What is the youngest city in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes?

L'Isle-d'Abeau, at 34.2 years, ahead of Saint-Genis-Pouilly (34.8 years).

What is the oldest city in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes?

Megève, at 50.8 years. 116 cities of Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes are measured here.

Where does L'Isle-d'Abeau stand in France?

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

Which cities lead in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes?

L'Isle-d'Abeau (34.2 years), Saint-Genis-Pouilly (34.8 years), Vaulx-en-Velin (35.0 years), Villefontaine (35.3 years), Saint-Martin-d'Hères (35.9 years). The whole table is on this page.

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The youngest cities in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes

L'Isle-d'Abeau is the youngest city in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, at 34.2 years, ahead of Saint-Genis-Pouilly (34.8 years) and Vaulx-en-Velin (35.0 years). At the other end, Megève is the oldest city, at 50.8 years.

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The top 100 of the 116 cities of Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes on mean age
Rank	City	Mean age	Population
1	38 L'Isle-d'Abeau	34.2 years	17,515
2	01 Saint-Genis-Pouilly	34.8 years	14,432
3	69 Vaulx-en-Velin	35.0 years	53,069
4	38 Villefontaine	35.3 years	19,445
5	38 Saint-Martin-d'Hères	35.9 years	37,695
6	69 Saint-Fons	36.1 years	19,285
7	38 Charvieu-Chavagneux	36.3 years	10,547
8	69 Villeurbanne	36.6 years	163,684
9	69 Vénissieux	36.6 years	65,502
10	01 Gex	36.6 years	13,627
11	74 Annemasse	37.2 years	37,628
12	74 Saint-Julien-en-Genevois	37.4 years	16,222
13	38 Grenoble	37.7 years	156,140
14	01 Ferney-Voltaire	37.7 years	12,094
15	73 Tignes	37.7 years	1,919
16	69 Lyon	38.0 years	519,127
17	74 Vétraz-Monthoux	38.1 years	10,949
18	69 Grigny-sur-Rhône	38.1 years	10,030
19	63 Clermont-Ferrand	38.4 years	146,351
20	69 Givors	38.6 years	21,379
21	69 Saint-Priest	38.8 years	49,229
22	69 Rillieux-la-Pape	39.0 years	31,389
23	69 Meyzieu	39.2 years	36,687
24	69 Bron	39.3 years	42,982
25	69 Oullins-Pierre-Bénite	39.3 years	38,168
26	74 Bonneville	39.3 years	13,335
27	01 Miribel	39.3 years	10,395
28	01 Ambérieu-en-Bugey	39.4 years	15,934
29	38 Bourgoin-Jallieu	39.7 years	30,151
30	74 La Roche-sur-Foron	39.8 years	11,348
31	42 Rive-de-Gier	40.0 years	15,242
32	74 Fillière	40.0 years	10,075
33	38 Échirolles	40.1 years	37,491
34	69 Belleville-en-Beaujolais	40.1 years	14,016
35	74 Rumilly	40.2 years	16,442
36	69 Francheville	40.3 years	15,604
37	69 Mions	40.3 years	13,843
38	38 Le Pont-de-Claix	40.3 years	10,956
39	73 Chambéry	40.4 years	59,964
40	01 Valserhône	40.4 years	16,712
41	69 Feyzin	40.4 years	10,304
42	42 Saint-Étienne	40.5 years	173,136
43	69 Décines-Charpieu	40.5 years	29,877
44	01 Divonne-les-Bains	40.5 years	10,464
45	74 Cluses	40.6 years	17,795
46	74 Gaillard	40.6 years	11,423
47	01 Oyonnax	40.8 years	22,480
48	69 Corbas	40.8 years	11,315
49	69 Villefranche-sur-Saône	40.9 years	36,172
50	63 Pont-du-Château	41.1 years	12,412
51	38 Vienne	41.3 years	31,778
52	63 Aubière	41.3 years	10,459
53	73 Val-d'Isère	41.4 years	1,567
54	69 Tassin-la-Demi-Lune	41.6 years	23,200
55	42 Andrézieux-Bouthéon	41.8 years	10,425
56	74 Annecy	41.9 years	132,117
57	26 Portes-lès-Valence	41.9 years	10,477
58	38 Saint-Égrève	42.0 years	17,986
59	74 Thonon-les-Bains	42.1 years	37,928
60	63 Gerzat	42.1 years	10,335
61	26 Valence	42.2 years	64,458
62	26 Pierrelatte	42.2 years	13,756
63	38 Eybens	42.2 years	10,493
64	69 Brignais	42.3 years	12,503
65	42 Le Chambon-Feugerolles	42.4 years	12,314
66	01 Bourg-en-Bresse	42.5 years	42,372
67	73 Courchevel	42.5 years	2,290
68	38 Fontaine	42.6 years	22,020
69	69 Chassieu	42.6 years	11,208
70	69 Tarare	42.7 years	10,893
71	69 Saint-Genis-Laval	42.8 years	21,212
72	73 Albertville	42.9 years	19,978
73	42 Saint-Chamond	43.0 years	35,646
74	69 Caluire-et-Cuire	43.1 years	43,597
75	26 Montélimar	43.1 years	40,595
76	38 Sassenage	43.1 years	11,646
77	26 Bourg-lès-Valence	43.2 years	19,992
78	63 Riom	43.4 years	18,820
79	69 Écully	43.4 years	17,944
80	69 Genas	43.5 years	13,421
81	74 Sallanches	43.7 years	17,319
82	69 Craponne	43.7 years	12,084
83	38 Voiron	43.8 years	21,847
84	07 Tournon-sur-Rhône	43.9 years	11,279
85	74 Passy	43.9 years	10,856
86	01 Pérouges	44.1 years	1,387
87	42 Montbrison	44.3 years	16,123
88	26 Romans-sur-Isère	44.4 years	33,464
89	07 Annonay	44.4 years	17,274
90	03 Moulins	44.5 years	19,206
91	42 Saint-Just-Saint-Rambert	44.5 years	15,764
92	38 Seyssinet-Pariset	44.7 years	11,739
93	73 La Motte-Servolex	44.8 years	12,067
94	63 Beaumont	44.8 years	10,728
95	43 Le Puy-en-Velay	44.9 years	18,540
96	42 Firminy	44.9 years	17,060
97	38 Meylan	45.0 years	18,770
98	42 Roanne	45.1 years	35,409
99	63 Issoire	45.2 years	15,115
100	63 Cournon-d'Auvergne	45.4 years	19,951

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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 youngest city in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes?: L'Isle-d'Abeau, at 34.2 years, ahead of Saint-Genis-Pouilly (34.8 years).
What is the oldest city in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes?: Megève, at 50.8 years. 116 cities of Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes are measured here.
Where does L'Isle-d'Abeau stand in France?: 20 of the 1,102 French cities measured on mean age. The national ranking is on its own page.
Which cities lead in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes?: L'Isle-d'Abeau (34.2 years), Saint-Genis-Pouilly (34.8 years), Vaulx-en-Velin (35.0 years), Villefontaine (35.3 years), Saint-Martin-d'Hères (35.9 years). The whole table is on this page.