Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
A town of 2,876 in Isère, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes.
Aoste grades B+ overall: better than 66% of compared French towns, and #32 of 96 in Isère. Its weakest subject is health (C−): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 0% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. At the median price of €2,322/m², a 70 m² home costs 6.1 times the median annual income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size) in the Communauté de communes Les Vals du Dauphiné. Its strongest is safety (A−): an average of 3.7 recorded violent incidents and 11.9 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas. The overall grade uses the other six subjects.
Each subject compares Aoste 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 Aoste as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Abri sous roche dit Grotte préhistorique de la Bonne-Femme, in Murs-et-Gélignieux, 3.2 mi away.
14% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Other places to visit, museums and heritage in and near Aoste. Best known first.
MuseumMusée gallo-romain d'Aostein town
Theme parkWalibi Rhône-Alpes4.9 km northwest, in Les Avenières Veyrins-ThuellinMuseumMuseumMusée Gallo-Romain d'Aostein townChâteauChâteauChâteau de Cordon3.2 km north, in Brégnier-CordonChâteauChâteauChâteau de la Barre4.4 km north, in Brégnier-CordonAttractionAttractionMystic4.6 km northwest, in Les Avenières Veyrins-ThuellinPhotos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Aoste.
Police and gendarmerie recorded 55 offenses in the graded categories in Aoste in 2025. Of the graded crimes in Aoste, criminal damage came up most often (2025). For other physical violence, sexual violence, armed robbery 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, 24.9% 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.
After the care-home adjustment, Aoste’s deaths ran at 100 per 100 expected, above both Isère’s towns (84) and compared French towns (88). From 2016 to 2025, 355 residents of Aoste died, against 260 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 37% more. 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
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
For Aoste, that is above both Isère’s towns (87.4%) and compared French towns (87.5%).
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège La forêtNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 154 | 90%−1 pt |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Aoste sits below both Isère’s towns (33%) and compared French towns (30%) on this measure. 12% 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%.
| Aoste | Isère median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 19% | 18% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 12% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 25% | 23% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 25% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 20% | 21% | 22% |
| No diploma | 20% | 19% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 27% | 24% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 21% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 25% | 33% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Isère median and France median: the median of compared communes
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The median price, €2,322/m², comes from 98 sales of houses and apartments in Aoste from July 2023 to June 2026.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,379/m² | 71 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
That puts Aoste below both Isère’s towns (14.1%) and compared French towns (13.4%). The median disposable income is €25,220 a year per consumption unit. Aoste has 1,300 jobs for 1,350 working residents, 1 per worker.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Nothing in Aoste is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
Wikidata places 3 people here, but for none of them do the articles confirm Aoste as the birthplace, so nobody is listed.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aoste | 2,876 | — | B+ | C+ | A− | C− |
| Saint-Genix-les-Villages Savoie | 3,095 | 1.8 | A− | C | B+ | A− |
| Les Avenières Veyrins-Thuellin | 7,698 | 4.1 | C+ | B | B− | B+ |
| Les Abrets en Dauphiné | 6,850 | 4.2 | B | C+ | C+ | C+ |
| Le Pont-de-Beauvoisin | 3,602 | 4.8 | C+ | B+ | D | B+ |
| Saint-André-le-Gaz | 2,754 | 5.4 | — | B− | — | A |
| Dolomieu | 3,173 | 6.5 | — | C | — | B+ |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades A− for safety, #9 of 96 in Isère. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 16 burglaries and 17 acts of criminal damage.
They grade B, better than 61% of compared French towns and #38 of 102 in Isère. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Prices are close to the median of compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €2,322/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Estimated advertised apartment rents are €12.11/m² a month, charges included. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns, so Aoste grades C+ for cost of living.
Commune in Isère, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Aoste is a commune of 2,876 people in the Communauté de communes Les Vals du Dauphiné. 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.