Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
A town of 3,308 in Rhône, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes.
Montanay grades A+ overall: better than 96% of compared French towns, and #6 of 107 in Rhône. Its weakest subject is cost of living (D): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 11 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 46% 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 Montanay does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Montanay 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.
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On the Culture ministry’s list, Montanay counts 1 historic monument: 1 classé at the top level of protection and 0 inscrit at the second.
Explore the history →Heritage and museums in and near Montanay. Best known first.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Montanay.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
3 GPs practise in Montanay. Life expectancy in Rhône: 87.1 years for women and 81.9 for men (2025); France averages 85.9 and 80.3. From 2016 to 2025, 127 residents of Montanay died, against 236 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 46% fewer.
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 · Care-home places are adjusted for by TownRatings, using a model rather than an official statistic.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The estimated advertised rent is €14.33/m² a month, about level with Rhône’s towns (€14.83/m²) and above compared French towns (€12.41/m²). Estimated advertised rent for houses: €13.46/m² a month. Houses accounted for 84% of sales, apartments for the rest.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €4,268/m² | 80 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
5.9% of the labour force were unemployed, lower than both Rhône’s towns (8.1%) and compared French towns (10.1%). 650 jobs are based in Montanay, for 1,500 working residents (0.4 per worker). At the census, 12.4% of working residents in Montanay went to work by public transport.
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 Montanay is 99.0%, above both Rhône’s towns (92.5%) and compared French towns (92.9%). The town’s pupils have a collège 0.9 mi away. Its schools’ results rank #11 of 115 in Rhône.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Jean RenoirNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 216 | 90%−2 pts |
| Lycée Rosa ParksNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 243 | 98%±0 pts |
| Collège Notre-Dame de Bellegarde PrivateBest against expectations: a point above the expected rateCollège | Collège | 280 | 100%+1 pt |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
The commonest graded crime in Montanay was burglary (2025). Violence against people averaged 2.3 per 1,000 residents a year over 2023–2025; graded property crimes averaged 13.6. Police and gendarmerie figures for Montanay show 30 offenses in 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 · When family violence, other physical violence, sexual violence, vehicle theft and theft from vehicles number five or fewer in a recent year, the figure is withheld, and the index uses the département’s average instead (22.7% of the index here). Because that share is over 10%, this Safety Grade is less sure than most. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
On the Culture ministry’s list, Montanay counts 1 historic monument: 1 classé at the top level of protection and 0 inscrit at the second.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Children under 15 make up 18%, near Rhône’s towns (19%) and higher than compared French towns (17%). Montanay has a median age of 44.5 years. The 65-and-over age group makes up a fifth of residents.
51% women, 49% men
About 95 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Rhône 51.5%, France 51.8%.
| Montanay | Rhône median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 18% | 19% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 11% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 22% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 29% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 20% | 19% | 22% |
| No diploma | 9.6% | 15% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 15% | 21% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 14% | 17% | 18% |
| Higher education | 58% | 41% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Rhône median and France median: the median of compared communes
Montanay has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
One notable person was born in Montanay.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Montanay | 3,308 | — | A+ | D | A− | A+ |
| Neuville-sur-Saône | 7,812 | 0.9 | B | D | C− | A− |
| Albigny-sur-Saône | 3,057 | 1.7 | B+ | D | B− | B+ |
| Genay | 5,585 | 1.8 | A | C− | C+ | A |
| Cailloux-sur-Fontaines | 2,989 | 2 | — | D | — | A+ |
| Fontaines-Saint-Martin | 3,098 | 2.6 | — | D | — | A |
| Massieux Ain | 2,843 | 2.8 | A+ | B− | B+ | A |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades A− for safety, #12 of 107 in Rhône. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 15 burglaries and 15 acts of criminal damage.
They grade A−, better than 84% of compared French towns and #11 of 115 in Rhône. 98% of 243 candidates passed the bac at Lycée Rosa Parks in 2025, at the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Montanay grades D for cost of living.
Commune in Rhône, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Montanay is a commune of 3,308 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.