Is Salles-Arbuissonnas-en-Beaujolais a good place to live?
At under 1,000 residents, Salles-Arbuissonnas-en-Beaujolais is too small for the grades other French towns get.
Chapître · Classé · Photo: Nesme · CC BY-SA 3.0
Salles-Arbuissonnas-en-Beaujolais’ story
Salles-Arbuissonnas-en-Beaujolais in pictures
On the Culture ministry’s list, Salles-Arbuissonnas-en-Beaujolais counts 4 historic monuments: 2 classé at the top level of protection and 2 inscrit at the second.
Part of the town has been a protected historic area, a site patrimonial remarquable, since 2011.
35% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
1862First protected: Église de Salles
2011The protected historic area is created
2019Most recently protected: Ancienne maison de chanoinesse-prieure
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Salles-Arbuissonnas-en-Beaujolais.
Who lives here
Few people in Salles-Arbuissonnas-en-Beaujolais are 65 or over: 17%, below Rhône’s towns and compared French towns
Just over one in ten residents are 15 to 24, close to Rhône’s towns (11%) and above compared French towns (11%). Degrees are held by 43% of adults. Children are 18% of the town.
43.3median age
Salles-Arbuissonnas-en-BeaujolaisRhône medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
12%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma11%
CAP or BEP23%
Baccalauréat19%
Higher education43%
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%.
Ages and diplomas in Salles-Arbuissonnas-en-Beaujolais
INSEE, census 2023 · Rhône median and France median: the median of compared communes
History
Old homes shape Salles-Arbuissonnas-en-Beaujolais: 35% were built before 1919, more than in both Rhône’s towns and compared French towns
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Among the classé monuments in Salles-Arbuissonnas-en-Beaujolais is Église de Salles. On the Culture ministry’s list, Salles-Arbuissonnas-en-Beaujolais counts 4 historic monuments: 2 classé at the top level of protection and 2 inscrit at the second. Part of the town has been protected as a historic area since 2011.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Work & commute
Only 5.7% of commuters in Salles-Arbuissonnas-en-Beaujolais go to work without a car, fewer than in both Rhône’s towns and compared French towns
5.6% of the labour force were unemployed, lower than both Rhône’s towns (8.1%) and compared French towns (10.1%). For its 400 residents in work, Salles-Arbuissonnas-en-Beaujolais has 100 jobs: 0.2 each. Median disposable income is €30,590 a year for each consumption unit.
6%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving89%
Public transport4%
On foot1%
Motorbike or scooter1%
Bicycle1%
100
jobs based in Salles-Arbuissonnas-en-Beaujolais, 0.2 per working resident
5.6%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€30,590
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Housing
Estimated advertised rents run lower in Salles-Arbuissonnas-en-Beaujolais than in Rhône’s towns or across compared French towns: €10.31/m² a month
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The median sale price was €2,268/m², lower than both Rhône’s towns (€3,666/m²) and compared French towns (€2,430/m²). The market in Salles-Arbuissonnas-en-Beaujolais: 35 sales of houses and apartments between July 2023 and June 2026. Among the homes sold, 77% were houses.
€2,268/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Salles-Arbuissonnas-en-Beaujolais€2,268/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Rhône median€3,666/m²
€10.31/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€8.19 to €12.99/m² a month)
€12.97/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
On the Culture ministry’s list, Salles-Arbuissonnas-en-Beaujolais counts 4 historic monuments: 2 classé at the top level of protection and 2 inscrit at the second.
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
About Salles-Arbuissonnas-en-Beaujolais
Commune in Rhône, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Salles-Arbuissonnas-en-Beaujolais is a commune of 815 people in the Communauté d'agglomération Villefranche Beaujolais Saône. 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.
