Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
A town of 1,582 in Isère, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes.
Champier has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents. Its weakest subject is schools (D): brevet results 6 points below the expected rate. At the median price of €2,078/m², a 70 m² home costs 5.5 times the median annual income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size) in the Communauté de communes Bièvre Isère. Its strongest is health (B): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 16% 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.
Each subject compares Champier 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 Champier as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Maison natale de Berlioz, in La Côte-Saint-André, 4.5 mi away.
20% 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 Champier.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
At the collèges within 5 km of Champier, 84.0% passed the brevet, below both Isère’s towns (87.4%) and compared French towns (87.5%).
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Simone VeilNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 162 | 84%−6 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
On this, Champier is above both Isère’s towns (18%) and compared French towns (17%). Those 65 and older account for 17% of residents.
51% women, 49% men
About 96 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Isère 51.3%, France 51.8%.
| Champier | Isère median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 22% | 18% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 11% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 26% | 23% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 25% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 17% | 21% | 22% |
| No diploma | 18% | 19% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 33% | 24% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 19% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 24% | 33% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Isère median and France median: the median of compared communes
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
From 2016 to 2025, 84 residents of Champier died, against 100 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 16% fewer. The adjustment lowers most towns’ figures, so the comparison is what counts: the median of compared French towns is 12% below expected. The care-home adjustment is a TownRatings modeling step, not an official statistic. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from C− to A.
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
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The median sale price was €2,078/m², below both Isère’s towns (€2,716/m²) and compared French towns (€2,430/m²).
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,091/m² | 47 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
In the comparison, Champier comes below both Isère’s towns (14.1%) and compared French towns (13.4%). Champier has 350 jobs for 700 working residents, 0.5 per worker.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Police and gendarmerie recorded 19 offenses in the graded categories in Champier in 2025. For family violence, sexual violence, armed robbery, vehicle theft and theft from vehicles, this figure isn’t published when it’s small (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the index uses the département’s average instead, 29.3% of the index here.
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
Other places to visit and heritage in and near Champier. Best known first.
Nothing in Champier is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
One notable person was born in Champier.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Champier | 1,582 | — | — | C+ | — | B |
| La Côte-Saint-André | 4,873 | 4.6 | C− | C+ | D− | C− |
| Le Grand-Lemps | 3,083 | 7.4 | B | B | B | B− |
| Nivolas-Vermelle | 2,706 | 7.5 | — | C− | — | B |
| Saint-Jean-de-Bournay | 4,843 | 8 | C | C+ | C+ | C |
| Saint-Étienne-de-Saint-Geoirs | 3,425 | 8.3 | B | B− | C+ | B+ |
| Saint-Siméon-de-Bressieux | 3,186 | 8.7 | D | B | C | C+ |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Champier has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 8.7 recorded violent incidents and 13.4 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 6 burglaries and 7 acts of criminal damage.
They grade D, better than 13% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Estimated advertised apartment rents are €12.37/m² a month, charges included. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Champier grades C+ for cost of living.
Commune in Isère, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Champier is a commune of 1,582 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) · 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.