Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
The town, home to 7,019 people, lies in Rhône, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes.
The picture is mixed. Getting around on foot or by bus is easy: 100% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 38% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. At B− overall, Sathonay-Camp is better than 53% of compared French towns and ranks #68 of 107 in Rhône. Its weakest subject is cost of living — at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 9.9 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Elsewhere it is close to typical: B− for safety, B− for schools and B for jobs & income.
Figures: amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting and employment, 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.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas. The overall grade uses the other six subjects.
The 2 things Sathonay-Camp does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Sathonay-Camp 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.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
The Culture ministry lists no building in Sathonay-Camp as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Église Notre-Dame, sur l'île Barbe, in Lyon, 2.5 mi away.
3.6% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Heritage, museums and gardens in and near Sathonay-Camp. Best known first.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Sathonay-Camp.
Jobs based in Sathonay-Camp number 1,850, against 3,600 residents in work (0.5 per worker). The median disposable income is €27,420 a year per consumption unit. 7.8% of the labour force were unemployed, close to Rhône’s towns (8.1%) and below compared French towns (10.1%).
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Advertised rents are estimated at €15.37/m² a month, about level with Rhône’s towns (€14.83/m²) and above compared French towns (€12.41/m²). Among the homes sold, 14% were houses. From July 2023 to June 2026, 203 homes were sold in Sathonay-Camp.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Apartments | €3,767/m² | 174 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Children under 15 count for 20% of the people here. Young adults of 15 to 24 are 12% of residents, above Rhône’s towns (11%) and compared French towns (11%) alike. Among adults, 41% have a degree.
51% women, 49% men
About 95 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Rhône 51.5%, France 51.8%.
| Sathonay-Camp | Rhône median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 20% | 19% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 12% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 31% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 23% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 14% | 19% | 22% |
| No diploma | 13% | 15% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 19% | 21% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 21% | 17% | 18% |
| Higher education | 41% | 41% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Rhône median and France median: the median of compared communes
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
For a family doctor, residents of Sathonay-Camp can choose among 8 GPs. Average lifespans in Rhône: 87.1 years for women, 81.9 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 nationally. France’s death rates at each age would predict 472 deaths locally from 2016 to 2025; there were 465, 2% fewer.
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 adjustment for care homes is TownRatings’ own modeling, not an official figure.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
School results put the town #65 of 115 in Rhône. The closest collège is 1.1 mi off.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Jean de TournesNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 146 | 86%−5 pts |
| Lycée Saint-Charles PrivateNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 57 | 98%±0 pts |
| Collège Maria CasarèsBest against expectations: 9 points above the expected rateCollège | Collège | 125 | 88%+9 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
The 2025 count: 144 offenses in Sathonay-Camp. Graded property crimes ran at 15.7 per 1,000 residents a year, and violence against people at 5.2 (2023–2025 average). In 2025, criminal damage led the graded crimes locally.
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 · When sexual violence and armed robbery number five or fewer in a recent year, the figure is withheld, and the index uses the département’s average instead (2.5% of the index here). The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Nothing in Sathonay-Camp is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
One notable person was born in Sathonay-Camp.
Jean Degottex: Degottex9, CC BY-SA 4.0
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sathonay-Camp | 7,019 | — | B− | D | B− | B+ |
| Fontaines-sur-Saône | 6,957 | 0.9 | B | D | C+ | A |
| Rillieux-la-Pape | 31,389 | 1.2 | D | D | C− | B |
| Collonges-au-Mont-d'Or | 4,669 | 1.5 | B | D | C | A |
| Fontaines-Saint-Martin | 3,098 | 1.6 | — | D | — | A |
| Cailloux-sur-Fontaines | 2,989 | 1.9 | — | D | — | A+ |
| Caluire-et-Cuire | 43,597 | 2.3 | B | D | C | A |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades B− for safety, #38 of 107 in Rhône. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 6 burglaries and 49 acts of criminal damage.
They grade B−, better than 47% of compared French towns and #65 of 115 in Rhône. 98% of 57 candidates passed the bac at Lycée Saint-Charles in 2025, at the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Sathonay-Camp grades D for cost of living.
Commune in Rhône, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Sathonay-Camp is a commune of 7,019 people in the Métropole de Lyon. 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
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 October 30, 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.
