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In Rhône, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, this town has 1,023 residents.
Homes are affordable: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 3.7 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Its weakest subject is jobs & income: 0.4 jobs per working resident; 10.0% unemployment. Walkability is weaker too: just over two in five residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 10% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Second homes make up nearly a fifth of its housing.
Figures: prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025. Poule-les-Écharmeaux has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
Each subject compares Poule-les-Écharmeaux 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.
Poule-les-Écharmeaux has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
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The 2 things Poule-les-Écharmeaux does most differently from other towns.
The Culture ministry lists no building in Poule-les-Écharmeaux as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Église Saint-Nicolas, in Beaujeu, 6.1 mi away.
38% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Nothing in Poule-les-Écharmeaux is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Poule-les-Écharmeaux.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Advertised rents are estimated at €10.31/m² a month, below Rhône’s towns (€14.83/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²) alike. Houses are advertised at an estimated €7.23/m² a month. The market in Poule-les-Écharmeaux: 42 sales of houses and apartments between July 2023 and June 2026.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,279/m² | 40 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
On foot, by bike or by bus and train: that was how 9.7% of commuters travelled at the census. Unemployment stood at 10.0%, about level with compared French towns (10.1%) and above Rhône’s towns (8.1%).
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
A quarter of residents are 65 or over. Children under 15 make up 16%, lower than both Rhône’s towns (19%) and compared French towns (17%). Young adults of 15 to 24 are 9.5% of the population.
49% women, 51% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Rhône 51.5%, France 51.8%.
| Poule-les-Écharmeaux | Rhône median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 16% | 19% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 9.5% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 21% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 28% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 25% | 19% | 22% |
| No diploma | 24% | 15% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 29% | 21% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 18% | 17% | 18% |
| Higher education | 24% | 41% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Rhône median and France median: the median of compared communes
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
The nearest emergency department to Poule-les-Écharmeaux is Centre hospitalier Nord Ouest Villefranche, 15.1 mi away. France’s death rates at each age would predict 90 deaths in the town from 2016 to 2025; there were 79, 12% fewer. Average lifespans in Rhône: 87.1 years for women, 81.9 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 nationally. This Rhône town has one family doctor.
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 · Allowing for care homes is a TownRatings estimate, not a published statistic. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from C− to A−.
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Poule-les-Écharmeaux yet.
Commune in Rhône, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Poule-les-Écharmeaux is a commune of 1,023 people in the Communauté d'agglomération de l'Ouest Rhodanien. 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
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Poule-les-Écharmeaux | 1,023 | — | — | A− | — | B− |
| Chauffailles Saône-et-Loire | 3,638 | 7 | A | A | C+ | B+ |
| Cours | 4,306 | 7.2 | A− | A+ | B− | C+ |
| Thizy-les-Bourgs | 5,771 | 10 | A− | A+ | C+ | B |
| Belleville-en-Beaujolais | 14,016 | 13 | C | C | C+ | C |
| Amplepuis | 4,876 | 14 | A− | A | C | B− |
| Charlieu Loire | 3,766 | 14 | A− | A | C− | B+ |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Poule-les-Écharmeaux has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 5.8 recorded violent incidents and 10.9 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Poule-les-Écharmeaux grades A− for cost of living.
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 November 4, 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.