Saint-Georges-de-Reneins’s best grade is for jobs & income — 0.7 jobs per working resident; 7.1% unemployment. Prices are high against local incomes (C+): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 6.6 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Safety lags (C+): an average of 6.1 recorded violent incidents and 17.9 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. The overall grade comes out at B+, #49 of 107 in Rhône. Set against the rest, it does better than nearly two thirds of compared French towns. Its remaining grades are unremarkable: B− for schools and B− for walkability.
Figures: employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · recorded crime, SSMSI (Ministry of the Interior) · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas. The overall grade uses the other six subjects.
Each subject compares Saint-Georges-de-Reneins 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.
Hazard riskNot graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas–
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Église · Classé · Photo: Chabe01 · CC BY-SA 4.0
Saint-Georges-de-Reneins’ story
Saint-Georges-de-Reneins in pictures
On the Culture ministry’s list, Saint-Georges-de-Reneins counts 3 historic monuments: 2 classé at the top level of protection and 1 inscrit at the second.
The oldest protected part dates from the 17th century; the first monument here was protected in 1932.
23% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Wikidata records 4 people born in Saint-Georges-de-Reneins before 1900, the earliest Louis-Alexandre-Élysée de Monspey, in 1733.
1974First protected: Château de Laye (également sur commune de Arnas)
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Saint-Georges-de-Reneins.
HealthHealth A−
Fewer deaths than expected: Saint-Georges-de-Reneins is below 80% of compared French towns once ages and care homes are allowed for
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Life expectancy in Rhône: 87.1 years for women and 81.9 for men (2025); France averages 85.9 and 80.3. Its care home for older people (20 places) counts its residents as Saint-Georges-de-Reneins’; allowing for it, deaths were 24% below expected. France’s death rates at each age would predict 380 deaths in the town from 2016 to 2025; there were 309, 19% fewer.
−24%deaths against expected, after care homesA−Health Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw81
Adjusted76
Median town88
Expected100
6
GPs in Saint-Georges-de-Reneins · 3.8 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
3.3 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Polyclinique du Beaujolais
3.3 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Polyclinique du Beaujolais
87.1 · 81.9
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Rhône, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
The estimated advertised rent in Saint-Georges-de-Reneins is €11.99/m² a month, against €14.83/m² in Rhône’s towns and €12.41/m² in compared French towns
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Apartments in Saint-Georges-de-Reneins sell for €2,452/m², houses for €2,610/m². The middle sale price: €2,506/m², about level with compared French towns (€2,430/m²) and below Rhône’s towns (€3,666/m²). Houses accounted for 63% of sales, apartments for the rest.
€2,506/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Saint-Georges-de-Reneins€2,506/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Rhône median€3,666/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€2,610/m²
98
Apartments
€2,452/m²
58
€11.99/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€9.50 to €15.13/m² a month)
6.6
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€11.22/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€26,630
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté de communes Saône-Beaujolais
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Who lives here
A town of families: 20% of people in Saint-Georges-de-Reneins are under 15, more than in both Rhône’s towns and compared French towns
People aged 15 to 24 make up a tenth of the town. Degrees are held by nearly a third of adults, below Rhône’s towns (41%) but above compared French towns (30%). 19% of residents are 65 or over.
41.8median age
Saint-Georges-de-ReneinsRhône medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
10%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma16%
CAP or BEP26%
Baccalauréat21%
Higher education32%
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About an even split. Median share of women: Rhône 51.5%, France 51.8%.
INSEE, census 2023 · Rhône median and France median: the median of compared communes
Safety
Per resident, Saint-Georges-de-Reneins sees more crime than 61% of compared French towns
In 2025, burglary led the graded crimes in Saint-Georges-de-Reneins. The town’s tally for 2025: 99 recorded offenses.
6.1recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a yearC+Safety Grade
Recorded by type · 2025
Burglary21
Criminal damage19
Family violence17
Theft from vehicles16
Vehicle theft12
Other physical violence9
Sexual violence5
Fraud40
Theft without violence16
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.
6.1
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
17.9
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
99
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
1.1%
of the index rests on the département’s average, used where small counts aren’t published
Source: SSMSI (Interior Ministry), recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 · Licence Ouverte · When armed robbery number five or fewer in a recent year, the figure is withheld, and the index uses the département’s average instead (1.1% of the index here). The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
History
Saint-Georges-de-Reneins keeps more of its old housing than Rhône’s towns or compared French towns: 23% built before 1919
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Among the classé monuments in Saint-Georges-de-Reneins is Château de Vallières. On the Culture ministry’s list, Saint-Georges-de-Reneins counts 3 historic monuments: 2 classé at the top level of protection and 1 inscrit at the second. The oldest protected building goes back to the 17th century.
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Work & commuteJobs & income A−
Incomes in Saint-Georges-de-Reneins come to a median €28,160 a year per consumption unit, against €30,220 in Rhône’s towns and €25,970 in compared French towns
12.4% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train at the census, below Rhône’s towns (18.4%) and compared French towns (13.4%) alike. The unemployment rate comes to 7.1%. At the census, 3.7% of working residents in Saint-Georges-de-Reneins didn’t travel to work at all.
12%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving82%
Public transport8%
On foot4%
Motorbike or scooter1%
Bicycle1%
1,600
jobs based in Saint-Georges-de-Reneins, 0.7 per working resident
7.1%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€28,160
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 52% of compared French towns
On the Culture ministry’s list, Saint-Georges-de-Reneins counts 3 historic monuments: 2 classé at the top level of protection and 1 inscrit at the second.
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Saint-Georges-de-Reneins
Is Saint-Georges-de-Reneins safe?
It grades C+ for safety, #55 of 107 in Rhône. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 21 burglaries and 19 acts of criminal damage.
Are schools in Saint-Georges-de-Reneins good?
They grade B−, better than 47% of compared French towns and #66 of 115 in Rhône. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Saint-Georges-de-Reneins expensive to live in?
Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Saint-Georges-de-Reneins grades C+ for cost of living.
About Saint-Georges-de-Reneins
Commune in Rhône, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Saint-Georges-de-Reneins is a commune of 4,677 people in the Communauté de communes Saône-Beaujolais. 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
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.
