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CrachierIsère

A town of 600 in Isère, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes.

Is Crachier a good place to live?

Crachier is too small to grade: French towns get subject grades from 1,000 residents.

What makes Crachier stand out

The one thing Crachier does most differently from other towns.

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Crachier’s outline. No photo of the town is in our collection yet.
Crachier’s story

No historic monuments in Crachier

The Culture ministry lists no building in Crachier as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.

The nearest classé monument is Mur de terrasse antique, in Bourgoin-Jallieu, 3.8 mi away.

13% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.

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The data

Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Crachier.

Who lives here

Crachier has fewer young adults than Isère’s towns or compared French towns: 8% are 15 to 24

Children under 15 make up 19% of residents. 14% of residents are 65 or over, below Isère’s towns (21%) and compared French towns (22%) alike. Among adults, 38% have a degree.

41.7median age
CrachierIsère medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma10%
CAP or BEP26%
Baccalauréat23%
Higher education38%

Women and men · all residents

52% women, 48% men

About 93 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Isère 51.3%, France 51.8%.

Ages and diplomas in Crachier
CrachierIsère medianFrance median
Under 1519%18%17%
15–248%11%11%
25–4427%23%23%
45–6433%26%26%
65+14%21%22%
No diploma10%19%19%
CAP or BEP26%24%26%
Baccalauréat23%18%18%
Higher education38%33%30%

INSEE, census 2023 · Isère median and France median: the median of compared communes

Work & commute

Incomes in Crachier run higher than in Isère’s towns and across compared French towns: a median €29,040 a year per consumption unit

6.4% of the labour force were unemployed, below Isère’s towns (8.1%) and compared French towns (10.1%) alike. On foot, by bike or by bus and train: that was how nearly one in ten commuters travelled at the census. Crachier has 50 jobs for 300 working residents, 0.1 per worker.

9%walk, cycle or take transit

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving87%
Public transport8%
On foot1%
Bicycle0%
Motorbike or scooter0%
50
jobs based in Crachier, 0.1 per working resident
6.4%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€29,040
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
4%
worked without traveling (at or from home)

Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte

Housing

The estimated advertised rent of an apartment in Crachier is €13.07/m² a month

Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.

Between July 2023 and June 2026, buyers took 12 homes in Crachier.

€13.07/m²estimated apartment rent a month

Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month

Crachier€13.07/m²
Median of towns€12.41/m²
Isère median€13.13/m²
€13.07/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€10.48 to €16.31/m² a month)
€10.80/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included

Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte

Nearby attractions

Base de loisirs and 4 more in and around Crachier

Heritage and family days out in and near Crachier. Best known first.

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Places: © OpenStreetMap contributors · Wikidata
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Everything we know about Crachier

12pages on Crachier

Landmarks

Nothing in Crachier is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.

Its history page →

Famous people from Crachier

One notable person was born in Crachier.

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Crachier’s neighbors

The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →

All towns in Isère →
Nivolas-VermelleBourgoin-JallieuL'Isle-d'AbeauSaint-Jean-de-BournayVillefontaineRuy-MontceauNivolas-VermelleBourgoin-JallieuL'Isle-d'AbeauSaint-Jean-de-BournayVillefontaineRuy-MontceauCrachier
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
Crachier600—————
Nivolas-Vermelle2,7063.9—C−—B
Bourgoin-Jallieu30,1514C−C−C−C
L'Isle-d'Abeau17,5154.7DC−DB+
Saint-Jean-de-Bournay4,8435.2CC+C+C
Villefontaine19,4455.3DCDB
Ruy-Montceau4,8055.8A−C−BB+

People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.

About Crachier

Commune in Isère, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes

Crachier is a commune of 600 people in the Communauté d'agglomération Porte de l'Isère (CAPI). 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
600 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté d'agglomération Porte de l'Isère (CAPI)
Département
Isère (38)
Région
Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Area
1.4 sq mi (3.7 km²)
INSEE code
38136

Sources: INSEE, census 2023 (population, employment, commuting) · INSEE, Filosofi 2023 (income per consumption unit, poverty) · 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.