Lowest ranked · Environment · Cities from 5 000 to 20 000 inhabitants
Lowest-ranked towns for the environment
The 10 towns with the lowest score on this criterion, at a comparable size. A low position reflects the available public data — it is not a value judgement. Open data: INSEE, DGCL, Qualité-eau.fr, ADEME, French Ministry of Interior, IGN
Du 4e au 10e.
Sorted from lowest to highest score4.
Bellegarde
Score 36.0/100
NO₂ 12 µg/m³
PM2.5 9 µg/m³
Water nitrates 50.0 mg/L
Hot days 14 d/yr
5.
Ille-sur-Têt
Score 36.5/100
NO₂ 42 µg/m³
PM2.5 10 µg/m³
Water nitrates 1.4 mg/L
Hot days 9 d/yr
6.
Pont-Évêque
Score 36.8/100
NO₂ 14 µg/m³
PM2.5 11 µg/m³
Water nitrates 27.6 mg/L
Hot days 9 d/yr
7.
Saint-Péray
Score 37.3/100
NO₂ 23 µg/m³
PM2.5 9 µg/m³
Water nitrates 13.2 mg/L
Hot days 25 d/yr
8.
Digne-les-Bains
Score 38.1/100
NO₂ 21 µg/m³
PM2.5 10 µg/m³
Water nitrates 0.8 mg/L
Hot days 7 d/yr
9.
Trévoux
Score 38.2/100
NO₂ 16 µg/m³
PM2.5 10 µg/m³
Water nitrates 6.7 mg/L
Hot days 15 d/yr
10.
Mazan
Score 38.3/100
NO₂ 14 µg/m³
PM2.5 14 µg/m³
Water nitrates 16.6 mg/L
Hot days 25 d/yr
Méthodologie
How this ranking is calculated.
Weighting 30 %
Air quality
Weighting 25 %
Drinking water quality
Weighting 15 %
Heatwave exposure
Weighting 10 %
Radon level
Weighting 10 %
Pests (tiger mosquito, hornet)
Weighting 5 %
Distance from nuclear plant
Weighting 5 %
Groundwater levels