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1,515 people live in this town in Isère, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes.
Work and incomes are strong: 0.5 jobs per working resident; 5.3% unemployment. Getting around depends on the car: 13% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 6% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. A 70 m² home at the median €2,279/m² costs 6.2 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the Communauté d'agglomération Porte de l'Isère (CAPI). Few residents are of retirement age: 14% are 65 or over.
Figures: employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi. Eclose-Badinières has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
The one thing Eclose-Badinières does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Eclose-Badinières 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.
Eclose-Badinières has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
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The Culture ministry lists no building in Eclose-Badinières as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Maison natale de Berlioz, in La Côte-Saint-André, 7.7 mi away.
18% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Eclose-Badinières.
Aged 15 to 24: nearly one in ten residents. A third of adults hold a degree, close to Isère’s towns (33%) and above compared French towns (30%). Eclose-Badinières has a median age of 38.6.
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Isère 51.3%, France 51.8%.
| Eclose-Badinières | Isère median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 22% | 18% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 8.7% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 29% | 23% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 27% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 14% | 21% | 22% |
| No diploma | 14% | 19% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 29% | 24% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 20% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 33% | 33% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Isère median and France median: the median of compared communes
5.6% of commuters left the car at home at the census, walking, cycling or taking public transport. Unemployment stood at 5.3%, below Isère’s towns (8.1%) and compared French towns (10.1%) alike. At the census, 4.1% of working residents in Eclose-Badinières didn’t travel to work at all.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Advertised rents are estimated at €13.75/m² a month, near Isère’s towns (€13.13/m²) and higher than compared French towns (€12.41/m²). 34 sales of houses and apartments in Eclose-Badinières, from July 2023 to June 2026, give the median of €2,279/m². Of the homes sold, 85% were houses.
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.
The nearest emergency department to Eclose-Badinières is Ch Pierre Oudot Bourgoin Jallieu, 7.1 mi away. France’s death rates at each age would predict 87 deaths locally from 2016 to 2025; there were 76, 13% fewer. 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 adjustment for care homes is TownRatings’ own modeling, not an official figure. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from C− to A.
Nothing in Eclose-Badinières is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
One notable person was born in Eclose-Badinières.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eclose-Badinières | 1,515 | — | — | C | — | B− |
| Nivolas-Vermelle | 2,706 | 4.2 | — | C− | — | B |
| Cessieu | 3,259 | 5.9 | — | C− | — | C+ |
| Ruy-Montceau | 4,805 | 6.1 | A− | C− | B | B+ |
| Bourgoin-Jallieu | 30,151 | 6.5 | C− | C− | C− | C |
| Saint-Jean-de-Bournay | 4,843 | 7.7 | C | C+ | C+ | C |
| La Côte-Saint-André | 4,873 | 7.9 | C− | C+ | D− | C− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Eclose-Badinières has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 7.1 recorded violent incidents and 8.4 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Prices are close to the median of compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €2,279/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Eclose-Badinières grades C for cost of living.
Commune in Isère, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Eclose-Badinières is a commune of 1,515 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
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 November 4, 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.