Chatte grades B overall: better than 63% of compared French towns, and #37 of 96 in Isère. Its weakest subject is schools (C): bac results 1.1 points below the expected rate; brevet results 3.6 points below the expected rate. At the median price of €2,426/m², a 70 m² home costs 6.5 times the median annual income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size) in the Communauté de communes Saint-Marcellin Vercors Isère Communauté. Its strongest is jobs & income (A−): 1.7 jobs per working resident; 8.3% unemployment.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas. The overall grade uses the other six subjects.
Each subject compares Chatte 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.
INSEE, census 2023 · Isère median and France median: the median of compared communes
HealthHealth B
Chatte’s death rate, adjusted for age and care homes, is lower than in 61% of compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
From 2016 to 2025, 296 residents of Chatte died, against 312 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 5% fewer. Its care home for older people (44 places) counts its residents as Chatte’s; allowing for it, deaths were 16% below expected. 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−.
−16%deaths against expected, after care homesBHealth Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw95
Adjusted84
Median town88
Expected100
1
GPs in Chatte · 2.9 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
14.5 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Hopitaux Drome Nord Romans Sur Isere
14.5 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Hopitaux Drome Nord Romans Sur Isere
86.8 · 81.6
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Isère, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Chatte keeps more of its old housing than Isère or compared French towns: 17% built before 1919
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
On this, Chatte is above both Isère’s towns (8.7%) and compared French towns (7.4%). The Culture ministry lists 1 historic monument in Chatte, none of them classé, France’s highest protection.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
HousingCost of living B
Estimated advertised rents run lower in Chatte than in Isère’s towns or across compared French towns: €10.20/m² a month
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
In the comparison, Chatte comes below both Isère’s towns (€13.13/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²). The median price, €2,426/m², comes from 74 sales of houses and apartments in Chatte from July 2023 to June 2026.
€2,426/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Chatte€2,426/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Isère median€2,716/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€2,491/m²
68
€10.20/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€7.94 to €13.09/m² a month)
6.5
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€9.17/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€26,180
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté de communes Saint-Marcellin Vercors Isère Communauté
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Safety
Chatte has more crime per resident than 53% of compared French towns
Police and gendarmerie recorded 46 offenses in the graded categories in Chatte in 2025. For other physical violence, sexual violence, burglary and vehicle theft, 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, 17.0% of the index here. Because that share is over 10%, this Safety Grade is less sure than most. With 1,700 jobs for 1,000 working residents, Chatte draws people from neighboring communes, and crimes are counted in the commune where they happen, then divided by its number of residents.
6.8recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a yearB−Safety Grade
Recorded by type · 2025
Criminal damage30
Theft from vehicles10
Family violence6
Armed robbery0
Theft without violence19
Fraud16
Drug use6
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.
6.8
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
15.2
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
46
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
17.0%
of the index rests on the département’s average, used where small counts aren’t published
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Chatte
Is Chatte safe?
It grades B− for safety, #39 of 96 in Isère.
Are schools in Chatte good?
They grade C, better than 27% of compared French towns and #76 of 102 in Isère. 95% of 219 candidates passed the bac at Lycée polyvalent La Saulaie in 2025, 2 points below the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Chatte expensive to live in?
Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Chatte grades B for cost of living.
About Chatte
Commune in Isère, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Chatte is a commune of 2,518 people in the Communauté de communes Saint-Marcellin Vercors Isère 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
Population
2,518 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes Saint-Marcellin Vercors Isère Communauté
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.
