Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
The town has 5,439 residents and lies in Rhône, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes.
A good place to live, if you can afford it. Where it does best is health — after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 36% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Jobs & income is another plus — 0.5 jobs per working resident; 6.0% unemployment. Buying in is costly (D): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 11 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. The overall grade lands at A, better than 88% of compared French towns. In the ranking it comes #18 of 107 in Rhône.
Figures: deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · employment, INSEE census 2023 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi.
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 Saint-Genis-les-Ollières does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Saint-Genis-les-Ollières 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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The Culture ministry lists no building in Saint-Genis-les-Ollières as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Edicule Renaissance, in Écully, 2.6 mi away.
Explore the history →Heritage, museums and other places to visit in and near Saint-Genis-les-Ollières. Best known first.
MuseumMusée des sciences biologiques docteur Mérieux2.8 km northwest, in Marcy-l'ÉtoileFortFortFort du Bruissin3.4 km south, in FranchevilleChâteauChâteauChâteau de la Barge3.3 km southwest, in Grézieu-la-VarenneChâteauChâteauChâteau de Lacroix-Laval2.9 km north, in Marcy-l'ÉtoileChâteauChâteauChâteau de Francheville4.2 km southeast, in FranchevillePhotos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Saint-Genis-les-Ollières.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
6 GPs practise in Saint-Genis-les-Ollières. Average lifespans in Rhône: 87.1 years for women, 81.9 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 nationally. 239 deaths in the town between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 373: 36% below.
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 · This figure includes a care-home adjustment that TownRatings models; no official statistic exists.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Houses sell for €4,366/m² in Saint-Genis-les-Ollières, apartments for €3,544/m². The estimated advertised rent is €14.27/m² a month, close to Rhône’s towns (€14.83/m²) and above compared French towns (€12.41/m²). Between July 2023 and June 2026, buyers took 147 homes in the town.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €4,366/m² | 109 |
| Apartments | €3,544/m² | 38 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Unemployment stood at 6.0%, lower than both Rhône’s towns (8.1%) and compared French towns (10.1%). On foot, by bike or by bus and train: that was how 21.1% of commuters travelled at the census. At the census, 3.7% of working residents in Saint-Genis-les-Ollières didn’t travel to work at all.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Among the graded crimes in Saint-Genis-les-Ollières, the most frequent was burglary (2025). 70 offenses were reported in Saint-Genis-les-Ollières during 2025. Violence against people ran at 6.1 per 1,000 residents a year and the graded property crimes at 10.1 (2023–2025 average).
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 · For sexual violence, vehicle theft 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, 7.5% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Children under 15 make up 21%, above both Rhône’s towns (19%) and compared French towns (17%). At 42, the median resident of Saint-Genis-les-Ollières sits in the middle of the age range. Aged 15 to 24: just over one in ten residents.
52% women, 48% men
About 94 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Rhône 51.5%, France 51.8%.
| Saint-Genis-les-Ollières | Rhône median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 21% | 19% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 11% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 23% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 26% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 19% | 19% | 22% |
| No diploma | 10% | 15% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 15% | 21% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 15% | 17% | 18% |
| Higher education | 56% | 41% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Rhône median and France median: the median of compared communes
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Vocational results within 5 km: 84% passed the bac pro, of 168 candidates at 2 lycées. At the lycées within 5 km of Saint-Genis-les-Ollières, 94.9% passed the bac, above Rhône’s towns (92.5%) and compared French towns (92.9%) alike. The nearest collège is 1 mi away.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Jean RostandNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 184 | 89%−5 pts |
| Lycée Saint-Joseph PrivateNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 168 | 100%±0 pts |
| Collège Saint-Joseph PrivateBest against expectations: 2 points above the expected rateCollège | Collège | 201 | 100%+2 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Nothing in Saint-Genis-les-Ollières is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Saint-Genis-les-Ollières yet.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Genis-les-Ollières | 5,439 | — | A | D | A− | A+ |
| Craponne | 12,084 | 1 | A | D | B− | A+ |
| Charbonnières-les-Bains | 5,383 | 1.6 | B+ | D− | B | A+ |
| Grézieu-la-Varenne | 6,472 | 1.9 | A | C | B | A− |
| Marcy-l'Étoile | 3,778 | 1.9 | — | D− | — | A |
| Tassin-la-Demi-Lune | 23,200 | 2.1 | B+ | D− | C+ | A+ |
| Francheville | 15,604 | 2.2 | B | D | B | B |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades A− for safety, #13 of 107 in Rhône. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 28 burglaries and 16 acts of criminal damage.
They grade B, better than 57% of compared French towns and #47 of 115 in Rhône. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Saint-Genis-les-Ollières grades D for cost of living.
Commune in Rhône, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Saint-Genis-les-Ollières is a commune of 5,439 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 November 9, 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.