Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
A town of 13,843 in Rhône, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes.
Mions grades C+ overall: better than 44% of compared French towns, and #75 of 107 in Rhône. Its weakest subject is cost of living (D): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 9.9 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Its strongest is health (A−): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 24% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns.
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 Mions does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Mions 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 Mions as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Borne milliaire, in Solaize, 5.7 mi away.
2.3% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Heritage, family days out and museums in and near Mions. Best known first.
MuseumMusée de l'aviation de Lyon-Corbas3.5 km southwest, in CorbasChâteauChâteauChâteau de Saint-Priest3.4 km north, in Saint-PriestChâteauChâteauFort de Saint-Priest3.4 km north, in Saint-PriestChâteauChâteauFort de Corbas3.5 km west, in CorbasMuseumMuseumÉcomusée de Chaponnay4.8 km south, in ChaponnayPhotos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Mions.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
That is the middle of 340 sales of houses and apartments in Mions from July 2023 to June 2026, against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns and €3,666/m² for the median of compared towns in Rhône.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €3,839/m² | 241 |
| Apartments | €3,754/m² | 99 |
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.
From 2016 to 2025, 725 residents of Mions died, against 950 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 24% fewer. Adjusted for age and care homes, Mions records 76 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.
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
At the census, 12.6% went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport, below Rhône’s towns (18.4%) and close to compared French towns (13.4%). The median disposable income is €29,530 a year per consumption unit. Mions has 5,150 jobs for 6,100 working residents, 0.8 per worker.
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.
The bac pass rate near Mions is 83.5%, below both Rhône’s towns (92.5%) and compared French towns (92.9%).
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Martin Luther KingNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 152 | 79%−7 pts |
| Lycée CondorcetNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 478 | 87%−6 pts |
| Collège Boris VianBest against expectations: 8 points above the expected rateCollège | Collège | 155 | 87%+8 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Mions sits above both Rhône’s towns (19%) and compared French towns (17%) on this measure. Over-65s are 18% of the population.
52% women, 48% men
About 94 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Rhône 51.5%, France 51.8%.
| Mions | Rhône median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 20% | 19% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 11% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 24% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 26% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 18% | 19% | 22% |
| No diploma | 18% | 15% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 26% | 21% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 19% | 17% | 18% |
| Higher education | 34% | 41% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Rhône median and France median: the median of compared communes
Police and gendarmerie recorded 320 offenses in the graded categories in Mions in 2025. For armed robbery, 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, 0.4% of the index here.
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
Nothing in Mions 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 Mions 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mions | 13,843 | — | C+ | D | C+ | A− |
| Toussieu | 3,177 | 1.8 | A− | C− | A− | A− |
| Saint-Priest | 49,229 | 2.1 | C− | D | D | B |
| Corbas | 11,315 | 2.5 | C | D | D | A− |
| Chaponnay | 4,548 | 2.6 | B | C− | B+ | B |
| Saint-Pierre-de-Chandieu | 4,616 | 3.3 | B | C− | B | B+ |
| Saint-Bonnet-de-Mure | 6,984 | 4.2 | A− | C | B− | B+ |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades C+ for safety, #43 of 107 in Rhône. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 45 burglaries and 88 acts of criminal damage.
They grade C, better than 28% of compared French towns and #94 of 115 in Rhône. 87% of 478 candidates passed the bac at Lycée Condorcet in 2025, 6 points below the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Estimated advertised apartment rents are €15.21/m² a month, charges included. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Mions grades D for cost of living.
Commune in Rhône, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Mions is a commune of 13,843 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 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.