Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
The town, home to 4,616 people, lies in Rhône, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes.
Some subjects shine; others lag. At B overall, Saint-Pierre-de-Chandieu is better than 62% of compared French towns and ranks #56 of 107 in Rhône. It also does well on health: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 20% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Prices are high against local incomes: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 7.7 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Schools lag: brevet results 4 points below the expected rate.
Figures: employment, INSEE census 2023 · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education.
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-Pierre-de-Chandieu 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 2 things Saint-Pierre-de-Chandieu does most differently from other towns.
The Culture ministry lists 1 historic monument in Saint-Pierre-de-Chandieu, none of them classé, France’s highest protection.
Saint-Pierre-de-Chandieu has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
Château de Chandieu: Photo: CHABERT Louis · CC BY-SA 4.0
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Saint-Pierre-de-Chandieu.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The split in Saint-Pierre-de-Chandieu: €3,947/m² for houses, €3,417/m² for apartments. The estimated advertised rent is €15.40/m² a month, near Rhône’s towns (€14.83/m²) and higher than compared French towns (€12.41/m²). Of the homes sold, 68% were houses.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €3,947/m² | 83 |
| Apartments | €3,417/m² | 39 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
The nearest emergency department to Saint-Pierre-de-Chandieu is Hopital Prive de L Est Lyonnais Hpel, 6.5 mi away. France’s death rates at each age would predict 338 deaths locally from 2016 to 2025; there were 269, 20% 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 6 family doctors.
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 · The care-home figures behind this are our own model (TownRatings), not official statistics.
The median disposable income was €32,240 a year per consumption unit, above Rhône’s towns (€30,220) and compared French towns (€25,970) alike. 6.0% of the labour force are out of work. Saint-Pierre-de-Chandieu holds 2,150 jobs; 2,150 of its residents are in work, so 1 jobs each.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Schools rank #84 of 115 in Rhône. The nearest general lycée is 4.8 mi away.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Charles de GaulleNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 136 | 89%−5 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Degrees are held by just over a third of adults, below Rhône’s towns (41%) but above compared French towns (30%). The 65-and-over age group makes up nearly a fifth of residents. Under-15s account for 18% of the population.
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Rhône 51.5%, France 51.8%.
| Saint-Pierre-de-Chandieu | Rhône median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 18% | 19% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 11% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 21% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 30% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 19% | 19% | 22% |
| No diploma | 16% | 15% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 27% | 21% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 17% | 17% | 18% |
| Higher education | 35% | 41% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Rhône median and France median: the median of compared communes
More of the graded crimes in Saint-Pierre-de-Chandieu were burglary than anything else (2025). Police and gendarmerie recorded 82 offenses locally in 2025. Each year (2023–2025 average), violence against people came to 3.7 per 1,000 residents and the graded property crimes to 15.5.
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 · Small counts of family violence, sexual violence and armed robbery go unpublished (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the département’s average stands in, 5.1% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
The Culture ministry lists 1 historic monument in Saint-Pierre-de-Chandieu, none of them classé, France’s highest protection.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Heritage and family days out in and near Saint-Pierre-de-Chandieu. Best known first.
2 notable people were born in Saint-Pierre-de-Chandieu.
Daniel Boulud: winestem, CC BY 2.0
Commune in Rhône, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Saint-Pierre-de-Chandieu is a commune of 4,616 people in the Communauté de communes de l'Est Lyonnais (CCEL). 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Pierre-de-Chandieu | 4,616 | — | B | C− | B | B+ |
| Toussieu | 3,177 | 1.5 | A− | C− | A− | A− |
| Valencin Isère | 2,878 | 2.4 | — | C− | — | B |
| Heyrieux Isère | 4,956 | 2.7 | B− | C | B | C+ |
| Saint-Laurent-de-Mure | 5,791 | 3.2 | B | C− | C | A |
| Mions | 13,843 | 3.3 | C+ | D | C+ | A− |
| Saint-Bonnet-de-Mure | 6,984 | 3.5 | A− | C | B− | B+ |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades B for safety, #26 of 107 in Rhône. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 22 burglaries and 18 acts of criminal damage.
They grade C, better than 34% of compared French towns and #84 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-Pierre-de-Chandieu grades C− 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.
