Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
A town of 1,918 in Rhône, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes.
Simandres has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents. Its weakest subject is cost of living (C−): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 8.4 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Its strongest is health (A): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 28% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
The 2 things Simandres does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Simandres 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.
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The Culture ministry lists 1 historic monument in Simandres, none of them classé, France’s highest protection.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Simandres.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
That puts Simandres below both Rhône’s towns (76) and compared French towns (88). The care-home adjustment is a TownRatings modeling step, not an official statistic. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from B to A+.
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
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
That is the middle of 38 sales of houses and apartments in Simandres from July 2023 to June 2026, against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns and €3,666/m² for the median of compared towns in Rhône.
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
On this, Simandres is above both Rhône’s towns (€30,220) and compared French towns (€25,970). 5.1% of the labour force are out of work. Simandres has 200 jobs for 900 working residents, 0.2 per worker.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
12% of residents are 15 to 24 and 19% are 65 or over, against 11% and 19% in the median compared commune of Rhône. 37% of adults who have left education hold a higher-education diploma (Rhône 41%, France 30%).
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Rhône 51.5%, France 51.8%.
| Simandres | Rhône median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 18% | 19% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 12% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 24% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 28% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 19% | 19% | 22% |
| No diploma | 14% | 15% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 25% | 21% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 20% | 17% | 18% |
| Higher education | 37% | 41% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Rhône median and France median: the median of compared communes
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
The Culture ministry lists 1 historic monument in Simandres, none of them classé, France’s highest protection.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
In the comparison, Simandres comes close to Rhône’s towns (91.9%) and above compared French towns (87.5%).
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Jacques PrévertNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 170 | 81%−11 pts |
| Collège Hector BerliozBest against expectations: 3 points above the expected rateCollège | Collège | 118 | 98%+3 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Police and gendarmerie recorded 32 offenses in the graded categories in Simandres in 2025. For family violence, sexual violence, armed robbery and theft from vehicles, this figure isn’t published when it’s small (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the index uses the département’s average instead, 33.9% of the index here.
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
Family days out, museums and heritage in and near Simandres. Best known first.
Simandres has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
Prieuré de Limon (ancien): Photo: Rilba · CC BY-SA 3.0
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Simandres yet.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Simandres | 1,918 | — | — | C− | — | A |
| Saint-Symphorien-d'Ozon | 6,186 | 1.5 | B− | C | B | C+ |
| Communay | 4,540 | 2 | B− | C | C+ | A |
| Solaize | 3,144 | 2.3 | C | D | D | A+ |
| Sérézin-du-Rhône | 3,133 | 2.4 | B | C− | B | A |
| Ternay | 5,596 | 3.2 | C+ | C− | B− | B+ |
| Chaponnay | 4,548 | 3.3 | B | C− | B+ | B |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Simandres 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 14.7 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 9 burglaries and 16 acts of criminal damage.
They grade B, better than 60% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Estimated advertised apartment rents are €14.81/m² a month, charges included. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Simandres grades C− for cost of living.
Commune in Rhône, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Simandres is a commune of 1,918 people in the Communauté de communes du Pays de l'Ozon. 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.