Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
A town of 3,971 in Isère, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes.
Allevard grades A+ overall: better than 95% of compared French towns, and #5 of 96 in Isère. At the median price of €2,045/m², a 70 m² home costs 4.6 times the median annual income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size) in the Communauté de communes Le Grésivaudan. Its strongest is walkability (A−): 74% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 18% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work.
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 Allevard does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Allevard 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.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
The Culture ministry lists no building in Allevard as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Château de Bayard (ruines), in Pontcharra, 3.4 mi away.
13% 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 Allevard.
At the census, 18.2% went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport, above both Isère’s towns (14.1%) and compared French towns (13.4%). Allevard has 900 jobs for 1,850 working residents, 0.5 per worker. 7.8% of the labour force are out of work.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Allevard sits below both Isère’s towns (€13.13/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²) on this measure. The median price, €2,045/m², comes from 294 sales of houses and apartments in Allevard from July 2023 to June 2026. In Allevard, houses go for €2,676/m² and apartments for €1,916/m².
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,676/m² | 80 |
| Apartments | €1,916/m² | 214 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
That puts Allevard above both Isère’s towns (87.4%) and compared French towns (87.5%).
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Flavius VaussenatNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 98 | 95%−1 pt |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Police and gendarmerie recorded 61 offenses in the graded categories in Allevard in 2025. Violence against people ran at 7.5 per 1,000 residents a year and the graded property crimes at 8.6 (2023–2025 average). For burglary, vehicle theft and theft from vehicles, 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, 14.4% of the index here. Because that share is over 10%, this Safety Grade is less sure than most.
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
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
From 2016 to 2025, 440 residents of Allevard died, against 418 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 5% more. Its care home for older people (60 places) counts its residents as Allevard’s; allowing for it, deaths were 9% below expected. The care-home adjustment is a TownRatings modeling step, not an official statistic.
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
On this, Allevard is above both Isère’s towns (33%) and compared French towns (30%). 8.8% of residents are aged 15 to 24.
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Isère 51.3%, France 51.8%.
| Allevard | Isère median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 17% | 18% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 8.8% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 23% | 23% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 29% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 22% | 21% | 22% |
| No diploma | 15% | 19% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 20% | 24% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 20% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 41% | 33% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Isère median and France median: the median of compared communes
Museums, other places to visit and heritage in and near Allevard. Best known first.
Nothing in Allevard is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
2 notable people were born in Allevard.
Pierre Rambaud: Patafisik, CC BY-SA 4.0
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Allevard | 3,971 | — | A+ | A− | A− | C+ |
| Crêts en Belledonne | 3,470 | 2.4 | — | B+ | — | B |
| Pontcharra | 7,350 | 3.8 | B+ | C+ | C | B |
| Valgelon-La Rochette Savoie | 4,207 | 4.9 | A | B | A | B− |
| Le Touvet | 3,116 | 6.6 | A− | C | B | B− |
| Chapareillan | 3,065 | 6.6 | A | B− | A | C− |
| Montmélian Savoie | 4,024 | 7.5 | C+ | C | D | C+ |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades A− for safety, #13 of 96 in Isère.
They grade A−, better than 78% of compared French towns and #24 of 102 in Isère. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Homes cost less than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €2,045/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Allevard grades A− for cost of living.
Commune in Isère, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Allevard is a commune of 3,971 people in the Communauté de communes Le Grésivaudan. 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 October 30, 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.
