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This town in Drôme, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes has a population of 3,681.
Several subjects drag its grade down. Health lags: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 5% above expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. With a D overall, Pont-de-l'Isère sits #34 of 36 in Drôme. Nationally, it does better than nearly a tenth of compared French towns. At the median price of €2,544/m², a 70 m² home costs 6.8 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the Communauté d'agglomération Arche Agglo. Households here earn well (B): 1 job per working resident; 9.4% unemployment.
Figures: employment, INSEE census 2023 · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas. The overall grade uses the other six subjects.
The one thing Pont-de-l'Isère does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Pont-de-l'Isère with other French towns of 2,500 or more, ordered by how far its rank is from the middle. American and UK towns are graded separately.
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The Culture ministry lists no building in Pont-de-l'Isère as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Taurobole en pierre, in Tain-l'Hermitage, 4.6 mi away.
3.1% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Pont-de-l'Isère.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
There is one general practitioner in Pont-de-l'Isère. Adjusted mortality in the town: 105 deaths for every 100 expected. From 2016 to 2025, 227 residents of Pont-de-l'Isère died, against 216 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 5% more. In Drôme, life expectancy at birth reaches 85.7 years for women and 80.6 for men (2025), next to 85.9 and 80.3 for France.
Source: INSEE, deaths by commune of residence 2016–2025 and censuses; Eurostat, death rates by age (© European Union); INSEE, BPE 2025; DREES, APL 2024; INSEE, life expectancy by département 2025 · Licence Ouverte · Note: TownRatings models the care-home adjustment; it is not an official figure.
Among the graded crimes in Pont-de-l'Isère, the most frequent was theft from vehicles (2025). Over 2025, Pont-de-l'Isère logged 116 recorded offenses. The yearly rates for 2023–2025: 2.7 violent offenses and 28.3 graded property crimes per 1,000 residents.
Not in the gradeTheft without violence, drug use and fraud are shown for information but left out of the Safety Grade, which counts violence plus burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and criminal damage per resident.
Source: SSMSI (Interior Ministry), recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 · Licence Ouverte · For other physical violence, sexual violence and armed robbery, this figure isn’t published when it’s small (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the index uses the département’s average instead, 5.2% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The median price, €2,544/m², comes from 98 sales of houses and apartments in Pont-de-l'Isère from July 2023 to June 2026. The sales split: 82% houses, the rest apartments. From July 2023 to June 2026, 98 homes were sold here.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,568/m² | 80 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Those aged 15 to 24 account for nearly one in ten residents. People 65 and over make up 18% of the town, below both Drôme’s towns (23%) and compared French towns (22%). Graduates make up 28% of adults.
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Drôme 51.8%, France 51.8%.
| Pont-de-l'Isère | Drôme median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 22% | 18% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 8.7% | 9.8% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 28% | 23% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 23% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 18% | 23% | 22% |
| No diploma | 19% | 20% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 31% | 25% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 17% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 28% | 32% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Drôme median and France median: the median of compared communes
1,700 jobs are based in Pont-de-l'Isère, for 1,650 working residents (1 per worker). Half of residents lived on more than €26,500 a year per consumption unit, about level with compared French towns (€25,970) and above Drôme’s towns (€25,300). Also worth knowing: at the census, 3.2% of working residents in Pont-de-l'Isère didn’t travel to work at all.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Heritage and other places to visit in and near Pont-de-l'Isère. Best known first.
AttractionMaison dite de Diane de Poitiers2.2 km west, in La Roche-de-GlunChâteauChâteauChâteau Durtail3.7 km southwest, in Saint-Romain-de-LerpsChâteauChâteauChâteau de Châteaubourg2.3 km southwest, in ChâteaubourgAttractionAttractionRemparts2.1 km west, in La Roche-de-GlunChâteauChâteauChâteau des Chanalets3.9 km southeast, in Bourg-lès-ValencePhotos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
Nothing in Pont-de-l'Isère is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Pont-de-l'Isère yet.
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →
| Town | People | Miles | Overall | Cost | Safety | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pont-de-l'Isère | 3,681 | — | D | C | C− | D |
| La Roche-de-Glun | 3,569 | 1.1 | A | C | A+ | A− |
| Châteauneuf-sur-Isère | 4,281 | 4 | B+ | C− | A− | B |
| Bourg-lès-Valence | 19,992 | 4 | C | C+ | C | B− |
| Tournon-sur-Rhône Ardèche | 11,279 | 4.1 | B | B | C | C+ |
| Tain-l'Hermitage | 5,915 | 4.6 | B | B− | C− | B− |
| Mercurol-Veaunes | 2,816 | 4.7 | — | B− | — | A− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades C− for safety, #27 of 36 in Drôme. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 8 burglaries and 21 acts of criminal damage.
Prices are close to the median of compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €2,544/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Estimated advertised apartment rents are €12.41/m² a month, charges included. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Pont-de-l'Isère grades C for cost of living.
Commune in Drôme, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Pont-de-l'Isère is a commune of 3,681 people in the Communauté d'agglomération Arche Agglo. TownRatings compares communes, France’s local unit: each has its own mayor and its own statistics. Its area takes in the town and the countryside around it.
Built from INSEE’s 2026 official geography (COG) and IGN Admin Express boundaries
Sources: INSEE, census 2023 (population, employment, commuting) · INSEE, Filosofi 2023 (income per consumption unit, poverty) · DGFiP, DVF property sales, July 2023 to June 2026 · Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025 · SSMSI, recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 · Ministry of Education (DEPP), brevet and bac results and value-added indicators, 2025 · INSEE, deaths by commune of residence 2016–2025 and censuses 2012–2023; Eurostat, death rates by age (© European Union); INSEE, BPE 2025 (care homes, emergency and maternity units, GPs, pharmacies); DREES, APL 2024; INSEE, life expectancy by département 2025 (provisional) · INSEE, BPE 2025 and Filosofi 200 m grid (walking distances) · IGN Admin Express (boundaries) · TownRatings grades: our own summary of the data, ranking French towns against each other only, updated November 4, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
Contains public sector information under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab): INSEE, DGFiP, the Interior Ministry’s statistics service (SSMSI), the Ministry of Education (DEPP), the Health Ministry’s statistics service (DREES) and the Housing Ministry (Carte des loyers). Commune boundaries: IGN Admin Express.