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A town of 2,377 in Isère, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes.
Biviers has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents. Its weakest subject is cost of living (D): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 10.6 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. 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 3 things Biviers does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Biviers 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’s list holds 2 historic monuments in Biviers; none is classé, France’s top protection.
The oldest protected part dates from the 16th century; the first monument here was protected in 1948.
Heritage, other places to visit and museums in and near Biviers. Best known first.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Biviers.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
France’s death rates at each age would predict 303 deaths in Biviers from 2016 to 2025; there were 209, 31% 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. For a family doctor, residents of Biviers have one GP on hand.
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.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Advertised rents are estimated at €15.63/m² a month, above both Isère’s towns (€13.13/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²). Estimated advertised rent for houses: €12.54/m² a month. The market in Biviers: 59 sales of houses and apartments between July 2023 and June 2026.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €4,737/m² | 50 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Under-15s account for 16% of the population. The 15-to-24 age group: 7.7%, lower than both Isère’s towns (11%) and compared French towns (11%). Among adults, 70% have a degree.
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Isère 51.3%, France 51.8%.
| Biviers | Isère median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 16% | 18% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 7.7% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 15% | 23% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 28% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 33% | 21% | 22% |
| No diploma | 5.1% | 19% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 10% | 24% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 12% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 70% | 33% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Isère median and France median: the median of compared communes
The jobless rate is 6.6%. Jobs located in Biviers: 400, for 900 residents in work (0.5 each). No commute at all: 4.0% of working residents in the town at the census.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Protection here reaches back to the 16th century. Homes from before 1919 make up 11% of the total, above Isère’s towns (8.7%) and compared French towns (7.4%) alike.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
The bac pass rate near Biviers is 96.2%, above both Isère’s towns (93.7%) and compared French towns (92.9%). The closest collège is 0.8 mi off.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège du GrésivaudanNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 202 | 97%±0 pts |
| École des Pupilles de l'air et de l'espaceNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 105 | 97%−2 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Police and gendarmerie figures for Biviers show 18 offenses in 2025. Per 1,000 residents a year, there were 2.8 cases of violence against people and 12.4 graded property crimes (2023–2025 average). Burglary topped the graded crimes in Biviers (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 · When family violence, other physical violence, sexual violence, vehicle theft and theft from vehicles number five or fewer in a recent year, the figure is withheld, and the index uses the département’s average instead (32.9% of the index here). The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
The Culture ministry’s list holds 2 historic monuments in Biviers; none is classé, France’s top protection.
Château de Franquières (intérieur et extérieur): Photo: DoucF · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Château de Biviers: Photo: Fabrizio Viglione · CC BY-SA 3.0
Wikidata places 2 people here, but for none of them do the articles confirm Biviers 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Biviers | 2,377 | — | — | D | — | A |
| Montbonnot-Saint-Martin | 5,698 | 0.8 | B+ | D | C+ | A |
| Saint-Ismier | 7,165 | 1.5 | A− | D | B− | A |
| Meylan | 18,770 | 2.1 | B+ | D | C | A |
| Saint-Nazaire-les-Eymes | 3,016 | 2.4 | A | C− | A− | A |
| Corenc | 4,215 | 2.6 | C+ | D− | C− | B+ |
| Domène | 6,835 | 2.8 | B | C− | C | A− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Biviers has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 9 burglaries and 9 acts of criminal damage.
They grade B−, better than 50% of compared French towns. 97% of 105 candidates passed the bac at École des Pupilles de l'air et de l'espace in 2025, 2 points below the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Biviers grades D for cost of living.
Commune in Isère, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Biviers is a commune of 2,377 people in the Communauté de communes Le Grésivaudan. 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.
