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A town of 2,019 in Isère, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes.
Charantonnay has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents. Its weakest subject is schools (C): brevet results 5 points below the expected rate. At the median price of €2,965/m², a 70 m² home costs 6.8 times the median annual income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size) in the Communauté de communes Collines Isère Nord Communauté.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
The one thing Charantonnay does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Charantonnay 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 Charantonnay as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Remparts et restes du château, in Septème, 5.1 mi away.
12% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Other places to visit, museums and family days out in and near Charantonnay. Best known first.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Charantonnay.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
The brevet pass rate near Charantonnay is 89.0%, above Isère’s towns (87.4%) and close to compared French towns (87.5%). A collège lies 1.7 mi away.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège de PérancheNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 95 | 89%−5 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Aged 15 to 24: 10% of residents. 19% of residents are 65 or over, lower than both Isère’s towns (21%) and compared French towns (22%). Residents of Charantonnay have a median age of 42.
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Isère 51.3%, France 51.8%.
| Charantonnay | Isère median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 21% | 18% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 10% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 23% | 23% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 27% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 19% | 21% | 22% |
| No diploma | 15% | 19% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 29% | 24% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 22% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 31% | 33% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Isère median and France median: the median of compared communes
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The estimated advertised rent is €13.67/m² a month, about level with Isère’s towns (€13.13/m²) and above compared French towns (€12.41/m²). 55 sales of houses and apartments in Charantonnay, from July 2023 to June 2026, give the median of €2,965/m². The sales split: 91% houses, the rest apartments.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €3,013/m² | 50 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
From 2016 to 2025, 113 residents of Charantonnay died, against 123 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 8% fewer. The nearest emergency department to Charantonnay is Ch Pierre Oudot Bourgoin Jallieu, 7.5 mi away. There is one general practitioner here. Average lifespans in Isère: 86.8 years for women, 81.6 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 nationally.
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 adjustment is a TownRatings modeling step, not an official statistic. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from D to B+.
At the census, 4.8% went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport, below both Isère’s towns (14.1%) and compared French towns (13.4%). Households’ median disposable income: €29,510 a year per consumption unit.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
In all, 13 offenses reached the police record in Charantonnay in 2025. Graded property crimes ran at 10.3 per 1,000 residents a year, and violence against people at 3.4 (2023–2025 average). Among the graded crimes here, the most frequent was criminal damage (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 · For family violence, other physical violence, sexual violence, 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, 43.2% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Nothing in Charantonnay 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 Charantonnay 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charantonnay | 2,019 | — | — | C+ | — | C+ |
| Saint-Georges-d'Espéranche | 3,545 | 2.1 | B+ | C | B | A |
| Saint-Jean-de-Bournay | 4,843 | 2.9 | C | C+ | C+ | C |
| Diémoz | 2,947 | 3.6 | B− | C | A− | B− |
| Villefontaine | 19,445 | 5.3 | D | C | D | B |
| Saint-Quentin-Fallavier | 6,189 | 6.4 | D | C− | D− | B |
| Valencin | 2,878 | 6.5 | — | C− | — | B |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Charantonnay has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 5 burglaries and 8 acts of criminal damage.
They grade C, better than 28% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Homes cost more than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €2,965/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Charantonnay grades C+ for cost of living.
Commune in Isère, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Charantonnay is a commune of 2,019 people in the Communauté de communes Collines Isère Nord Communauté. 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.