Pommiers 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 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Its strongest is jobs & income (A+): 0.5 jobs per working resident; 4.8% unemployment.

Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.

StrongestA⁺Jobs & income AHealth

What makes Pommiers stand out

The 2 things Pommiers does most differently from other towns.

Picked automatically from the data

Poverty rate

Income

4% below the poverty line

Of residents in 2023, against 13%, the median of compared French towns

Median income €35,220 a year per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size). Source: INSEE, Filosofi 2023.

Median price per m²

Housing

€3,624/m²

Median sale price, 49% above the median of compared French towns (€2,430/m²)

69 sales, July 2023 to June 2026. Source: DGFiP, DVF.

How Pommiers grades

Each subject compares Pommiers 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 grading works

Pommiers has no overall grade because safety isn’t graded here.

Jobs & income4.8% unemployment · #25 of 117 in RhôneA⁺Open →HealthAfter allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 29% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns · #43 of 117 in RhôneAOpen →SchoolsBac results 0.7 points above the expected rate; brevet results 1.5 points below the expected rate · #34 of 115 in RhôneB⁺Open →Cost of livingC⁺Open →WalkabilityC⁺Open →

SafetyNot graded: over a quarter of the index would rest on the département’s average, where small counts aren’t published–

Hazard riskNot graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas–

How TownRatings grades French towns →

Église Saint-Barthélémy · Inscrit · Photo: Chabe01 · CC BY-SA 4.0

Pommiers’ story

Pommiers in pictures

The Culture ministry lists 1 historic monument in Pommiers, none of them classé, France’s highest protection.

The oldest protected part dates from the 12th century; the first monument here was protected in 1926.

A protected historic area (site patrimonial remarquable) is on the ministry’s list; its rules are still being drawn up.

24% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.

1926First protected: Église Saint-Barthélémy
2005The protected historic area is created

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Nearby attractions

Château de la Fontaine and 27 more in and around Pommiers

Heritage, museums and other places to visit in and near Pommiers. Best known first.

All attractions →

ChâteauChâteauChâteau de la Fontaine1.8 km southeast, in Anse

AttractionChemin de fer touristique d'Anse2.9 km east, in Anse

MuseumMusée Paul-Dini de Villefranche-sur-Saône4.4 km northeast, in Villefranche-sur-Saône ChâteauChâteauChâteau du Sou4.9 km northwest, in Lacenas AttractionAttractionChâteau de Saint-Bernard3.5 km southeast, in Saint-Bernard ChâteauChâteauChâteau de Vaurenard4.2 km north, in Gleizé

Places: © OpenStreetMap contributors · Wikidata

Photos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).

Photo credits (2)

Chemin de fer touristique d'Anse: Moi, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Musée Paul-Dini de Villefranche-sur-Saône: Museepauldini14, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons

The data

Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Pommiers.

HealthHealth A

Allowing for age and care homes, Pommiers sees fewer deaths than Rhône’s towns or compared French towns: 71 per 100 expected

Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.

That puts Pommiers below both Rhône’s towns (76) and compared French towns (88). From 2016 to 2025, 142 residents of Pommiers died, against 201 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 29% fewer. The care-home adjustment is a TownRatings modeling step, not an official statistic.

−29%deaths against expected, after care homesAHealth Grade

Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025

Raw71

Adjusted71

Median town88

Expected100

GPs in Pommiers · 3.9 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)

3.3 mi

to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier Nord Ouest Villefranche

3.3 mi

to the nearest maternity unit, Centre hospitalier Nord Ouest Villefranche

87.1 · 81.9

years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Rhône, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3

Full pagePommiers’ health pageOpen the page

Health GradeLikely between B+ and A+Getting care3.3 mi to an emergency department · Centre hospitalier Nord Ouest Villefranche GPs and pharmacies2 GPs · 1 pharmacy Vs. the neighborsAhead of 4 of its 6 graded neighbors

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

Schools

89.6% of candidates passed the brevet at the six collèges within 5 km, 1.5 points below the expected rate

Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.

At the lycées within 5 km of Pommiers, 96.6% passed the bac, above both Rhône’s towns (92.5%) and compared French towns (92.9%).

97%passed the bac (general and technological)B⁺School Grade

Brevet pass rate · collèges within 5 km

Pommiers89.6%

Median of towns87.5%

Bac pass rate · lycées within 5 km

Pommiers96.6%

Median of towns92.9%

School	Level	Candidates	Passed, 2025
Collège Asa PauliniNearest collègeCollège	Collège	191	92%−3 pts
Lycée polyvalent Claude BernardNearest lycéeGeneral lycée	General lycée	290	94%−2 pts
Collège Jean MoulinBest against expectations: 9 points above the expected rateCollège	Collège	69	90%+9 pts

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97%

passed the general and technological bac, +0.2 pts against the expected rate

93%

passed the vocational bac, +2.3 pts against the expected rate

89.6%

passed the brevet at the collèges, −1.5 pts against the expected rate

1.6 mi

to the nearest collège from the town center

Full pagePommiers’ schools pageOpen the page

School GradeBetter than 68% of compared French towns Collèges89.6% passed the brevet · Six collèges within 5 km Lycées96.6% passed the bac · Five lycées within 5 km Vs. the neighborsAhead of 3 of its 6 graded neighbors

Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte

HousingCost of living C⁺

The median sale price of homes in Pommiers is €3,624/m²

Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.

That is the middle of 69 sales of houses and apartments in Pommiers 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.

€3,624/m²median sale price

Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026

Pommiers€3,624/m²

Median of towns€2,430/m²

Rhône median€3,666/m²

By type	Median per m²	Sales
Houses	€3,634/m²	64

€13.31/m²

estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€10.75 to €16.49/m² a month)

times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price

€12.97/m²

estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included

€31,550

median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté de communes Beaujolais Pierres Dorées

Full pagePommiers’ cost of living pageOpen the page

PricesMedian sale price €3,624/m² Renting€13.31/m² a month · Estimated advertised apartment rent Price against income8 times income · 70 m² at the median price Vs. the neighborsAhead of 4 of its 6 graded neighbors

Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte

History

Pommiers keeps more of its old housing than Rhône or compared French towns: 24% built before 1919

France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.

On this, Pommiers is above both Rhône’s towns (8.3%) and compared French towns (7.4%). The Culture ministry lists 1 historic monument in Pommiers, none of them classé, France’s highest protection.

1historic monument

Monuments by protection · Mérimée

Classé0

Inscrit1

12th c.

oldest protected part

1926

first monument protected

2005

protected historic area (site patrimonial remarquable)

24%

of homes built before 1919 · median town 7.4%

Full pagePommiers’ history pageOpen the page

Age of homes24% built before 1919 · Older homes Map1 historic monument Questions“How many historic monuments are there in Pommiers?”

Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period

Who lives here

Degrees are more common in Pommiers than in Rhône’s towns or across compared French towns: 54% of adults

In the comparison, Pommiers comes above both Rhône’s towns (41%) and compared French towns (30%). Under-15s account for 20% of the population.

44.9median age

PommiersRhône medianFrance median

Rhône medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

10%

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma8%

CAP or BEP17%

Baccalauréat17%

Higher education54%

Women and men · all residents

51% women, 49% men

About 95 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Rhône 51.5%, France 51.8%.

Ages and diplomas in Pommiers
	Pommiers	Rhône median	France median
Under 15	20%	19%	17%
15–24	9.8%	11%	11%
25–44	21%	24%	23%
45–64	30%	26%	26%
65+	20%	19%	22%
No diploma	8.3%	15%	19%
CAP or BEP	17%	21%	26%
Baccalauréat	17%	17%	18%
Higher education	54%	41%	30%

Full pagePommiers’ Who lives here pageOpen the page

Ages44.9 median age · 20% are 65 or over Households1,070 households · 2.4 people per household Born abroad3.2% immigrants · Born abroad, not French at birth Questions“What is the population of Pommiers?”

INSEE, census 2023 · Rhône median and France median: the median of compared communes

Work & commuteJobs & income A⁺

Pommiers is better off than Rhône’s towns or compared French towns: the median disposable income is €35,220 a year per consumption unit

For Pommiers, that is above both Rhône’s towns (€30,220) and compared French towns (€25,970). Unemployment stands at 4.8%.

9%walk, cycle or take transit

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving85%

Public transport7%

Motorbike or scooter1%

Bicycle1%

On foot1%

700

jobs based in Pommiers, 0.5 per working resident

4.8%

unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%

€35,220

median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970

worked without traveling (at or from home)

C⁺

Walkability: better than 42% of compared French towns

Full pagePommiers’ work & commute pageOpen the page

Median income€35,220 a year · Median income per consumption unit Getting to work9% walk, cycle or take transit Jobs based here700 jobs based here · 0.5 per working resident

Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte

Keep exploring

Everything we know about Pommiers

15pages on Pommiers

The big questions

Safety3.3 recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year Cost of livingC⁺Median €3,624/m² · rent €13.31/m² a month Housing69 sales on record, the last three years SchoolsB⁺Six collèges and five lycées within 5 km HealthA2 GPs · nearest emergency department 3.3 mi away Work & commuteA⁺700 jobs based here Flood & hazards

Out and about

OutdoorsAttractionsClimateWeather

The story

Who lives hereMedian age 44.9 History1 historic monument Town HallFamous people

Landmarks

Pommiers has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.

All monuments →

Église Saint-BarthélémyChurch · 12th c.

Classé

Domaine dit de La FontaineChâteau · 16th & 17th c. · in Anse, 1.1 mi

Classé

Villa VermorelResidence · 20th c. · in Villefranche-sur-Saône, 2.1 mi

Classé

Église Saint-DenisChapel · 18th c. · in Alix, 3.5 mi

Photo credits

Église Saint-Barthélémy: Photo: Chabe01 · CC BY-SA 4.0

Famous people from Pommiers

Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Pommiers yet.

How we find them →

Pommiers’ neighbors

The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →

All towns in Rhône →

LimasAnsePorte des Pierres DoréesVillefranche-sur-SaôneGleizéJassans-RiottierPommiers

How the neighbors grade

Town	People	Miles	Overall	Cost	Safety	Health
Pommiers	2,618	—	—	C⁺	—	A
Limas	4,750	1.5	B⁺	C⁻	C	A
Anse	8,206	1.6	C⁺	C⁺	C	C⁺
Porte des Pierres Dorées	4,185	1.9	A	B	A⁺	A
Villefranche-sur-Saône	36,172	2.6	C	C⁻	D	B
Gleizé	8,035	2.6	B⁺	C⁻	C	A
Jassans-Riottier Ain	6,247	3.8	B⁻	D	B⁻	B⁺

People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.

Questions about Pommiers

Is Pommiers safe?

Pommiers has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 3.3 recorded violent incidents and 15.7 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 38 burglaries and 10 acts of criminal damage.

Are schools in Pommiers good?

They grade B+, better than 68% of compared French towns and #34 of 115 in Rhône. 94% of 290 candidates passed the bac at Lycée polyvalent Claude Bernard in 2025, 2 points below the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.

Is Pommiers expensive to live in?

Estimated advertised apartment rents are €13.31/m² a month, charges included. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Pommiers grades C+ for cost of living.

About Pommiers

Commune in Rhône, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes

Pommiers is a commune of 2,618 people in the Communauté de communes Beaujolais Pierres Dorées. 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: 2,618 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality: Communauté de communes Beaujolais Pierres Dorées
Département: Rhône (69)
Région: Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Area: 3 sq mi (7.8 km²)
INSEE code: 69156

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.