChaponnayTheme parkTheme parkJungle Parc2.7 km north, in CorbasTheme parkTheme parkLa Forêt de Justin3.2 km south, in Villette-de-VienneMuseumMuseumMusée de l'Aviation Clément Ader3.4 km north, in CorbasChâteauChâteauChâteau Bouthier-Cornaz2 km northeast, in ChaponnayPhotos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
Nothing in Marennes 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 Marennes yet.
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →
Marennes has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 4.3 recorded violent incidents and 12.4 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 8 burglaries and 12 acts of criminal damage.
They grade C, better than 26% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Estimated advertised apartment rents are €14.27/m² a month, charges included. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Marennes grades C for cost of living.
Commune in Rhône, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Marennes is a commune of 1,992 people in the Communauté de communes du Pays de l'Ozon. 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.