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A town of 3,144 in Rhône, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes.
Solaize grades C overall: better than 31% of compared French towns, and #88 of 107 in Rhône. Its weakest subject is safety (D): an average of 5.2 recorded violent incidents and 32.5 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. At the median price of €3,651/m², a 70 m² home costs 9.5 times the median annual income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size) in the Métropole de Lyon. Its strongest is jobs & income (A+): 1.6 jobs per working resident; 4.8% unemployment.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas. The overall grade uses the other six subjects.
The 3 things Solaize does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Solaize 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 Solaize: 1 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 0 inscrit (the second level).
Heritage, other places to visit and family days out in and near Solaize. Best known first.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Solaize.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Solaize sits below both Rhône’s towns (76) and compared French towns (88) on this measure. From 2016 to 2025, 138 residents of Solaize died, against 221 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 38% fewer. The care-home adjustment is a TownRatings modeling step, not an official statistic.
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
Police and gendarmerie recorded 110 offenses in the graded categories in Solaize in 2025. With 2,350 jobs for 1,450 working residents, Solaize draws people from neighboring communes, and crimes are counted in the commune where they happen, then divided by its number of residents. For other physical violence, sexual violence and armed robbery, 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, 4.9% 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
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Advertised rents are estimated at €15.25/m² a month, close to Rhône’s towns (€14.83/m²) and above compared French towns (€12.41/m²). The median price, €3,651/m², comes from 76 sales of houses and apartments in Solaize from July 2023 to June 2026.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €3,762/m² | 60 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
That puts Solaize below both Rhône’s towns (91.9%) and 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
On this, Solaize is above both Rhône’s towns (€30,220) and compared French towns (€25,970). Unemployment stands at 4.8%.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
In the comparison, Solaize comes above both Rhône’s towns (19%) and compared French towns (17%). People 65 and over make up 19% of the town.
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Rhône 51.5%, France 51.8%.
| Solaize | Rhône median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 20% | 19% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 11% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 24% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 26% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 19% | 19% | 22% |
| No diploma | 13% | 15% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 24% | 21% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 16% | 17% | 18% |
| Higher education | 44% | 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 Solaize: 1 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 0 inscrit (the second level).
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Solaize has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
Borne milliaire: Photo: User:Otourly · CC BY-SA 3.0
Wikidata places 1 person here, but the articles don’t both confirm Solaize as the birthplace, so nobody is listed.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Solaize | 3,144 | — | C | D | D | A+ |
| Saint-Symphorien-d'Ozon | 6,186 | 1 | B− | C | B | C+ |
| Sérézin-du-Rhône | 3,133 | 1.2 | B | C− | B | A |
| Vernaison | 5,210 | 1.7 | C | D | C+ | B+ |
| Feyzin | 10,304 | 2.2 | C− | C− | C− | A− |
| Charly | 4,811 | 2.5 | C+ | D− | C+ | A |
| Communay | 4,540 | 2.5 | B− | C | C+ | A |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades D for safety, #94 of 107 in Rhône. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 9 burglaries and 18 acts of criminal damage.
They grade D, better than 11% of compared French towns and #107 of 115 in Rhône. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Homes cost more than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €3,651/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Solaize grades D for cost of living.
Commune in Rhône, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Solaize is a commune of 3,144 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.