At €3,068/m², the median price, 70 m² costs 7 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the Communauté de communes du Pays de l'Arbresle (CCPA). Its best grade is for health (A+): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 44% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. The rest of its grades are middling: B for schools, B for jobs & income and B for walkability.
Figures: 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 · employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025. Saint-Pierre-la-Palud has no overall grade because safety isn’t graded here.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
Each subject compares Saint-Pierre-la-Palud 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.
Site du Puits Perret: Photo: Dominique Robert · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Villa La Pérollière: Photo: GdeLaB · CC BY-SA 4.0
The data
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Saint-Pierre-la-Palud.
HealthHealth A+
Allowing for age and care homes, Saint-Pierre-la-Palud sees fewer deaths than Rhône’s towns or compared French towns: 56 per 100 expected
−44%deaths against expected, after care homesA+Health Grade
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
France’s death rates at each age would predict 167 deaths in Saint-Pierre-la-Palud from 2016 to 2025; there were 110, 34% fewer. The nearest emergency department to Saint-Pierre-la-Palud is Clinique de la Sauvegarde, 8.3 mi away. Average lifespans in Rhône: 87.1 years for women, 81.9 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 nationally. 4 GPs practise locally.
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw66
Adjusted56
Median town88
Expected100
4
GPs in Saint-Pierre-la-Palud · 2.9 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
8.3 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Clinique de la Sauvegarde
8.1 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Clinique du Val D Ouest Vendome
87.1 · 81.9
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Rhône, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
A town of families: 20% of people in Saint-Pierre-la-Palud are under 15, more than in Rhône’s towns or compared French towns
42.1median age
Degrees are held by 39% of adults. People 65 and over make up 17% of the town, lower than both Rhône’s towns (19%) and compared French towns (22%). At 42.1, the median resident of Saint-Pierre-la-Palud sits in the middle of the age range.
Saint-Pierre-la-PaludRhône medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
11%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma13%
CAP or BEP26%
Baccalauréat18%
Higher education39%
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% 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
Work & commuteJobs & income B
Fewer commuters in Saint-Pierre-la-Palud walk, cycle or take the bus or train than in Rhône’s towns or compared French towns: 10.9%
11%walk, cycle or take transit
The median disposable income is €30,690 a year per consumption unit. Saint-Pierre-la-Palud has 350 jobs for 1,250 working residents, 0.3 per worker. Unemployment stood at 7.6%, below both Rhône’s towns (8.1%) and compared French towns (10.1%).
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving85%
Public transport8%
On foot2%
Motorbike or scooter2%
Bicycle1%
350
jobs based in Saint-Pierre-la-Palud, 0.3 per working resident
7.6%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€30,690
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
3%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
B
Walkability: better than 62% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
History
Saint-Pierre-la-Palud keeps more of its old housing than Rhône’s towns or compared French towns: 15% built before 1919
2historic monuments
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Its oldest listed monument dates from the 19th century. Saint-Pierre-la-Palud has 2 historic monuments on the Culture ministry’s list, none at the highest level (classé).
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Schools
94.5% of candidates passed the brevet at the two collèges within 5 km, at the expected rate
97%passed the bac (general and technological)BSchool Grade
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Near Saint-Pierre-la-Palud, 97.0% of lycée candidates passed the bac, higher than both Rhône’s towns (92.5%) and compared French towns (92.9%). By results, schools here place #41 of 115 in Rhône. The town’s pupils have a collège 3 mi away.
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
HousingCost of living C+
Homes in Saint-Pierre-la-Palud sell for €3,068/m² at the median, against €3,666/m² in Rhône’s towns and €2,430/m² in compared French towns
€3,068/m²median sale price
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Advertised rents are estimated at €12.86/m² a month, lower than Rhône’s towns (€14.83/m²) and near compared French towns (€12.41/m²). Houses made up 72% of the homes sold; apartments the rest. From July 2023 to June 2026, 46 homes were sold in Saint-Pierre-la-Palud.
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Saint-Pierre-la-Palud€3,068/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Rhône median€3,666/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€3,214/m²
33
€12.86/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€10.03 to €16.48/m² a month)
7
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€11.16/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€30,710
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté de communes du Pays de l'Arbresle (CCPA)
Saint-Pierre-la-Palud is a commune of 2,616 people in the Communauté de communes du Pays de l'Arbresle (CCPA). 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
Population
2,616 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes du Pays de l'Arbresle (CCPA)
Département
Rhône (69)
Région
Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Area
2.9 sq mi (7.5 km²)
INSEE code
69231
Saint-Pierre-la-Palud’s neighbors
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Saint-Pierre-la-Palud
Is Saint-Pierre-la-Palud safe?
Saint-Pierre-la-Palud has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 2.8 recorded violent incidents and 6.1 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Are schools in Saint-Pierre-la-Palud good?
They grade B, better than 59% of compared French towns and #41 of 115 in Rhône. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Saint-Pierre-la-Palud expensive to live in?
Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Saint-Pierre-la-Palud grades C+ for cost of living.
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.
