Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
A town of 1,028 in Isère, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes.
Bizonnes has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents. Its weakest subject is health (D): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 9% above expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Its strongest is cost of living (B+): A year’s estimated rent on a 70 m² apartment is 34% of the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
Each subject compares Bizonnes 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 Bizonnes as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Château de Pupetières, in Châbons, 3.7 mi away.
30% 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 Bizonnes.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
In the comparison, Bizonnes comes above both Isère’s towns (84) and compared French towns (88). The care-home adjustment is a TownRatings modeling step, not an official statistic. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from D− to B−.
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
For Bizonnes, that is above both Isère’s towns (18%) and compared French towns (17%). 17% of residents are 65 or over.
49% women, 51% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Isère 51.3%, France 51.8%.
| Bizonnes | Isère median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 23% | 18% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 11% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 26% | 23% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 24% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 17% | 21% | 22% |
| No diploma | 21% | 19% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 28% | 24% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 22% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 25% | 33% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Isère median and France median: the median of compared communes
Bizonnes sits below both Isère’s towns (14.1%) and compared French towns (13.4%) on this measure. 6.7% of the labour force are out of work. Bizonnes has 150 jobs for 500 working residents, 0.3 per worker.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
That puts Bizonnes below both Isère’s towns (€13.13/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²).
Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Nothing in Bizonnes 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 Bizonnes 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bizonnes | 1,028 | — | — | B+ | — | D |
| Le Grand-Lemps | 3,083 | 4.3 | B | B | B | B− |
| Apprieu | 3,615 | 6.9 | A | C+ | A− | B+ |
| La Côte-Saint-André | 4,873 | 7.2 | C− | C+ | D− | C− |
| Villages du Lac de Paladru | 2,598 | 7.5 | B | C | B+ | A− |
| Cessieu | 3,259 | 8 | — | C− | — | C+ |
| Saint-Étienne-de-Saint-Geoirs | 3,425 | 8 | B | B− | C+ | B+ |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Bizonnes has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 4.6 recorded violent incidents and 11 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Commune in Isère, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Bizonnes is a commune of 1,028 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) · 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.