Is Craponne safe? France travel risk
Is Craponne safe right now? Checked 16 October 2026
Craponne scores 37/100 on our travel risk index (Moderate). The US State Department rates France Level 2 (Exercise Increased Caution, updated 28 May 2025); the UK has no advice against travel; Canada says: exercise a high degree of caution. No GDACS or USGS hazard events within 100 km in the last 14 days. No change in government advice in the last 7 days.
Craponne scores 37/100 (Moderate). The score combines security, crime and scams, health and medical access, natural hazards and current alerts measured for this location and France (how it is calculated). The sections below are specific to Craponne: nearest emergency and transport facilities, local climate normals, 5-year natural hazard history within 100 km.
Driven by: security (44/100) and health and medical access (43/100).
A score of 37 is higher than the scores of 46% of the 241 countries we cover.
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Location & Spatial Data
Positioned at 45.7400° N, 4.7200° E in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, Craponne features an altitude of 283 m. The settlement is located 389.8 km NNW from Paris.
Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
45.7400° N, 4.7200° E
283 m
Europe/Paris
12,170
Transit Links & Medical Facilities
Proximate Regional Communities (France)
Climate by Month
Hottest: August (27 °C avg high); Wettest: May (105 mm).
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High °C | 7° | 8° | 13° | 16° | 19° | 24° | 26° | 27° | 23° | 17° | 11° | 7° |
| Low °C | 1° | 0° | 4° | 7° | 10° | 14° | 16° | 16° | 14° | 9° | 4° | 1° |
| Rain mm | 74 | 53 | 80 | 94 | 105 | 94 | 80 | 66 | 85 | 90 | 94 | 77 |
Normals: Lyon (9.4 km away).
Natural Hazard Calendar & History
5-Year Hazard Calendar (100 km Radius)
| Hazard | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Floods | — | 1 | — | — | — | 2 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — |
Most flood events within 100 km of Craponne happened in June (2 of 4 in five years).
Source: GDACS, USGS; five years to October 2026.
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