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Lyon

Rhône · Métropole de Lyon · INSEE 69123

A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink.

Well served 96/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 67 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Lyon (INSEE 69123) is in Rhône (69), part of Métropole de Lyon. Population 519,127 (2023). [1]

INSEE density class: Grands centres urbains (level 1). [2]

Data vintages: INSEE BPE 2025 · INSEE SIRENE 2026-09 · INSEE census (RP) 2023 · INSEE COG 2026 · INSEE density grid 2026 · Commune website 2026-10-24 · DATAtourisme 2026-10-22.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/69123-lyon

Vitality score

Vitality score 96/100 — Well served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 67 % of the 9 communes of a similar size.

Compare this with communes of a similar size. The score measures how well a place is served relative to its own size band, and larger communes score higher as a rule — so it reads meaningfully against another village, and misleadingly against a town.

Measured but not scored in this model: Market. See the methodology for why.

ComponentValue (0–1)WeightContribution
Daily food12525
Social12020
Education11010
Health11010
Public & culture0.9554.73
Population trend0.75107.49
Housing mix0.8854.4

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 6 of 6
Eating out 1 of 1
Cafés and bars 1 of 1
Schools 3 of 3
Health 2 of 4
Public services 1 of 1
Culture 2 of 2
Sport 1 of 2
Everyday services 3 of 3
Lodging 1 of 2
One square per service type, shaded by how many: none, one, a few, five or more. A blank square means none was counted — the sources do not distinguish “none here” from “not counted”.

A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. [3,4]

388 × Bakery (boulangerie) (AKDAG IMPORT EXPORT · LE FOURNIL DE L OPERA · LES GOURMANDISES DU CLOS JOUVE · BOULANGERIE DE LA MARTINIERE · MLADJEN DIANA). [3,4]

106 × Butcher (boucherie) (REINIER · MATISSE & COW). [3,4]

355 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (UTILE · GRAP · CAT · LYON MARKET · LE PRIMEUR DES GONES). [3,4]

92 × Supermarket (FRANPRIX · A2PAS · CARREFOUR CITY · SOMAD · MARCHE U). [3,4]

20 × Cheese shop (fromagerie) (FROMAGERIE B.O.F. DE LA MARTINIERE · MONS FROMAGER AFFINEUR · FROMAGERIE DE LA CHARITE · FROMAGERIE SAINT ANTOINE · AU BURON FROMAGERIE). [4]

9 × Fishmonger (ELLY · MAREE DEUXIEME · MAISON VIANEY HD · MAISON SAINT PIERRE · JOANNY DURAND SA). [3,4]

2668 × Restaurant (CHOCOLATERIE PELEN - AU PRINCE D'OR ANGE · LE PASSAGE - LE PASSAGE BAR A VINS · MUMBAI CAFE · BARABAAR · LA MERE BRAZIER). [3,4]

678 × Café / bar (LE TULUM - LA MOON · DORIAN'S SHIFTS · LA BOUM CHEZ TINTIN · LE XLM · LES ARCADES). [4]

65 × Nursery school (maternelle) (ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE R. DOISNEAU · ECOLE MATERNELLE APPLICATION HUGO · ECOL MATE ALIX · ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE · ECOLE MATERNELLE PRIVEE LA PETITE ECOLE - LES PETITES FAMILLES 2). [3]

143 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE ROBERT DOISNEAU · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE · ECOLE PRIMAIRE D'APPLICATION VICTOR HUGO · ECOLE PRIMAIRE MICHEL SERVET · ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE APPLICAT AVEYRON). [3]

51 × Collège (COLLEGE LA TOURETTE · COLLEGE PRIVE · COLLEGE PRIVE SAINT LOUIS-SAINT BRUNO · COLLEGE JEAN MONNET · COLLEGE AMPERE). [3]

709 × GP (médecin généraliste) (MELANIE MANAS, MÉDECIN · EMMANUEL MIEGE, MÉDECIN · CAROLINE FER, MÉDECIN · CAROLE NOUCHI, MÉDECIN · JACQUELINE DINH NGUYEN, MÉDECIN). [3]

121 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE GOYAT TROUCHE · PHARMACIEN PHILIBERT · PHARMACIE DU SERPENT · PHARMACIE DE L'OPERA · PHARMACIE DES PENTES). [3,4]

49 × Post office / agence postale (LYON RUE DU PLAT RP · LYON AINAY LPR RP · LYON2 VERDUN IA BAR LPR RP · LA POSTE · LYON LIBERTE RP). [3]

18 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE DU 6 E ARRDT · BIBLIOTHÈQUE DU 7 E GUILLOTIÈRE · BIBLIOTHÈQUE DU 7 E JEAN MACÉ · BIBLIOTHÈQUE DU 7 E GERLAND). [3]

15 × Cinema (CINEMA OPERA · LE CINEMA · LUMIÈRE TERREAUX · LUMIÈRE BELLECOUR · PATHE). [3]

86 × Gym / sports hall (COLLEGE PRIVE SAINT LOUIS SAINT BRUNO · GYMNASE GIRAUD · LYCEE PROFESSIONNEL JACQUES DE FLESSELLES · COMPLEXE SPORTIF DUPLAT GENETY · LYCEE JEAN BAPTISTE DE LASSALE). [3]

249 × Bank (BANK OF CHINA LIMITED · ROTHSCHILD & CO MARTIN MAUREL · CAISSE D'EPARGNE ET DE PREVOYANCE DE RHONE ALPES · BUREAU 00599 · SOCIETE GENERALE). [3]

659 × Hairdresser (SARL PACO · AQUARELLE COIFFURE · VANATAL · FREE LOOK CONCEPT). [3,4]

18 × Fuel station (STATION SERVICE). [3,4]

103 × Hotel (HOTEL SAINT VINCENT · HOTEL DE PARIS · LE BOULEVARDIER · MAISON NO · GRAND HOTEL DES TERREAUX). [3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 61 × Bakery (boulangerie), 19 × Butcher (boucherie), 64 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette), 18 × Supermarket, 616 × Restaurant, 3 × Nursery school (maternelle), 5 × Primary school (élémentaire), 34 × Pharmacy, 21 × Bank, 124 × Hairdresser, 15 × Hotel.

All 25 service types, with per-source counts
TypeCountNamesSources
Bakery (boulangerie)388AKDAG IMPORT EXPORT · LE FOURNIL DE L OPERA · LES GOURMANDISES DU CLOS JOUVE · BOULANGERIE DE LA MARTINIERE · MLADJEN DIANAINSEE BPE 388 / INSEE SIRENE 436 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)106REINIER · MATISSE & COWINSEE BPE 106 / INSEE SIRENE 143 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)355UTILE · GRAP · CAT · LYON MARKET · LE PRIMEUR DES GONESINSEE BPE 355 / INSEE SIRENE 577 [3,4]
Supermarket92FRANPRIX · A2PAS · CARREFOUR CITY · SOMAD · MARCHE UINSEE BPE 92 / INSEE SIRENE 128 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)20FROMAGERIE B.O.F. DE LA MARTINIERE · MONS FROMAGER AFFINEUR · FROMAGERIE DE LA CHARITE · FROMAGERIE SAINT ANTOINE · AU BURON FROMAGERIEINSEE SIRENE 20 [4]
Fishmonger9ELLY · MAREE DEUXIEME · MAISON VIANEY HD · MAISON SAINT PIERRE · JOANNY DURAND SAINSEE BPE 9 / INSEE SIRENE 15 [3,4]
Restaurant2668CHOCOLATERIE PELEN - AU PRINCE D'OR ANGE · LE PASSAGE - LE PASSAGE BAR A VINS · MUMBAI CAFE · BARABAAR · LA MERE BRAZIERINSEE BPE 2668 / INSEE SIRENE 4135 [3,4]
Café / bar678LE TULUM - LA MOON · DORIAN'S SHIFTS · LA BOUM CHEZ TINTIN · LE XLM · LES ARCADESINSEE SIRENE 678 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)65ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE R. DOISNEAU · ECOLE MATERNELLE APPLICATION HUGO · ECOL MATE ALIX · ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE · ECOLE MATERNELLE PRIVEE LA PETITE ECOLE - LES PETITES FAMILLES 2INSEE BPE 65 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)143ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE ROBERT DOISNEAU · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE · ECOLE PRIMAIRE D'APPLICATION VICTOR HUGO · ECOLE PRIMAIRE MICHEL SERVET · ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE APPLICAT AVEYRONINSEE BPE 143 [3]
Collège51COLLEGE LA TOURETTE · COLLEGE PRIVE · COLLEGE PRIVE SAINT LOUIS-SAINT BRUNO · COLLEGE JEAN MONNET · COLLEGE AMPEREINSEE BPE 51 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)709MELANIE MANAS, MÉDECIN · EMMANUEL MIEGE, MÉDECIN · CAROLINE FER, MÉDECIN · CAROLE NOUCHI, MÉDECIN · JACQUELINE DINH NGUYEN, MÉDECININSEE BPE 709 [3]
Pharmacy121PHARMACIE GOYAT TROUCHE · PHARMACIEN PHILIBERT · PHARMACIE DU SERPENT · PHARMACIE DE L'OPERA · PHARMACIE DES PENTESINSEE BPE 121 / INSEE SIRENE 176 [3,4]
Nurse0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale49LYON RUE DU PLAT RP · LYON AINAY LPR RP · LYON2 VERDUN IA BAR LPR RP · LA POSTE · LYON LIBERTE RPINSEE BPE 49 [3]
Library18BIBLIOTHÈQUE DU 6 E ARRDT · BIBLIOTHÈQUE DU 7 E GUILLOTIÈRE · BIBLIOTHÈQUE DU 7 E JEAN MACÉ · BIBLIOTHÈQUE DU 7 E GERLANDINSEE BPE 18 [3]
Cinema15CINEMA OPERA · LE CINEMA · LUMIÈRE TERREAUX · LUMIÈRE BELLECOUR · PATHEINSEE BPE 15 [3]
Gym / sports hall86COLLEGE PRIVE SAINT LOUIS SAINT BRUNO · GYMNASE GIRAUD · LYCEE PROFESSIONNEL JACQUES DE FLESSELLES · COMPLEXE SPORTIF DUPLAT GENETY · LYCEE JEAN BAPTISTE DE LASSALEINSEE BPE 86 [3]
Swimming pool0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank249BANK OF CHINA LIMITED · ROTHSCHILD & CO MARTIN MAUREL · CAISSE D'EPARGNE ET DE PREVOYANCE DE RHONE ALPES · BUREAU 00599 · SOCIETE GENERALEINSEE BPE 249 [3]
Hairdresser659SARL PACO · AQUARELLE COIFFURE · VANATAL · FREE LOOK CONCEPTINSEE BPE 659 / INSEE SIRENE 963 [3,4]
Fuel station18STATION SERVICEINSEE BPE 18 / INSEE SIRENE 25 [3,4]
Hotel103HOTEL SAINT VINCENT · HOTEL DE PARIS · LE BOULEVARDIER · MAISON NO · GRAND HOTEL DES TERREAUXINSEE BPE 103 / INSEE SIRENE 399 [3,4]
Campsite0INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]

Market and village life

Weekly market (reported, unverified): Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, Sunday. [5,6,7,8,9,10]

Trajectory

1968: 527,800 2023: 519,127 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 496,343 (2012) → 519,127 (2023): 4.6 % over 10 years. [11,1]

Population 415,487 (1990) → 519,127 (2023): 24.9 % over 30 years. [12,1]

Dwellings (2023): 321,274, of which 6 % second homes and 9.3 % vacant. [13]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

2.5 km5 kmPrimary school — 0.5 km NW
In the commune Bakery, Food shop, GP, Pharmacy Primary school — 0.5 km NW Straight-line, from the mairie, in the direction given. Services in the same town share a spoke. Distance is not travel time: a pass or an estuary can double it.

Bakery: 0 km to the south (straight line). [14]

Food shop: 0.1 km to the north-west (straight line). [14]

GP: 0.2 km to the west (straight line). [14]

Pharmacy: 0.1 km to the south-east (straight line). [14]

Primary school: 0.5 km to the north-west (straight line). [14]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Each track runs from the 5th to the 95th percentile of the 34,141 communes with that measurement; the tick is the median. A value beyond either end sits at the end and is marked ▸.

An average of 42 days a year at or above 30 °C and 28 days at or below 0 °C, over 16 complete years in 1995–2024. [15]

Measured at the LYON TETE D'OR weather station, 1.7 km away at 170 m; the village itself is at 170 m. [15]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 2 days a summer. [15]

Humidity measured at LYON-BRON, 10.2 km away at 202 m, over 30 summers. [15]

An average of 835 mm of rain a year, spread over 105 days — about 8 mm on a day it rains. [15]

Rainfall measured at LYON TETE D'OR, 1.7 km away at 170 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [15]

Uncertainties

The market day comes from DATAtourisme and has not been confirmed by a second source. [5,6,7,8,9,10]

References

  1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 69123/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. DATAtourisme 2024-12— https://data.datatourisme.fr/13/58a45181-dd50-3c78-ae4b-1d1693d7b0d3— “41 commerçants le dimanche, 6 le mardi.”(unverified)
  6. DATAtourisme 2024-12— https://data.datatourisme.fr/13/02cdda92-2811-3f15-b51b-dbe64ca2c339— “Marché de produits manufacturés le jeudi et de marché de produits frais le dimanche.”(unverified)
  7. DATAtourisme 2015-03— https://data.datatourisme.fr/13/101262dc-0703-30ab-ad14-5e4a13ee80f0— “38 commerçants mercredi et dimanche, 28 le samedi.”(unverified)
  8. DATAtourisme 2024-12— https://data.datatourisme.fr/13/fcf08b42-5a82-3f3c-969f-bec94bd9a835— “38 commerçants le samedi, 1 le mardi.”(unverified)
  9. DATAtourisme 2023-07— https://data.datatourisme.fr/13/35e53a33-ccf8-3187-b6be-1b7f8f828cb7— “Marché alimentaire les mardis et samedis matin jusqu'à 13h30 ; marché mixte (alimentaire + manufacturé) le jeudi matin jusqu'à 13h30.”(unverified)
  10. DATAtourisme 2024-03— https://data.datatourisme.fr/13/30311783-d73b-3dad-a47c-46af926b4273— “Retrouvez le marché de la Création et le marché de l’Artisanat tous les dimanches matin.”(unverified)
  11. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 69123/2012
  12. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 69123/1990
  13. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 69123/logement/2023
  14. INSEE BPE 2025 — 69381
  15. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024

Villages like this one

Matched on size, density, second homes and which everyday shops and services are present — not on the score, so a village of the same kind that is doing better or worse shows up rather than being hidden.

CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Toulouse31360 km SW514,81998.6Well servedCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 85 % · winter 96 % · humidity 71 %
Nantes44515 km W327,73496.4Well servedCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 26 % · winter 100 % · humidity 93 %
Montpellier34252 km S310,24098.1Well servedCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 85 % · winter 91 % · humidity 7 %
Nice06300 km SE357,73792.5Well servedCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 69 % · winter 64 % · humidity 0 %
Marseille13278 km S886,04094.2Well servedSimilar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 97 % · winter 65 % · humidity 21 %
Strasbourg67382 km NE293,77194.5Well servedCooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 46 % · winter 78 % · humidity 93 %
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Montpellier34252 km S310,24098.1Well servedCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 85 % · winter 91 % · humidity 7 %
Marseille13278 km S886,04094.2Well servedSimilar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 97 % · winter 65 % · humidity 21 %
Nice06300 km SE357,73792.5Well servedCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 69 % · winter 64 % · humidity 0 %
Toulouse31360 km SW514,81998.6Well servedCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 85 % · winter 96 % · humidity 71 %
Strasbourg67382 km NE293,77194.5Well servedCooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 46 % · winter 78 % · humidity 93 %
Nantes44515 km W327,73496.4Well servedCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 26 % · winter 100 % · humidity 93 %

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