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A town of 1,799 in Isère, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes.
Artas has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents. Its weakest subject is walkability (C−): 43% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 5% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. At the median price of €2,500/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 Bièvre Isère. Its strongest is health (A): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 31% 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.
The one thing Artas does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Artas 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 Artas as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Mur de terrasse antique, in Bourgoin-Jallieu, 5.4 mi away.
14% 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 Artas.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Artas has one family doctor. 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 127 deaths in the town from 2016 to 2025; there were 88, 31% fewer.
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 care-home step is TownRatings’ own calculation, not an official number.
After tax and benefits, the median income is €28,050 a year per consumption unit. For its 900 residents in work, Artas has 200 jobs: 0.2 each. At the census, 4.6% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
A collège lies 3 mi away.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Fernand BouvierNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 147 | 86%−5 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
43 sales of houses and apartments in Artas, from July 2023 to June 2026, give the median of €2,500/m². Advertised rents are estimated at €13.75/m² a month, close to Isère’s towns (€13.13/m²) and above compared French towns (€12.41/m²). House rents are put at about €10.80/m² a month.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,485/m² | 40 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Over-65s are 18% of the population. 10% of residents are 15 to 24, about level with compared French towns (11%) and below Isère’s towns (11%). Also worth knowing: among adults, 30% have a degree.
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Isère 51.3%, France 51.8%.
| Artas | Isère median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 19% | 18% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 10% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 24% | 23% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 28% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 18% | 21% | 22% |
| No diploma | 17% | 19% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 29% | 24% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 19% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 30% | 33% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Isère median and France median: the median of compared communes
Museums, gardens and family days out in and near Artas. Best known first.
Nothing in Artas 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 Artas 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Artas | 1,799 | — | — | C− | — | A |
| Saint-Jean-de-Bournay | 4,843 | 2.7 | C | C+ | C+ | C |
| Saint-Georges-d'Espéranche | 3,545 | 4.4 | B+ | C | B | A |
| Villefontaine | 19,445 | 5 | D | C | D | B |
| Diémoz | 2,947 | 5 | B− | C | A− | B− |
| L'Isle-d'Abeau | 17,515 | 6.1 | D | C− | D | B+ |
| Bourgoin-Jallieu | 30,151 | 6.5 | C− | C− | C− | C |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Artas has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 3.8 recorded violent incidents and 8.2 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
They grade C−, better than 19% of compared French towns. 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 €2,500/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Artas grades C− for cost of living.
Commune in Isère, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Artas is a commune of 1,799 people in the Communauté de communes Bièvre Isère. 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.