Housing is within reach (A+): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 3.5 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. With an A− overall, Thizy-les-Bourgs is better than just over four fifths of compared French towns. It ranks #27 of 107 in Rhône. Walkability is another plus: 61% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 15% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Jobs and pay trail most towns: 1.3 jobs per working resident; 11.0% unemployment. The rest of its grades are middling: C+ for safety and B for health.
Figures: prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting and employment, INSEE census 2023 · recorded crime, SSMSI (Ministry of the Interior) · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025).
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas. The overall grade uses the other six subjects.
Each subject compares Thizy-les-Bourgs 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.
Chapelle Saint-Georges (ancienne église): Photo: Hierophis · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Maisons (deux): Photo: Sebleouf · CC BY-SA 3.0
The data
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Thizy-les-Bourgs.
HousingCost of living A+
Renting in Thizy-les-Bourgs costs less than in both Rhône’s towns and compared French towns, at an estimated advertised €7.60/m² a month
€1,250/m²median sale price
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Behind the median of €1,250/m²: 168 houses and apartments sold in Thizy-les-Bourgs between July 2023 and June 2026. The town is the cheapest of the 118 towns in Rhône: its median sale is €1,250/m². Houses accounted for 84% of sales, apartments for the rest.
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Thizy-les-Bourgs€1,250/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Rhône median€3,666/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€1,453/m²
141
€7.60/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€5.89 to €9.81/m² a month)
3.5
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€6.49/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€25,210
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté d'agglomération de l'Ouest Rhodanien
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Work & commuteJobs & income C+
Money is tighter in Thizy-les-Bourgs than in Rhône’s towns or compared French towns: the median disposable income is €24,040 a year per consumption unit
15%walk, cycle or take transit
Unemployment stood at 11.0%, above Rhône’s towns (8.1%) and compared French towns (10.1%) alike. 4.2% of Thizy-les-Bourgs’ working residents had no journey to work at the census.
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving79%
Public transport7%
On foot7%
Motorbike or scooter2%
Bicycle1%
2,800
jobs based in Thizy-les-Bourgs, 1.3 per working resident
11.0%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€24,040
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
4%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
B+
Walkability: better than 67% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Who lives here
Degrees are less common in Thizy-les-Bourgs than in Rhône’s towns or across compared French towns: 18% of adults
48.3median age
16% of residents are children under 15. People 65 and over make up 27% of the town, above Rhône’s towns (19%) and compared French towns (22%) alike. Thizy-les-Bourgs has a median age of 48.3.
Thizy-les-BourgsRhône medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
27%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma32%
CAP or BEP28%
Baccalauréat16%
Higher education18%
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
History
Old homes shape Thizy-les-Bourgs: 29% were built before 1919, more than in both Rhône’s towns and compared French towns
3historic monuments
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
The Culture ministry lists 3 historic monuments in Thizy-les-Bourgs: 1 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 2 inscrit (the second level). Among the classé monuments in the town is Voie romaine. Its heritage reaches back to Antiquity.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Safety
Per resident, Thizy-les-Bourgs sees more crime than 58% of compared French towns
8.9recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a yearC+Safety Grade
More of the graded crimes in Thizy-les-Bourgs were criminal damage than anything else (2025). 2025 saw 121 offenses recorded in the town. On average over 2023–2025, every 1,000 residents saw 8.9 violent offenses and 14.2 graded property crimes a year. Jobs outnumber working residents in Thizy-les-Bourgs (2,800 to 2,200): it draws people in from around.
Recorded by type · 2025
Criminal damage38
Other physical violence28
Family violence16
Sexual violence16
Burglary12
Vehicle theft11
Armed robbery0
Fraud46
Theft without violence23
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.
8.9
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
14.2
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
121
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
0.6%
of the index rests on the département’s average, used where small counts aren’t published
Source: SSMSI (Interior Ministry), recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 · Licence Ouverte · When theft from vehicles number five or fewer in a recent year, the figure is withheld, and the index uses the département’s average instead (0.6% of the index here). The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses. Crimes are counted in the commune where they happen, then divided by its residents, so a town that draws people in from around can look higher.
HealthHealth B
Thizy-les-Bourgs records 86 deaths for every 100 its ages predict, against 76 in Rhône’s towns and 88 in compared French towns
−14%deaths against expected, after care homesBHealth Grade
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
For a family doctor, residents of Thizy-les-Bourgs can choose among 2 GPs. The nearest emergency department to Thizy-les-Bourgs is Centre hospitalier de Roanne, 11.4 mi away. From 2016 to 2025, 805 residents of Thizy-les-Bourgs died, against 764 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 5% more. Average lifespans in Rhône: 87.1 years for women, 81.9 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 nationally.
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw105
Adjusted86
Median town88
Expected100
2
GPs in Thizy-les-Bourgs · 2.2 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
11.4 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier de Roanne
11.4 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Centre hospitalier de Roanne
87.1 · 81.9
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Rhône, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Jean-Marie Roland de La Platière: Nicolas Colibert, Public domain · Étienne Mulsant: Jean-François Armbruster, Public domain · Jean Auroux: Hegor, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Pascal Demurger: Edouard Richard, CC BY-SA 4.0
About Thizy-les-Bourgs
Commune in Rhône, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Thizy-les-Bourgs is a commune of 5,771 people in the Communauté d'agglomération de l'Ouest Rhodanien. 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
5,771 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté d'agglomération de l'Ouest Rhodanien
Département
Rhône (69)
Région
Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Area
17.2 sq mi (44.5 km²)
INSEE code
69248
Thizy-les-Bourgs’ neighbors
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Thizy-les-Bourgs
Is Thizy-les-Bourgs safe?
It grades C+ for safety, #46 of 107 in Rhône. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 12 burglaries and 38 acts of criminal damage.
Is Thizy-les-Bourgs expensive to live in?
Homes cost less than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €1,250/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Thizy-les-Bourgs grades A+ for cost of living.
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.
