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1,501 people live in this town in Isère, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes.
A 70 m² home at the median €2,440/m² costs 6.6 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the Communauté de communes Entre Bièvre et Rhône. Pupils here do less well than most (D−): brevet results 8 points below the expected rate. Elsewhere it is close to typical: C+ for health and B− for jobs & income. It also trails on safety: an average of 5.7 recorded violent incidents and 27.1 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Figures: brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · employment, INSEE census 2023 · recorded crime, SSMSI (Ministry of the Interior). Auberives-sur-Varèze 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.
The 2 things Auberives-sur-Varèze does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Auberives-sur-Varèze 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.
Auberives-sur-Varèze has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
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The Culture ministry lists no building in Auberives-sur-Varèze as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Aiguille (pyramide de la Spina du cirque), in Vienne, 6.9 mi away.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Auberives-sur-Varèze.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
No general lycée lies within 5 km; the nearest is 3.6 mi away. A collège lies 2.6 mi away.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Frédéric MistralNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 116 | 78%−8 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
51 offenses were reported in Auberives-sur-Varèze during 2025. Among the graded crimes here, the most frequent was theft from vehicles (2025).
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 · Small counts of other physical violence, sexual violence and armed robbery go unpublished (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the département’s average stands in, 16.7% of the index here. As that share tops 10%, this Safety Grade carries more doubt than most. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Under 15: 20% of residents. 29% of adults hold a degree, below Isère’s towns (33%) and close to compared French towns (30%). The middle age in Auberives-sur-Varèze is 39.6.
51% women, 49% men
About 94 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Isère 51.3%, France 51.8%.
| Auberives-sur-Varèze | Isère median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 20% | 18% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 10% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 27% | 23% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 27% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 15% | 21% | 22% |
| No diploma | 16% | 19% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 28% | 24% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 22% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 29% | 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.
45 sales of houses and apartments in Auberives-sur-Varèze, from July 2023 to June 2026, give the median of €2,440/m². The sales split: 84% houses, the rest apartments. A house rents for an estimated €11.46/m² a month.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,452/m² | 38 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
At the census, 5.6% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train. Auberives-sur-Varèze has 150 jobs for 750 working residents, 0.2 per worker. The typical income here, after tax and benefits, is €27,200 a year per consumption unit.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
90 deaths in Auberives-sur-Varèze between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 99: 9% below. Women in Isère live to 86.8 on average and men to 81.6 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. The nearest emergency department to Auberives-sur-Varèze is Clinique des Cotes du Rhone, 3.6 mi away.
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 · This figure includes a care-home adjustment that TownRatings models; no official statistic exists. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from D to A−.
Heritage, family days out and museums in and near Auberives-sur-Varèze. Best known first.
Nothing in Auberives-sur-Varèze is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
Wikidata places 1 person here, but the articles don’t both confirm Auberives-sur-Varèze 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Auberives-sur-Varèze | 1,501 | — | — | C | D | C+ |
| Saint-Clair-du-Rhône | 3,778 | 2.3 | A− | C+ | A− | A |
| Saint-Maurice-l'Exil | 6,889 | 2.8 | C | C+ | C+ | B |
| Le Péage-de-Roussillon | 6,718 | 3.6 | C− | B− | D− | B− |
| Roussillon | 8,595 | 3.6 | C− | B− | C− | B− |
| Condrieu Rhône | 3,957 | 3.8 | B+ | C | C | A |
| Chavanay Loire | 2,884 | 4.2 | C+ | B− | C+ | C− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades D for safety. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 7 burglaries and 13 acts of criminal damage.
They grade D−, better than 4% 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 €2,440/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Estimated advertised apartment rents are €12.67/m² a month, charges included. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Auberives-sur-Varèze grades C for cost of living.
Commune in Isère, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Auberives-sur-Varèze is a commune of 1,501 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 November 8, 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.