What is the highest city in Rhône?

Tarare, at 518 m, ahead of Craponne (270 m).

What is the lowest city in Rhône?

Vaulx-en-Velin, at 174 m. 29 cities of Rhône are measured here.

Where does Tarare stand in France?

57 of the 1,111 French cities measured on altitude. The national ranking is on its own page.

Which cities lead in Rhône?

Tarare (518 m), Craponne (270 m), Rillieux-la-Pape (266 m), Sainte-Foy-lès-Lyon (263 m), Écully (257 m). The whole table is on this page.

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The highest cities in Rhône

Tarare is the highest city in Rhône, at 518 m, ahead of Craponne (270 m) and Rillieux-la-Pape (266 m). At the other end, Vaulx-en-Velin is the lowest city, at 174 m.

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The 29 cities of Rhône ranked on altitude
Rank	City	Altitude	Population
1	Tarare	518 m	10,893
2	Craponne	270 m	12,084
3	Rillieux-la-Pape	266 m	31,389
4	Sainte-Foy-lès-Lyon	263 m	21,692
5	Écully	257 m	17,944
6	Francheville	250 m	15,604
7	Brignais	244 m	12,503
8	Givors	243 m	21,379
9	Tassin-la-Demi-Lune	240 m	23,200
10	Lyon	237 m	519,127
11	Saint-Genis-Laval	237 m	21,212
12	Caluire-et-Cuire	228 m	43,597
13	Genas	223 m	13,421
14	Mions	222 m	13,843
15	Saint-Priest	215 m	49,229
16	Chassieu	208 m	11,208
17	Corbas	204 m	11,315
18	Bron	198 m	42,982
19	Meyzieu	196 m	36,687
20	Vénissieux	195 m	65,502
21	Oullins-Pierre-Bénite	194 m	38,168
22	Feyzin	192 m	10,304
23	Décines-Charpieu	189 m	29,877
24	Belleville-en-Beaujolais	183 m	14,016
25	Villefranche-sur-Saône	181 m	36,172
26	Grigny-sur-Rhône	180 m	10,030
27	Saint-Fons	177 m	19,285
28	Villeurbanne	175 m	163,684
29	Vaulx-en-Velin	174 m	53,069

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Scope, method and sources

Scope: France, metropolitan and overseas, Corsica and the DROM included. This dataset holds every commune of 10,000 inhabitants or more, plus smaller communes famous enough to be household names, 1,131 in all. It is not the full list of 35,000 French communes, so a village can sit outside a ranking whose extreme it would otherwise hold.

Method and sources: populations are the INSEE legal populations, boundaries and coordinates come from the IGN commune registry, both served by geo.api.gouv.fr. Density is the population divided by the commune's area; distances are measured as the crow flies from the commune's centre. Data read on August 28, 2026.

4 questions about this ranking

What is the highest city in Rhône?: Tarare, at 518 m, ahead of Craponne (270 m).
What is the lowest city in Rhône?: Vaulx-en-Velin, at 174 m. 29 cities of Rhône are measured here.
Where does Tarare stand in France?: 57 of the 1,111 French cities measured on altitude. The national ranking is on its own page.
Which cities lead in Rhône?: Tarare (518 m), Craponne (270 m), Rillieux-la-Pape (266 m), Sainte-Foy-lès-Lyon (263 m), Écully (257 m). The whole table is on this page.