Savigny has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents. At the median price of €2,750/m², a 70 m² home costs 6.3 times the median annual income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size) in the Communauté de communes du Pays de l'Arbresle (CCPA). Its strongest is jobs & income (A+): 1.3 jobs per working resident; 5.3% unemployment.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
Each subject compares Savigny 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.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Savigny.
HealthHealth A+
Fewer deaths than Savigny’s ages would predict, 60 per 100 expected, under Rhône’s towns and compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
In the comparison, Savigny comes below both Rhône’s towns (76) and compared French towns (88). From 2016 to 2025, 104 residents of Savigny died, against 175 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 40% fewer. The care-home adjustment is a TownRatings modeling step, not an official statistic.
−40%deaths against expected, after care homesA+Health Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw60
Adjusted60
Median town88
Expected100
1
GPs in Savigny · 2.7 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
8.2 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Hopitaux Nord Ouest de Tarare
10.5 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
Renting in Savigny costs less than in Rhône’s towns or compared French towns, at an estimated advertised €10.58/m² a month
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
For Savigny, that is below both Rhône’s towns (€14.83/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²). The median price, €2,750/m², comes from 46 sales of houses and apartments in Savigny from July 2023 to June 2026.
€2,750/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Savigny€2,750/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Rhône median€3,666/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€2,828/m²
41
€10.58/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€8.17 to €13.69/m² a month)
6.3
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)
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
History
Savigny keeps more of its old housing than Rhône or compared French towns: 27% built before 1919
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Savigny sits above both Rhône’s towns (8.3%) and compared French towns (7.4%) on this measure. Part of the town has been a protected historic area, a site patrimonial remarquable, since 2008. The Culture ministry lists 1 historic monument in Savigny, none of them classé, France’s highest protection.
1historic monument
Monuments by protection · Mérimée
Classé0
Inscrit1
14th c.
oldest protected part
1997
first monument protected
2008
protected historic area (site patrimonial remarquable)
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Who lives here
A typical mix of ages for France
11% of residents are 15 to 24 and 21% are 65 or over, against 11% and 19% in the median compared commune of Rhône. 35% of adults who have left education hold a higher-education diploma (Rhône 41%, France 30%).
46.2median age
SavignyRhône 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 BEP25%
Baccalauréat23%
Higher education35%
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 A+
Unemployment in Savigny, 5.3%, runs below Rhône’s towns and compared French towns
On this, Savigny is below both Rhône’s towns (8.1%) and compared French towns (10.1%). The median disposable income is €29,770 a year per consumption unit.
11%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving82%
Public transport7%
On foot4%
Motorbike or scooter2%
Bicycle1%
1,200
jobs based in Savigny, 1.3 per working resident
5.3%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€29,770
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
5%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
B−
Walkability: better than 49% of compared French towns
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Savigny
Is Savigny safe?
Savigny has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 3.7 recorded violent incidents and 8.7 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. With 1,200 jobs for 950 working residents, Savigny draws people from neighboring communes, and crimes are counted in the commune where they happen, then divided by its number of residents.
Are schools in Savigny good?
They grade B, better than 60% of compared French towns. 97% of 279 candidates passed the bac at Lycée Germaine Tillion in 2025, 2 points below the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Savigny expensive to live in?
Homes cost more than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €2,750/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Savigny grades B+ for cost of living.
About Savigny
Commune in Rhône, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Savigny is a commune of 1,995 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
1,995 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes du Pays de l'Arbresle (CCPA)
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.
