Chirens has no overall grade because safety isn’t graded here. Its weakest subject is health (C−): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 1% above expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. At the median price of €2,609/m², a 70 m² home costs 6.4 times the median annual income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size) in the Communauté d'agglomération du Pays Voironnais. Its strongest is schools (A): brevet results 3 points above the expected rate.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
Each subject compares Chirens 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.
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
HealthHealth C−
Chirens’ death rate, adjusted for age and care homes, is higher than in 81% of compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
After the care-home adjustment, Chirens’ deaths ran at 101 per 100 expected, above both Isère’s towns (84) and compared French towns (88). 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−.
+1%deaths against expected, after care homesC−Health Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw101
Adjusted101
Median town88
Expected100
2
GPs in Chirens · 4.4 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
3.2 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Hopital de Voiron Chu de Grenoble Alpes
3.2 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Hopital de Voiron Chu de Grenoble Alpes
86.8 · 81.6
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Isère, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Fewer people in Chirens are out of work than in Isère’s towns or across compared French towns: 4.6%
That puts Chirens below both Isère’s towns (8.1%) and compared French towns (10.1%). Chirens has 350 jobs for 1,150 working residents, 0.3 per worker. The median disposable income is €29,660 a year per consumption unit.
8%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving88%
Public transport5%
On foot2%
Bicycle1%
Motorbike or scooter0%
350
jobs based in Chirens, 0.3 per working resident
4.6%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€29,660
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
4%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
C+
Walkability: better than 38% of compared French towns
INSEE, census 2023 · Isère median and France median: the median of compared communes
History
Old homes shape Chirens: 18% were built before 1919, more than in Isère’s towns or compared French towns
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
In the comparison, Chirens comes above both Isère’s towns (8.7%) and compared French towns (7.4%). The Culture ministry lists 3 historic monuments in Chirens: 2 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 1 inscrit (the second level). Among the classé monuments in Chirens is Château de Clermont (ancien).
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Safety
Chirens has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average
Police and gendarmerie recorded 19 offenses in the graded categories in Chirens in 2025. 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, 39.4% of the index here.
2.8recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year
Recorded by type · 2025
Criminal damage10
Burglary9
Armed robbery0
Fraud15
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.
2.8
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
9.4
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
19
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
39.4%
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 Chirens
Is Chirens safe?
Chirens has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 2.8 recorded violent incidents and 9.4 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 9 burglaries and 10 acts of criminal damage.
Are schools in Chirens good?
They grade A, better than 93% of compared French towns and #5 of 102 in Isère. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Chirens expensive to live in?
Prices are close to the median of compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €2,609/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Chirens grades B− for cost of living.
About Chirens
Commune in Isère, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Chirens is a commune of 2,546 people in the Communauté d'agglomération du Pays Voironnais. 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
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.
