Orliénas has no overall grade because safety isn’t graded here. Its weakest subject is cost of living (C): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 8.4 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 36% 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.
Each subject compares Orliénas 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.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Orliénas.
HealthHealth A+
Fewer deaths than Orliénas’ ages would predict, 64 per 100 expected, under Rhône’s towns and compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
In the comparison, Orliénas comes below both Rhône’s towns (76) and compared French towns (88). From 2016 to 2025, 121 residents of Orliénas died, against 190 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 36% fewer. The care-home adjustment is a TownRatings modeling step, not an official statistic.
−36%deaths against expected, after care homesA+Health Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw64
Adjusted64
Median town88
Expected100
2
GPs in Orliénas · 2.9 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
4.7 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier Montgelas
4.7 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Centre hospitalier Montgelas
87.1 · 81.9
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Rhône, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
The median sale price of homes in Orliénas is €3,749/m²
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
That is the middle of 86 sales of houses and apartments in Orliénas 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.
€3,749/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Orliénas€3,749/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Rhône median€3,666/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€4,017/m²
61
€13.76/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€11.34 to €16.70/m² a month)
8.4
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€13.92/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€31,090
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté de communes du Pays Mornantais (COPAMO)
INSEE, census 2023 · Rhône median and France median: the median of compared communes
History
Orliénas keeps more of its old housing than Rhône or compared French towns: 17% built before 1919
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Orliénas sits above both Rhône’s towns (8.3%) and compared French towns (7.4%) on this measure. The Culture ministry lists 2 historic monuments in Orliénas, none of them classé, France’s highest protection.
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Work & commuteJobs & income A
Incomes in Orliénas run higher than in Rhône’s towns or compared French towns: a median €34,260 a year per consumption unit
That puts Orliénas above both Rhône’s towns (€30,220) and compared French towns (€25,970). Unemployment stands at 4.3%. Orliénas has 300 jobs for 1,350 working residents, 0.2 per worker.
7%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving87%
Public transport4%
On foot2%
Bicycle2%
Motorbike or scooter2%
300
jobs based in Orliénas, 0.2 per working resident
4.3%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€34,260
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
4%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
B−
Walkability: better than 46% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Safety
Orliénas has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average
Police and gendarmerie recorded 36 offenses in the graded categories in Orliénas in 2025. For family violence, other physical violence, sexual violence, armed robbery 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, 26.4% of the index here.
2.9recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year
Recorded by type · 2025
Criminal damage13
Burglary12
Vehicle theft11
Fraud19
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.
2.9
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
11.9
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
36
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
26.4%
of the index rests on the département’s average, used where small counts aren’t published
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Orliénas
Is Orliénas safe?
Orliénas has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 2.9 recorded violent incidents and 11.9 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 12 burglaries and 13 acts of criminal damage.
Are schools in Orliénas good?
They grade C+, better than 45% of compared French towns and #68 of 115 in Rhône. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Orliénas expensive to live in?
Estimated advertised apartment rents are €13.76/m² a month, charges included. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Orliénas grades C for cost of living.
About Orliénas
Commune in Rhône, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Orliénas is a commune of 2,675 people in the Communauté de communes du Pays Mornantais (COPAMO). 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
Population
2,675 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes du Pays Mornantais (COPAMO)
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.
