Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
1,557 people live in this town in Isère, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes.
Champagnier’s strongest subject is health — after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 46% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Work and incomes are strong (A): 0.5 jobs per working resident; 5.6% unemployment. The weak point is cost of living (C): A year’s estimated rent on a 70 m² apartment is 41% of the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. It lags on schools as well: bac results 0.8 points above the expected rate; brevet results 3.8 points below the expected rate.
Figures: deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · employment, INSEE census 2023 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education. Champagnier has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
Each subject compares Champagnier 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.
Champagnier has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
The Culture ministry lists no building in Champagnier as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Vieux pont sur le Drac (également sur commune de Claix), in Le Pont-de-Claix, 1.5 mi away.
Explore the history →Heritage and museums in and near Champagnier. Best known first.
MuseumMusée Géo-Charles4.4 km northwest, in Échirolles
FortFort de Comboire4.5 km northwest, in Claix
ChâteauChâteau de Bon Repos2.4 km east, in Jarrie
MuseumMusée de la chimie2.3 km southeast, in Jarrie
MuseumMusée Autrefois3.1 km south, in Champ-sur-Drac
MuseumHisto Bus Dauphinois3.1 km northwest, in Le Pont-de-ClaixPhotos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Champagnier.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
France’s death rates at each age would predict 108 deaths in Champagnier from 2016 to 2025; there were 59, 46% fewer. Average lifespans in Isère: 86.8 years for women, 81.6 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 nationally. The nearest emergency department to Champagnier is Clinique des Cedres, 2.3 mi away.
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 figures behind this are our own model (TownRatings), not official statistics.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Of the homes sold, 92% were houses. Between July 2023 and June 2026, buyers took 26 homes in Champagnier.
Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
At the vocational lycée within 5 km, 81% of 74 candidates passed the bac pro. Collège pupils travel 1.5 mi to the nearest one. 92.9% of candidates passed the bac at the lycées within 5 km of Champagnier, in line with Isère’s towns (93.7%) and compared French towns (92.9%).
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Le Clos JouvinNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 135 | 91%−3 pts |
| Lycée général et technologique Marie CurieNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 419 | 95%+1 pt |
| Collège Louis LumièreBest against expectations: 2 points above the expected rateCollège | Collège | 158 | 87%+2 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
5.6% of the labour force were unemployed, below Isère’s towns (8.1%) and compared French towns (10.1%) alike. Public transport took 4.2% of Champagnier’s working residents to work at the census.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
19% are under 15, higher than both Isère’s towns (18%) and compared French towns (17%). Young adults of 15 to 24 account for 9.6% of the town. Those 65 and older account for a fifth of residents.
49% women, 51% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Isère 51.3%, France 51.8%.
| Champagnier | Isère median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 19% | 18% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 9.6% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 23% | 23% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 28% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 20% | 21% | 22% |
| No diploma | 7.8% | 19% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 17% | 24% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 18% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 56% | 33% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Isère median and France median: the median of compared communes
Nothing in Champagnier 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 Champagnier 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Champagnier | 1,557 | — | — | C | — | A+ |
| Jarrie | 3,952 | 1.3 | A | C− | B+ | A+ |
| Le Pont-de-Claix | 10,956 | 1.8 | C− | B− | C− | B− |
| Claix | 7,836 | 2.4 | B− | D | C+ | A− |
| Champ-sur-Drac | 3,335 | 2.5 | B | C− | B+ | C+ |
| Échirolles | 37,491 | 2.5 | C− | C+ | D− | B |
| Varces-Allières-et-Risset | 8,542 | 2.6 | C+ | D | C | A− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Champagnier 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 9.7 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
They grade C, better than 33% of compared French towns. The lycée stands out: 95% of 419 candidates passed the bac at Lycée général et technologique Marie Curie in 2025, a point above the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Commune in Isère, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Champagnier is a commune of 1,557 people in the Grenoble-Alpes-Métropole. 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.