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A town of 1,031 in Isère, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes.
Anjou has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents. Its weakest subject is walkability (C): 92% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 7% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. At the median price of €2,442/m², a 70 m² home costs 6.6 times the median annual income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size) in the Communauté de communes Entre Bièvre et Rhône. Its strongest is health (B+): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 19% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
Each subject compares Anjou 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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Anjou has 1 historic monument on the Culture ministry’s list, none at the highest level (classé).
The oldest protected part dates from the 18th century; the first monument here was protected in 2009.
23% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Wikidata records 2 people born in Anjou before 1900, the earliest Alexandre de Falcoz de La Blache, in 1739.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Anjou.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Adjusted for age and care homes, Anjou records 81 deaths per 100 expected, about level with Isère’s towns (84) and below compared French towns (88). France’s death rates at each age would predict 179 deaths here from 2016 to 2025; there were 222, 24% more. Women in Isère live to 86.8 on average and men to 81.6 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across 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 · The adjustment for care homes is TownRatings’ own modeling, not an official figure. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from B− to A.
The jobless rate is 7.4%. Anjou has 250 jobs for 450 working residents, 0.6 per worker. 4.3% of the town’s working residents had no journey to work at the census.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Those aged 15 to 24 account for nearly one in ten residents. Degrees are held by 28% of adults, lower than both Isère’s towns (33%) and compared French towns (30%). Residents of Anjou have a median age of 47.6.
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Isère 51.3%, France 51.8%.
| Anjou | Isère median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 17% | 18% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 9.4% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 21% | 23% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 26% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 27% | 21% | 22% |
| No diploma | 20% | 19% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 28% | 24% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 18% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 28% | 33% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Isère median and France median: the median of compared communes
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Protection here reaches back to the 18th century. Anjou has 1 historic monument on the Culture ministry’s list, none at the highest level (classé).
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
31 sales of houses and apartments in Anjou, from July 2023 to June 2026, give the median of €2,442/m². The sales split: 90% houses, the rest apartments.
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Other places to visit and heritage in and near Anjou. Best known first.
Anjou has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
2 notable people were born in Anjou.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anjou | 1,031 | — | — | C+ | — | B+ |
| Salaise-sur-Sanne | 4,606 | 3.3 | C− | C+ | D | B |
| Chanas | 2,706 | 3.8 | C− | C+ | C | B− |
| Roussillon | 8,595 | 3.8 | C− | B− | C− | B− |
| Le Péage-de-Roussillon | 6,718 | 4.5 | C− | B− | D− | B− |
| Saint-Rambert-d'Albon Drôme | 7,001 | 4.8 | D | B | D | C |
| Anneyron Drôme | 4,169 | 5.2 | A | C+ | A | A |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Anjou has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 6.6 recorded violent incidents and 13.6 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Prices are close to the median of compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €2,442/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Anjou grades C+ for cost of living.
Commune in Isère, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Anjou is a commune of 1,031 people in the Communauté de communes Entre Bièvre et Rhône. 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.