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Population 2,936: a town in Isère, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes.
The local economy does well (A): 0.7 jobs per working resident; 4.7% unemployment. Homes sell for a median €3,353/m², so 70 m² costs 8 years of the median income per consumption unit in the Communauté de communes du Massif du Vercors. Health is another plus — after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 26% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Second homes make up 53% of its housing.
Figures: employment, INSEE census 2023 · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi. Autrans-Méaudre en Vercors has no overall grade because safety and schools aren’t graded here.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
The 3 things Autrans-Méaudre en Vercors does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Autrans-Méaudre en Vercors 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.
Autrans-Méaudre en Vercors has no overall grade because safety and schools aren’t graded here.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
The Culture ministry lists no building in Autrans-Méaudre en Vercors as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Séchoir à noix, in Cognin-les-Gorges, 6 mi away.
16% 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 Autrans-Méaudre en Vercors.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
3 GPs practise in Autrans-Méaudre en Vercors. The nearest emergency department to Autrans-Méaudre en Vercors is Groupe hospitalier Mutualiste de Grenoble, 8.8 mi away. France’s death rates at each age would predict 284 deaths locally from 2016 to 2025; there were 210, 26% fewer. At birth, a girl in Isère can expect 86.8 years and a boy 81.6 (2025); across France, 85.9 and 80.3.
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 · Allowing for care homes is a TownRatings estimate, not a published statistic.
At the census, nearly a fifth of commuters got to work without a car. Half of residents lived on more than €27,500 a year per consumption unit, close to Isère’s towns (€27,110) and above compared French towns (€25,970).
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
People 65 and over make up a quarter of the town, above Isère’s towns (21%) and compared French towns (22%) alike. The share aged 15 to 24 is 8.4%. Half the people of Autrans-Méaudre en Vercors are older than 46.7.
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Isère 51.3%, France 51.8%.
| Autrans-Méaudre en Vercors | Isère median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 18% | 18% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 8.4% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 21% | 23% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 27% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 25% | 21% | 22% |
| No diploma | 9.9% | 19% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 22% | 24% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 19% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 45% | 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 split in Autrans-Méaudre en Vercors: €4,114/m² for houses, €3,282/m² for apartments. 178 sales of houses and apartments here, from July 2023 to June 2026, give the median of €3,353/m². Houses made up 35% of the homes sold; apartments the rest.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €4,114/m² | 62 |
| Apartments | €3,282/m² | 116 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Recorded offenses in Autrans-Méaudre en Vercors came to 27 in 2025. Per 1,000 residents a year, there were 4.5 cases of violence against people and 9.6 graded property crimes (2023–2025 average). Criminal damage topped the graded crimes in Autrans-Méaudre en Vercors (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 · For other physical violence, burglary, 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, 29.3% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Other places to visit, family days out and heritage in and near Autrans-Méaudre en Vercors. Best known first.
Nothing in Autrans-Méaudre en Vercors is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
4 notable people were born in Autrans-Méaudre en Vercors.
Jean Faure: Zita2038198, CC BY-SA 4.0
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Autrans-Méaudre en Vercors | 2,936 | — | — | B− | — | A− |
| Lans-en-Vercors | 2,751 | 3.5 | — | C− | — | A− |
| Villard-de-Lans | 4,328 | 6.1 | A+ | C− | A− | B+ |
| Vinay | 4,438 | 7 | A+ | B+ | A− | B− |
| Sassenage | 11,646 | 7.3 | B− | C | C | B |
| Claix | 7,836 | 7.5 | B− | D | C+ | A− |
| Seyssins | 8,092 | 7.6 | B− | D | C− | A |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Autrans-Méaudre en Vercors has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average.
Homes cost more than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €3,353/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Autrans-Méaudre en Vercors grades B− for cost of living.
Commune in Isère, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Autrans-Méaudre en Vercors is a commune of 2,936 people in the Communauté de communes du Massif du Vercors. 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 9, 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.