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A town of 1,578 in Isère, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes.
Bilieu has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents. Its weakest subject is walkability (C): 0% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 8% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. At the median price of €2,731/m², a 70 m² home costs 6.7 times the median annual income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size) in the Communauté d'agglomération du Pays Voironnais. Its strongest is health (A+): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 37% 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 2 things Bilieu does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Bilieu 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.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
The Culture ministry lists no building in Bilieu as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Château de Clermont (ancien), in Chirens, 2.2 mi away.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Bilieu.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
In the comparison, Bilieu comes below both Isère’s towns (84) and compared French towns (88). From 2016 to 2025, 62 residents of Bilieu died, against 98 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 37% fewer. The care-home adjustment is a TownRatings modeling step, not an official statistic.
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
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
For Bilieu, that is above both Isère’s towns (87.4%) and compared French towns (87.5%).
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège des collinesNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 121 | 97%+3 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Bilieu sits below both Isère’s towns (8.1%) and compared French towns (10.1%) on this measure. Bilieu has 150 jobs for 750 working residents, 0.2 per worker. The median disposable income is €29,050 a year per consumption unit.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
That puts Bilieu above both Isère’s towns (33%) and compared French towns (30%). Under-15s account for 20% of the population.
52% women, 48% men
About 93 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Isère 51.3%, France 51.8%.
| Bilieu | Isère median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 20% | 18% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 9.3% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 20% | 23% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 30% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 20% | 21% | 22% |
| No diploma | 11% | 19% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 22% | 24% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 17% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 47% | 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 median price, €2,731/m², comes from 44 sales of houses and apartments in Bilieu from July 2023 to June 2026.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,750/m² | 43 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Heritage and museums in and near Bilieu. Best known first.
MuseumMusée archéologique du lac de Paladru2.9 km north, in Villages du Lac de PaladruAbbeyAbbeyPrieuré de Chirens4.2 km south, in ChirensFortFortHabitat fortifié de Colletière2.7 km southwest, in CharavinesMuseumMuseumLa Grange Dimière4.7 km west, in Villages du Lac de PaladruPhotos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
Nothing in Bilieu 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 Bilieu 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bilieu | 1,578 | — | — | B− | — | A+ |
| Villages du Lac de Paladru | 2,598 | 1.7 | B | C | B+ | A− |
| Chirens | 2,546 | 2.1 | — | B− | — | C− |
| Apprieu | 3,615 | 4.3 | A | C+ | A− | B+ |
| Voiron | 21,847 | 5.9 | B | B− | C− | B− |
| Saint-Étienne-de-Crossey | 2,619 | 6.3 | — | C | — | A− |
| Les Abrets en Dauphiné | 6,850 | 6.4 | B | C+ | C+ | C+ |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Bilieu has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 4.3 recorded violent incidents and 7.1 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
They grade A, better than 93% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Homes cost more than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €2,731/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Bilieu grades B− for cost of living.
Commune in Isère, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Bilieu is a commune of 1,578 people in the Communauté d'agglomération du Pays Voironnais. 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.