Little here grades badly. Jobs & income is its strong suit — 0.6 jobs per working resident; 6.2% unemployment. At €3,122/m², the median price, 70 m² costs 6.9 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the Communauté de communes Beaujolais Pierres Dorées. Add safety to its strengths: an average of 4 recorded violent incidents and 10.9 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. The overall grade comes out at A+, #4 of 107 in Rhône. Set against the rest, it does better than 97% of compared French towns.
Figures: employment, INSEE census 2023 · recorded crime, SSMSI (Ministry of the Interior) · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi.
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 Val d'Oingt 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 Val d'Oingt.
Safety
Recorded crime per resident is lower in Val d'Oingt than in 83% of compared French towns
The 2025 count: 63 offenses in Val d'Oingt. The graded crime recorded most in the town was criminal damage (2025).
4recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a yearA−Safety Grade
Recorded by type · 2025
Criminal damage24
Burglary17
Sexual violence10
Family violence6
Vehicle theft6
Armed robbery0
Fraud25
Theft without violence19
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.
4
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
10.9
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
63
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
12.1%
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 · For other physical violence and theft from vehicles, the count isn’t published when it’s small (five or fewer in a year of the last three), so the index uses the département’s average, 12.1% of the index here. As that share tops 10%, this Safety Grade carries more doubt than most. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Schools
95.9% of candidates passed the brevet at the two collèges within 5 km, at the expected rate
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
General-bac pupils go 6.8 mi to the nearest lycée. Schools rank #15 of 115 in Rhône.
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
HealthHealth B+
Allowing for age and care homes, Val d'Oingt sees 80 deaths per 100 expected, against 76 in Rhône’s towns and 88 in compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
For a family doctor, residents of Val d'Oingt can choose among 11 GPs. The nearest emergency department to Val d'Oingt is Hopitaux Nord Ouest de Tarare, 7.3 mi away. France’s death rates at each age would predict 470 deaths locally from 2016 to 2025; there were 458, 3% fewer. Women in Rhône live to 87.1 on average and men to 81.9 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France.
−20%deaths against expected, after care homesB+Health Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw97
Adjusted80
Median town88
Expected100
11
GPs in Val d'Oingt · 2.7 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
7.3 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Hopitaux Nord Ouest de Tarare
7.7 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Centre hospitalier Nord Ouest Villefranche
87.1 · 81.9
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Rhône, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Val d'Oingt keeps more of its old housing than Rhône’s towns or compared French towns: 27% built before 1919
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
The Culture ministry lists 2 historic monuments in Val d'Oingt, none of them classé, France’s highest protection. The protected list starts in the 15th century.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Who lives here
Val d'Oingt has fewer young adults than Rhône’s towns or compared French towns: 8.8% are 15 to 24
Degrees are held by 35% of adults. People 65 and over make up 25% of the town, above Rhône’s towns (19%) and compared French towns (22%) alike. The under-15s are 17% of the population here.
47.3median age
Val d'OingtRhône medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
25%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma16%
CAP or BEP24%
Baccalauréat19%
Higher education35%
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 94 men for every 100 women. 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 Val d'Oingt, 6.2%, runs below Rhône’s towns and compared French towns
9.5% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train at the census, below both Rhône’s towns (18.4%) and compared French towns (13.4%). The typical income here, after tax and benefits, is €30,040 a year per consumption unit.
10%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving84%
Public transport5%
On foot4%
Motorbike or scooter1%
Bicycle1%
1,050
jobs based in Val d'Oingt, 0.6 per working resident
6.2%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€30,040
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 58% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
HousingCost of living B−
Homes in Val d'Oingt sell for €3,122/m² at the median, against €3,666/m² in Rhône’s towns and €2,430/m² in compared French towns
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Advertised rents are estimated at €12.57/m² a month, below Rhône’s towns (€14.83/m²) and close to compared French towns (€12.41/m²). Sales in Val d'Oingt from July 2023 to June 2026: 126 houses and apartments. A house rents for an estimated €13.76/m² a month.
€3,122/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Val d'Oingt€3,122/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Rhône median€3,666/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€3,268/m²
99
€12.57/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€9.85 to €16.04/m² a month)
6.9
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€13.76/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€31,550
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté de communes Beaujolais Pierres Dorées
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Val d'Oingt
Is Val d'Oingt safe?
It grades A− for safety, #4 of 107 in Rhône. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 17 burglaries and 24 acts of criminal damage.
Are schools in Val d'Oingt good?
They grade A−, better than 82% of compared French towns and #15 of 115 in Rhône. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Val d'Oingt expensive to live in?
Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Val d'Oingt grades B− for cost of living.
About Val d'Oingt
Commune in Rhône, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Val d'Oingt is a commune of 4,117 people in the Communauté de communes Beaujolais Pierres Dorées. 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
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.
