Is Saint-Symphorien-sur-Coise a good place to live?
Saint-Symphorien-sur-Coise does well on nearly every count. Its strongest subject is schools — bac results a point above the expected rate; brevet results 3 points above the expected rate. The town’s overall grade, A+, puts it better than 97% of compared French towns. That places it #3 of 107 in Rhône. Walkability is a strength too (A): 86% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 18% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. At €2,304/m², the median price, 70 m² costs 6.1 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the Communauté de communes des Monts du Lyonnais.
Figures: brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting, 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.
Each subject compares Saint-Symphorien-sur-Coise 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.
Porte de Riverie: Photo: E. de Rolland & D. Clouzet · Public domain · Église Saint-Symphorien: Photo: Champagnat · CC BY-SA 4.0
The data
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Saint-Symphorien-sur-Coise.
Schools
100.0% of candidates passed the brevet at the collège within 5 km, 3 points above the expected rate
100%passed the bac (general and technological)A+School Grade
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Schools rank #1 of 115 in Rhône. The brevet pass rate near Saint-Symphorien-sur-Coise is 100.0%, higher than both Rhône’s towns (91.9%) and compared French towns (87.5%). At the two general lycées, 100% of 352 candidates passed the bac, a point above the expected rate.
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Work & commuteJobs & income B+
Saint-Symphorien-sur-Coise is easier to get around on foot than nine in ten compared French towns
18%walk, cycle or take transit
Unemployment runs at 7.4%. The median disposable income was €24,540 a year per consumption unit, lower than both Rhône’s towns (€30,220) and compared French towns (€25,970). Jobs located in Saint-Symphorien-sur-Coise: 2,300, for 1,500 residents in work (1.5 each).
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving77%
On foot10%
Public transport7%
Bicycle2%
Motorbike or scooter1%
2,300
jobs based in Saint-Symphorien-sur-Coise, 1.5 per working resident
7.4%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€24,540
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
4%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
A
Walkability: better than 91% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Safety
Saint-Symphorien-sur-Coise ranks below 72% of compared French towns for crime per resident
7.6recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a yearB+Safety Grade
On average over 2023–2025, every 1,000 residents saw 7.6 violent offenses and 9.4 graded property crimes a year. Police and gendarmerie recorded 53 offenses in Saint-Symphorien-sur-Coise in 2025. In 2025, criminal damage led the graded crimes in the town.
Recorded by type · 2025
Criminal damage22
Other physical violence13
Family violence9
Vehicle theft9
Fraud30
Theft without violence15
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.
7.6
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
9.4
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
53
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
11.9%
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 · Small counts of sexual violence, armed robbery, burglary and theft from vehicles go unpublished (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the département’s average stands in, 11.9% of the index here. Because that share is over 10%, this Safety Grade is less sure than most. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Who lives here
Older residents shape Saint-Symphorien-sur-Coise: 29% are 65 or over, above Rhône’s towns and compared French towns
47.2median age
Among adults, 23% have a degree. 16% are under 15, lower than Rhône’s towns (19%) and near compared French towns (17%). The middle age in Saint-Symphorien-sur-Coise is 47.2.
Saint-Symphorien-sur-CoiseRhône medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
29%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma26%
CAP or BEP27%
Baccalauréat19%
Higher education23%
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 93 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Rhône 51.5%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
INSEE, census 2023 · Rhône median and France median: the median of compared communes
HousingCost of living B
Estimated advertised rents run lower in Saint-Symphorien-sur-Coise than in Rhône’s towns or across compared French towns: €10.14/m² a month
€2,304/m²median sale price
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Behind the median of €2,304/m²: 144 houses and apartments sold in Saint-Symphorien-sur-Coise between July 2023 and June 2026. A house in Saint-Symphorien-sur-Coise goes for €2,442/m², an apartment for €2,085/m². Of the homes sold, 67% were houses.
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Saint-Symphorien-sur-Coise€2,304/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Rhône median€3,666/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€2,442/m²
97
Apartments
€2,085/m²
47
€10.14/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€7.77 to €13.23/m² a month)
6.1
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€9.60/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€26,460
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté de communes des Monts du Lyonnais
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
History
Old homes shape Saint-Symphorien-sur-Coise: 13% were built before 1919, more than in Rhône’s towns and across compared French towns
2historic monuments
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Among the classé monuments in Saint-Symphorien-sur-Coise is Église Saint-Symphorien. The town has 2 historic monuments on the Culture ministry’s list: 1 classé, the highest protection, and 1 inscrit, the second level. The earliest of these monuments dates from the 12th century.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
HealthHealth B−
Allowing for age and care homes, Saint-Symphorien-sur-Coise sees 86 deaths per 100 expected, against 76 in Rhône’s towns and 88 in compared French towns
−14%deaths against expected, after care homesB−Health Grade
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
The nearest emergency department to Saint-Symphorien-sur-Coise is Hopital Nord Chu de Saint Etienne, 11.3 mi away. 533 deaths here between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 542: 2% below. Women in Rhône live to 87.1 on average and men to 81.9 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. 7 GPs practise in the town.
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw98
Adjusted86
Median town88
Expected100
7
GPs in Saint-Symphorien-sur-Coise · 3.3 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
11.3 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Hopital Nord Chu de Saint Etienne
11.3 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Hopital du Gier Mco
87.1 · 81.9
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Rhône, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Antoine Pinay: Farabola, Public domain · Claude Émile Perret de la Menue: Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain · Pierre Geay: SDCI, CC BY-SA 4.0
About Saint-Symphorien-sur-Coise
Commune in Rhône, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Saint-Symphorien-sur-Coise is a commune of 3,785 people in the Communauté de communes des Monts du Lyonnais. 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
3,785 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes des Monts du Lyonnais
Département
Rhône (69)
Région
Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Area
1.6 sq mi (4.1 km²)
INSEE code
69238
Saint-Symphorien-sur-Coise’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-Symphorien-sur-Coise
Is Saint-Symphorien-sur-Coise safe?
It grades B+ for safety, #17 of 107 in Rhône.
Are schools in Saint-Symphorien-sur-Coise good?
They grade A+, better than 95% of compared French towns and #1 of 115 in Rhône. The lycée stands out: 100% of 166 candidates passed the bac at Lycée Champagnat in 2025, a point above the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. At the collège (Collège Champagnat), 100.0% passed the brevet, 3 points above the expected rate. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Saint-Symphorien-sur-Coise expensive to live in?
Prices are close to the median of compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €2,304/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns, so Saint-Symphorien-sur-Coise grades B 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.
