Schools are its strong suit: bac results a point above the expected rate; brevet results 2 points below the expected rate. Its lowest grade is for health: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 13% above expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. At the median price of €2,308/m², a 70 m² home costs 5.8 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the Communauté de communes Les Balcons du Dauphiné. It lags on walkability as well — 6% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 5% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work.
Figures: brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting, INSEE census 2023. Arandon-Passins has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
Each subject compares Arandon-Passins 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.
SafetyNot graded: over a quarter of the index would rest on the département’s average, where small counts aren’t published–
Hazard riskNot graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas–
How TownRatings grades French towns →
Villa gallo-romaine (vestiges) · Inscrit · Photo: Ce fichier est l’œuvre de Xavier Caré . Merci de créditer : Xavier Caré / Wikimedia Commons / CC-BY-SA . Si vous souhaitez une permission spéciale pour utiliser cette photo, ou la vendre en dehors des termes de la licence ci-dessous, merci de me contacter · CC BY-SA 4.0
Arandon-Passins’ story
Arandon-Passins in pictures
The Culture ministry’s list holds 1 historic monument in Arandon-Passins; none is classé, France’s top protection.
The oldest protected part dates from Antiquity; the first monument here was protected in 1985.
27% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
1985First protected: Villa gallo-romaine (vestiges)
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Arandon-Passins.
HealthHealth D
More deaths than Arandon-Passins’ ages would predict, 113 per 100 expected, above Isère’s towns and compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Life expectancy in Isère: 86.8 years for women and 81.6 for men (2025); France averages 85.9 and 80.3. France’s death rates at each age would predict 138 deaths in Arandon-Passins from 2016 to 2025; there were 156, 13% more. The nearest emergency department to Arandon-Passins is Ch Pierre Oudot Bourgoin Jallieu, 11.7 mi away. There is one general practitioner here.
+13%deaths against expected, after care homesDHealth Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw113
Adjusted113
Median town88
Expected100
1
GPs in Arandon-Passins · 1.3 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
11.7 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Ch Pierre Oudot Bourgoin Jallieu
11.5 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Clinique Saint Vincent de Paul Maternite
86.8 · 81.6
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Isère, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Arandon-Passins is harder to get around on foot than 93% of compared French towns
Per resident in work, Arandon-Passins counts 0.9 jobs (800 jobs, 850 workers). 4.8% of commuters left the car at home at the census, walking, cycling or taking public transport. Unemployment stood at 9.9%, above Isère’s towns (8.1%) and close to compared French towns (10.1%).
5%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving91%
On foot2%
Public transport2%
Motorbike or scooter1%
Bicycle1%
800
jobs based in Arandon-Passins, 0.9 per working resident
9.9%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€26,580
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
3%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
D
Walkability: better than 7% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Who lives here
Degrees are less common in Arandon-Passins than in Isère’s towns or across compared French towns: 23% of adults
19% are under 15, higher than both Isère’s towns (18%) and compared French towns (17%). Retirement age and beyond: 19% of residents are 65 or older. Young adults of 15 to 24 account for just over a tenth of the town.
42.8median age
Arandon-PassinsIsère medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
11%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma21%
CAP or BEP32%
Baccalauréat19%
Higher education23%
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About an even split. Median share of women: Isère 51.3%, France 51.8%.
INSEE, census 2023 · Isère median and France median: the median of compared communes
Schools
85.0% of candidates passed the brevet at the collège within 5 km, 2 points below the expected rate
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
At the lycées within 5 km of Arandon-Passins, 98.0% passed the bac, above both Isère’s towns (93.7%) and compared French towns (92.9%). A collège lies 1.9 mi away.
98%passed the bac (general and technological)BSchool Grade
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
History
Arandon-Passins keeps more of its old housing than Isère’s towns or compared French towns: 27% built before 1919
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
The Culture ministry’s list holds 1 historic monument in Arandon-Passins; none is classé, France’s top protection. The oldest protected building goes back to Antiquity.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
HousingCost of living B
Estimated advertised rents run lower in Arandon-Passins than in Isère’s towns or across compared French towns: €11.65/m² a month
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Behind the median of €2,308/m²: 61 houses and apartments sold in Arandon-Passins between July 2023 and June 2026. Houses made up 95% of the homes sold; apartments the rest.
€2,308/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Arandon-Passins€2,308/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Isère median€2,716/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€2,294/m²
58
€11.65/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€9.42 to €14.42/m² a month)
5.8
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€9.79/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€27,970
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté de communes Les Balcons du Dauphiné
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Safety
Arandon-Passins has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average
More of the graded crimes in Arandon-Passins were burglary than anything else (2025). All told, Arandon-Passins had 21 recorded offenses in 2025. Each year (2023–2025 average), violence against people came to 3.6 per 1,000 residents and the graded property crimes to 14.
3.6recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year
Recorded by type · 2025
Burglary12
Criminal damage9
Armed robbery0
Theft without violence13
Fraud12
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.
3.6
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
14
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
21
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
36.2%
of the index rests on the département’s average, used where small counts aren’t published
Source: SSMSI (Interior Ministry), recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 · Licence Ouverte · For family violence, other physical violence, sexual violence, vehicle theft and theft from vehicles, the count isn’t published when it’s small (five or fewer in a year of the last three), so the index uses the département’s average, 36.2% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Nearby attractions
Château de Passins and 7 more in and around Arandon-Passins
Heritage, museums and family days out in and near Arandon-Passins. Best known first.
Villa gallo-romaine (vestiges): Photo: Ce fichier est l’œuvre de Xavier Caré . Merci de créditer : Xavier Caré / Wikimedia Commons / CC-BY-SA . Si vous souhaitez une permission spéciale pour utiliser cette photo, ou la vendre en dehors des termes de la licence ci-dessous, merci de me contacter · CC BY-SA 4.0
Famous people from Arandon-Passins
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Arandon-Passins yet.
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Arandon-Passins
Is Arandon-Passins safe?
Arandon-Passins has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 12 burglaries and 9 acts of criminal damage.
Are schools in Arandon-Passins good?
They grade B, better than 60% of compared French towns. The lycée stands out: 98% of 239 candidates passed the bac at Lycée général et technologique Camille Corot in 2025, a point above the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Arandon-Passins expensive to live in?
Prices are close to the median of compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €2,308/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Arandon-Passins grades B for cost of living.
About Arandon-Passins
Commune in Isère, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Arandon-Passins is a commune of 1,864 people in the Communauté de communes Les Balcons 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
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.
