What is the youngest city in Rhône?

Vaulx-en-Velin, at 35.0 years, ahead of Saint-Fons (36.1 years).

What is the oldest city in Rhône?

Sainte-Foy-lès-Lyon, at 45.5 years. 29 cities of Rhône are measured here.

Where does Vaulx-en-Velin stand in France?

32 of the 1,102 French cities measured on mean age. The national ranking is on its own page.

Which cities lead in Rhône?

Vaulx-en-Velin (35.0 years), Saint-Fons (36.1 years), Villeurbanne (36.6 years), Vénissieux (36.6 years), Lyon (38.0 years). The whole table is on this page.

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In Rhône · INSEE, recensement de la population

The youngest cities in Rhône

Vaulx-en-Velin is the youngest city in Rhône, at 35.0 years, ahead of Saint-Fons (36.1 years) and Villeurbanne (36.6 years). At the other end, Sainte-Foy-lès-Lyon is the oldest city, at 45.5 years.

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The 29 cities of Rhône ranked on mean age
Rank	City	Mean age	Population
1	Vaulx-en-Velin	35.0 years	53,069
2	Saint-Fons	36.1 years	19,285
3	Villeurbanne	36.6 years	163,684
4	Vénissieux	36.6 years	65,502
5	Lyon	38.0 years	519,127
6	Grigny-sur-Rhône	38.1 years	10,030
7	Givors	38.6 years	21,379
8	Saint-Priest	38.8 years	49,229
9	Rillieux-la-Pape	39.0 years	31,389
10	Meyzieu	39.2 years	36,687
11	Bron	39.3 years	42,982
12	Oullins-Pierre-Bénite	39.3 years	38,168
13	Belleville-en-Beaujolais	40.1 years	14,016
14	Francheville	40.3 years	15,604
15	Mions	40.3 years	13,843
16	Feyzin	40.4 years	10,304
17	Décines-Charpieu	40.5 years	29,877
18	Corbas	40.8 years	11,315
19	Villefranche-sur-Saône	40.9 years	36,172
20	Tassin-la-Demi-Lune	41.6 years	23,200
21	Brignais	42.3 years	12,503
22	Chassieu	42.6 years	11,208
23	Tarare	42.7 years	10,893
24	Saint-Genis-Laval	42.8 years	21,212
25	Caluire-et-Cuire	43.1 years	43,597
26	Écully	43.4 years	17,944
27	Genas	43.5 years	13,421
28	Craponne	43.7 years	12,084
29	Sainte-Foy-lès-Lyon	45.5 years	21,692

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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.

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What is the youngest city in Rhône?: Vaulx-en-Velin, at 35.0 years, ahead of Saint-Fons (36.1 years).
What is the oldest city in Rhône?: Sainte-Foy-lès-Lyon, at 45.5 years. 29 cities of Rhône are measured here.
Where does Vaulx-en-Velin stand in France?: 32 of the 1,102 French cities measured on mean age. The national ranking is on its own page.
Which cities lead in Rhône?: Vaulx-en-Velin (35.0 years), Saint-Fons (36.1 years), Villeurbanne (36.6 years), Vénissieux (36.6 years), Lyon (38.0 years). The whole table is on this page.