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A town of 1,790 in Isère, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes.
Beaucroissant has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents. Its weakest subject is schools (D): brevet results 7.6 points below the expected rate. At the median price of €2,600/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 de Bièvre Est. Its strongest is jobs & income (B+): 0.3 jobs per working resident; 5.1% unemployment.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
The one thing Beaucroissant does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Beaucroissant 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 Beaucroissant as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is maison Burgaud, in Tullins, 2.9 mi away.
17% 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 Beaucroissant.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
82.2% of candidates passed the brevet at the collèges within 5 km of Beaucroissant, lower than both Isère’s towns (87.4%) and compared French towns (87.5%). No general lycée lies within 5 km; the nearest is 5.6 mi away. For collège, the closest is 1.6 mi away.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Robert DesnosNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 158 | 83%−6 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
From 2016 to 2025, 98 residents of Beaucroissant died, against 121 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 19% fewer. Ages and care homes taken into account, deaths in Beaucroissant come to 81 per 100 predicted. In Isère, women can expect to live 86.8 years and men 81.6 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France.
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 · Note: TownRatings models the care-home adjustment; it is not an official figure. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from C to A.
People 65 and over make up 18% of the town, lower than both Isère’s towns (21%) and compared French towns (22%). Those aged 15 to 24 account for just over one in ten residents. Typical age in Beaucroissant: 42.5, the median.
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Isère 51.3%, France 51.8%.
| Beaucroissant | Isère median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 19% | 18% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 11% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 24% | 23% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 27% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 18% | 21% | 22% |
| No diploma | 16% | 19% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 27% | 24% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 19% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 33% | 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.
31 sales of houses and apartments in Beaucroissant, from July 2023 to June 2026, give the median of €2,600/m². Houses accounted for 84% of sales, apartments for the rest.
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
The median disposable income was €28,340 a year per consumption unit, above Isère’s towns (€27,110) and compared French towns (€25,970) alike. The census found 9.7% of commuters going to work on foot, by bike or by public transport.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Over 2025, Beaucroissant logged 29 recorded offenses. Each year (2023–2025 average), violence against people came to 3.8 per 1,000 residents and the graded property crimes to 16.4. In 2025, criminal damage led the graded crimes locally.
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 family violence, other physical violence, sexual violence 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, 26.3% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Heritage in and near Beaucroissant. Best known first.
Nothing in Beaucroissant 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 Beaucroissant 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beaucroissant | 1,790 | — | — | B | — | B+ |
| Renage | 3,348 | 0.9 | B | B+ | B+ | B |
| Rives | 6,549 | 1.5 | C+ | B− | C+ | B |
| Tullins | 7,624 | 3 | C− | C+ | C− | C+ |
| Apprieu | 3,615 | 4 | A | C+ | A− | B+ |
| Moirans | 7,818 | 4.4 | A− | B− | C− | B+ |
| Le Grand-Lemps | 3,083 | 4.6 | B | B | B | B− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Beaucroissant has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 8 burglaries and 13 acts of criminal damage.
They grade D, better than 7% 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 €2,600/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Beaucroissant grades B for cost of living.
Commune in Isère, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Beaucroissant is a commune of 1,790 people in the Communauté de communes de Bièvre Est. 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.