Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
A town of 3,546 in Rhône, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes.
Messimy grades A+ overall: better than 98% of compared French towns, and #1 of 107 in Rhône. Its weakest subject is cost of living (C): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 7.5 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Its strongest is jobs & income (A+): 1.1 jobs per working resident; 5.7% 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 Messimy does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Messimy 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 Messimy as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Aqueduc gallo-romain du Gier dit aussi du Mont-Pilat (également sur communes de Lyon, Sainte-Foy-lès-Lyon, Soucieu-en-Jarrest, Chaponost, Mornant), in Brignais, 2.7 mi away.
16% 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 Messimy.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Collège pupils travel 1.7 mi to the nearest one. School results put the town #8 of 115 in Rhône.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège la PerrièreNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 143 | 97%+1 pt |
| Collège Saint-Sébastien PrivateBest against expectations: 2 points above the expected rateCollège | Collège | 131 | 99%+2 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
The nearest emergency department to Messimy is Hopital Lyon Sud Hospices Civils de Lyon, 6.4 mi away. Weighed against its ages and care homes, Messimy records 73 deaths per 100 expected. France’s death rates at each age would predict 255 deaths in the town from 2016 to 2025; there were 187, 27% fewer. Life expectancy at birth in Rhône is 87.1 years for women and 81.9 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across 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 · The adjustment for care homes is TownRatings’ own modeling, not an official figure.
Per 1,000 residents a year, there were 2.1 cases of violence against people and 12.6 graded property crimes (2023–2025 average). 2025 saw 43 offenses recorded in Messimy. The graded crime recorded most in the town was criminal damage (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 · For family violence, other physical violence, sexual violence and theft from vehicles, this figure isn’t published when it’s small (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the index uses the département’s average instead, 21.0% of the index here. With more than 10% of the index estimated that way, this Safety Grade is less sure than most. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Median disposable income comes to €31,280 a year per consumption unit. At the census, 13.1% went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport, lower than Rhône’s towns (18.4%) and near compared French towns (13.4%).
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 €14.20/m² a month, close to Rhône’s towns (€14.83/m²) and above compared French towns (€12.41/m²). House rents are put at about €13.12/m² a month. The market in Messimy: 78 sales of houses and apartments between July 2023 and June 2026.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €3,641/m² | 50 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Degrees are held by 41% of adults, near Rhône’s towns (41%) and higher than compared French towns (30%). Retirement age and beyond: 18% of residents are 65 or older. At 42.9, the median resident of Messimy sits in the middle of the age range.
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Rhône 51.5%, France 51.8%.
| Messimy | Rhône median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 18% | 19% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 12% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 23% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 29% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 18% | 19% | 22% |
| No diploma | 12% | 15% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 22% | 21% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 21% | 17% | 18% |
| Higher education | 41% | 41% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Rhône median and France median: the median of compared communes
Gardens, other places to visit and museums in and near Messimy. Best known first.
Nothing in Messimy 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 Messimy 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Messimy | 3,546 | — | A+ | C | A− | A |
| Soucieu-en-Jarrest | 4,660 | 1.7 | A | C+ | A− | A |
| Thurins | 3,404 | 2 | A+ | C− | A | A |
| Brindas | 6,775 | 2 | A | C | A− | A |
| Vaugneray | 6,304 | 2.6 | A | C− | A− | B+ |
| Orliénas | 2,675 | 3.4 | — | C | — | A+ |
| Grézieu-la-Varenne | 6,472 | 3.5 | A | C | B | A− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades A− for safety, #4 of 107 in Rhône. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 14 burglaries and 21 acts of criminal damage.
They grade A, better than 88% of compared French towns and #8 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 Messimy grades C for cost of living.
Commune in Rhône, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Messimy is a commune of 3,546 people in the Communauté de communes des Vallons du Lyonnais (CCVL). 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.