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Home to 1,551 people, this town lies in Rhône, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes.
Fewer journeys need a car: 92% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 21% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Its weakest subject is cost of living: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 9.9 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. The median sale price is €3,786/m². Just 15% of residents are 65 or older.
Figures: amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting, INSEE census 2023 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi. Rochetaillée-sur-Saône 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.
The 2 things Rochetaillée-sur-Saône does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Rochetaillée-sur-Saône 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.
Rochetaillée-sur-Saône has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
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The Culture ministry lists no building in Rochetaillée-sur-Saône as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Domaine de la Guerrière, in Couzon-au-Mont-d'Or, 0.7 mi away.
16% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Heritage, other places to visit and museums in and near Rochetaillée-sur-Saône. Best known first.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Rochetaillée-sur-Saône.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Advertised rents are estimated at €15.44/m² a month, about level with Rhône’s towns (€14.83/m²) and above compared French towns (€12.41/m²). Between July 2023 and June 2026, buyers took 33 homes in Rochetaillée-sur-Saône. Houses made up 70% of the homes sold; apartments the rest.
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Just over a tenth of the labour force were unemployed, above both Rhône’s towns (8.1%) and compared French towns (10.1%). Jobs located in Rochetaillée-sur-Saône: 250, for 700 residents in work (0.4 each). Bus, tram or train carried 15.5% of working residents in Rochetaillée-sur-Saône to work at the census.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
49% of adults hold a degree, above Rhône’s towns (41%) and compared French towns (30%) alike. Over-65s are 15% of the population. Young adults of 15 to 24 account for just over a tenth of the town.
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Rhône 51.5%, France 51.8%.
| Rochetaillée-sur-Saône | Rhône median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 22% | 19% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 11% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 23% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 30% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 15% | 19% | 22% |
| No diploma | 13% | 15% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 19% | 21% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 16% | 17% | 18% |
| Higher education | 49% | 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.
From 2016 to 2025, 68 residents of Rochetaillée-sur-Saône died, against 83 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 18% fewer. At birth, a girl in Rhône can expect 87.1 years and a boy 81.9 (2025); across France, 85.9 and 80.3. The nearest emergency department to Rochetaillée-sur-Saône is Polyclinique Lyon Nord, 2.8 mi away.
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.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
The town’s pupils have a collège 1.1 mi away.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Jean de TournesNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 146 | 86%−5 pts |
| Lycée Notre-Dame de Bellegarde PrivateNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 226 | 100%+1 pt |
| 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
Nothing in Rochetaillée-sur-Saône is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
2 notable people were born in Rochetaillée-sur-Saône.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rochetaillée-sur-Saône | 1,551 | — | — | D | — | B+ |
| Couzon-au-Mont-d'Or | 2,619 | 0.5 | A | D | B+ | A |
| Fontaines-Saint-Martin | 3,098 | 0.6 | — | D | — | A |
| Fontaines-sur-Saône | 6,957 | 1.2 | B | D | C+ | A |
| Collonges-au-Mont-d'Or | 4,669 | 1.5 | B | D | C | A |
| Cailloux-sur-Fontaines | 2,989 | 1.5 | — | D | — | A+ |
| Albigny-sur-Saône | 3,057 | 1.6 | B+ | D | B− | B+ |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Rochetaillée-sur-Saône has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 4.8 recorded violent incidents and 19.3 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
They grade B+, better than 66% of compared French towns. The lycée stands out: 100% of 226 candidates passed the bac at Lycée Notre-Dame de Bellegarde in 2025, a point above 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 Rochetaillée-sur-Saône grades D for cost of living.
Commune in Rhône, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Rochetaillée-sur-Saône is a commune of 1,551 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.