Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
With 93 residents, it is a town in Isère, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes.
French towns are graded from 1,000 residents, which leaves Bressieux out for now. 15% of its homes are second homes. It skews older: 38% of residents are 65 or over.
The 2 things Bressieux does most differently from other towns.
Bressieux has 1 historic monument on the Culture ministry’s list: 1 classé, the highest protection, and 0 inscrit, the second level.
The oldest protected part dates from the 14th century; the first monument here was protected in 1904.
20% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Bressieux.
At 55.7, the median resident of Bressieux sits in the middle of the age range. 18% are under 15, about level with both Isère’s towns (18%) and compared French towns (17%).
51% women, 49% men
About 96 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Isère 51.3%, France 51.8%.
| Bressieux | Isère median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 18% | 18% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 2.1% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 18% | 23% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 25% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 38% | 21% | 22% |
| No diploma | 10% | 19% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 27% | 24% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 19% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 38% | 33% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Isère median and France median: the median of compared communes
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Among the classé monuments in Bressieux is Château (ruines). The earliest of these monuments dates from the 14th century.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Jobs located in Bressieux: 50, for 50 residents in work (1 each). Nearly a tenth of the town’s working residents had no journey to work at the census.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
The nearest general lycée is 4.8 mi away.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Marcel MariotteNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 94 | 81%−4 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
2 houses and apartments changed hands in Bressieux from July 2023 to June 2026. Renting a house costs an estimated €11.27/m² a month.
Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Heritage and museums in and near Bressieux. Best known first.
Bressieux has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
Château (ruines): Photo: FrenchHope · CC BY 2.0
Wikidata places 1 person here, but the articles don’t both confirm Bressieux 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bressieux | 93 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Saint-Siméon-de-Bressieux | 3,186 | 1 | D | B | C | C+ |
| Saint-Étienne-de-Saint-Geoirs | 3,425 | 3.5 | B | B− | C+ | B+ |
| La Côte-Saint-André | 4,873 | 4.9 | C− | C+ | D− | C− |
| Le Grand-Lemps | 3,083 | 8.7 | B | B | B | B− |
| Vinay | 4,438 | 10 | A+ | B+ | A− | B− |
| Renage | 3,348 | 10 | B | B+ | B+ | B |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Commune in Isère, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Bressieux is a commune of 93 people in the Communauté de communes Bièvre Isère. 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 November 4, 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.