Several subjects drag its grade down. Chavanoz grades D overall, better than 9% of compared French towns, and ranks #92 of 96 in Isère. School results trail most towns: bac results 1.8 points below the expected rate; brevet results 8.4 points below the expected rate. It lags on cost of living as well: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 7.8 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Its best grade is for safety — an average of 4.3 recorded violent incidents and 15.3 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Figures: recorded crime, SSMSI (Ministry of the Interior) · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi.
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 Chavanoz 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.
Hazard riskNot graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas–
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Chavanoz’s story
Chavanoz in pictures
The Culture ministry’s list holds 1 historic monument in Chavanoz; none is classé, France’s top protection.
The oldest protected part dates from the 16th century; the first monument here was protected in 1990.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Chavanoz.
Schools
Fewer pupils pass the brevet at the collèges near Chavanoz than in Isère’s towns or compared French towns: 77.0%
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Vocational results within 5 km: 84% passed the bac pro, of 75 candidates. Near Chavanoz, 91.5% of lycée candidates passed the bac, below Isère’s towns (93.7%) and compared French towns (92.9%) alike. Schools rank #96 of 102 in Isère.
93%passed the bac (general and technological)DSchool Grade
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Who lives here
Children make up 24% of Chavanoz, above Isère’s towns and compared French towns
Degrees are held by nearly a quarter of adults, below both Isère’s towns (33%) and compared French towns (30%). People 65 and over make up 14% of the town. 11% of residents are aged 15 to 24.
37.1median age
ChavanozIsère medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
11%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma25%
CAP or BEP28%
Baccalauréat20%
Higher education23%
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About an even split. Median share of women: Isère 51.3%, France 51.8%.
INSEE, census 2023 · Isère median and France median: the median of compared communes
HousingCost of living C−
Buying in Chavanoz costs more than in Isère’s towns and across compared French towns: the median sale is €3,048/m²
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The estimated advertised rent is €13.99/m² a month, above Isère’s towns (€13.13/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²) alike. House rents are put at about €11.39/m² a month. Between July 2023 and June 2026, buyers took 100 homes in Chavanoz.
€3,048/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Chavanoz€3,048/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Isère median€2,716/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€3,017/m²
80
€13.99/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€11.26 to €17.39/m² a month)
7.8
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€11.39/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€27,300
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté de communes Lyon Saint Exupéry en Dauphiné
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
HealthHealth C+
Chavanoz sees 94 deaths per 100 expected: under what its ages predict, yet above Isère’s towns and compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Life expectancy at birth in Isère is 86.8 years for women and 81.6 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. From 2016 to 2025, 250 residents of Chavanoz died, against 267 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 6% fewer. Also worth knowing: the nearest emergency department to Chavanoz is Ch Pierre Oudot Bourgoin Jallieu, 12.2 mi away. There is one general practitioner locally.
−6%deaths against expected, after care homesC+Health Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw94
Adjusted94
Median town88
Expected100
1
GPs in Chavanoz · 2.6 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
12.2 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Ch Pierre Oudot Bourgoin Jallieu
12.2 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Ch Pierre Oudot Bourgoin Jallieu
86.8 · 81.6
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Isère, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Fewer commuters in Chavanoz walk, cycle or take the bus or train than in Isère’s towns or compared French towns: 6.5%
Unemployment stood at 10.5%, about level with compared French towns (10.1%) and above Isère’s towns (8.1%). Jobs based in Chavanoz number 1,050, against 2,200 residents in work (0.5 per worker). Public transport took 3.4% of the town’s working residents to work at the census.
7%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving90%
Public transport3%
On foot3%
Motorbike or scooter1%
Bicycle0%
1,050
jobs based in Chavanoz, 0.5 per working resident
10.5%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€26,670
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
3%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
C+
Walkability: better than 40% of compared French towns
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Safety
Less crime per resident in Chavanoz than in 58% of compared French towns
In all, 102 offenses reached the police record in Chavanoz in 2025. The commonest graded crime locally was criminal damage (2025).
4.3recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a yearBSafety Grade
Recorded by type · 2025
Criminal damage43
Vehicle theft24
Theft from vehicles15
Burglary14
Family violence6
Fraud33
Drug use27
Theft without violence19
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.
4.3
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
15.3
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
102
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
3.1%
of the index rests on the département’s average, used where small counts aren’t published
Source: SSMSI (Interior Ministry), recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 · Licence Ouverte · For other physical violence, sexual violence and armed robbery, the count isn’t published when it’s small (five or fewer in a year of the last three), so the index uses the département’s average, 3.1% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Nearby attractions
Château Grammont and 4 more in and around Chavanoz
Heritage, family days out and other places to visit in and near Chavanoz. Best known first.
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Famous people from Chavanoz
Wikidata places 1 person here, but the articles don’t both confirm Chavanoz as the birthplace, so nobody is listed.
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Chavanoz
Is Chavanoz safe?
It grades B for safety, #30 of 96 in Isère. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 14 burglaries and 43 acts of criminal damage.
Are schools in Chavanoz good?
They grade D, better than 7% of compared French towns and #96 of 102 in Isère. 93% of 368 candidates passed the bac at Lycée général et technologique La Pléiade in 2025, 3 points below the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Chavanoz expensive to live in?
Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Chavanoz grades C− for cost of living.
About Chavanoz
Commune in Isère, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Chavanoz is a commune of 5,126 people in the Communauté de communes Lyon Saint Exupéry en Dauphiné. 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
5,126 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes Lyon Saint Exupéry en Dauphiné
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.
