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Entre-deux-GuiersIsère

In Isère, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, this town has 1,915 residents.

Is Entre-deux-Guiers a good place to live?

Entre-deux-Guiers’s strongest subject is jobs & income (A−) — 0.8 jobs per working resident; 6.7% unemployment. The weak point is health: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 1% above expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Homes sell for a median €2,125/m²: 70 m² comes to 5.5 years of the median income per consumption unit in the Communauté de communes Cœur de Chartreuse. It also trails on schools — brevet results 2.9 points below the expected rate.

Figures: employment, INSEE census 2023 · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education. Entre-deux-Guiers 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.

How Entre-deux-Guiers grades

Each subject compares Entre-deux-Guiers 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.

How grading works

Entre-deux-Guiers has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.

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Entre-deux-Guiers’ story

No historic monuments in Entre-deux-Guiers

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

The nearest classé monument is Monastère de la Grande-Chartreuse, in Saint-Pierre-de-Chartreuse, 5 mi away.

16% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.

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Landmarks

Nothing in Entre-deux-Guiers is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.

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The data

Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Entre-deux-Guiers.

HealthHealth C−

Allowing for age and care homes, deaths in Entre-deux-Guiers run higher than in 80% of compared French towns

+1%deaths against expected, after care homesC−Health Grade

Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.

Ages and care homes taken into account, deaths in Entre-deux-Guiers come to 101 per 100 predicted. France’s death rates at each age would predict 268 deaths in the town from 2016 to 2025; there were 361, 35% more. Also worth knowing: the nearest emergency department to Entre-deux-Guiers is Ch Yves Touraine, 8.6 mi away. Life expectancy in Isère: 86.8 years for women and 81.6 for men (2025); France averages 85.9 and 80.3.

Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025

Raw135
Adjusted101
Median town88
Expected100
1
GPs in Entre-deux-Guiers · 3.7 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
8.6 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Ch Yves Touraine
9.4 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

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 · That adjustment for care homes is a model of TownRatings’ own, not official data.

Work & commuteJobs & income A−

Entre-deux-Guiers has lower unemployment than Isère’s towns or compared French towns: 6.7%

12%walk, cycle or take transit

Bus, tram or train carried 3.2% of working residents in Entre-deux-Guiers to work at the census. At the census, 3.6% of working residents in Entre-deux-Guiers didn’t travel to work at all. The median disposable income was €26,450 a year per consumption unit, close to both Isère’s towns (€27,110) and compared French towns (€25,970).

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving83%
On foot6%
Public transport3%
Bicycle3%
Motorbike or scooter1%
700
jobs based in Entre-deux-Guiers, 0.8 per working resident
6.7%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€26,450
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
4%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
A−
Walkability: better than 78% of compared French towns

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

Schools

Schools around Entre-deux-Guiers do less well than those of 63% of compared French towns

88.2%passed the brevetC+School Grade

Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.

No general lycée lies within 5 km; the nearest is 8.6 mi away. The brevet pass rate near Entre-deux-Guiers is 88.2%, close to both Isère’s towns (87.4%) and compared French towns (87.5%).

Brevet pass rate · collèges within 5 km

Entre-deux-Guiers88.2%
Median of towns87.5%
SchoolLevelCandidatesPassed, 2025
Collège privé Saint-Bruno PrivateNearest collègeCollègeCollège7093%+4 pts

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88.2%
passed the brevet at the collèges, −2.9 pts against the expected rate
0.2 mi
to the nearest collège from the town center

Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte

HousingCost of living B

Renting in Entre-deux-Guiers costs less than in Isère’s towns or compared French towns, at an estimated advertised €10.95/m² a month

€2,125/m²median sale price

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

The median price, €2,125/m², comes from 66 sales of houses and apartments in Entre-deux-Guiers from July 2023 to June 2026. A house rents for an estimated €10.34/m² a month. Of the homes sold, 76% were houses.

Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026

Entre-deux-Guiers€2,125/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Isère median€2,716/m²
By typeMedian per m²Sales
Houses€2,274/m²50
€10.95/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€8.56 to €14.01/m² a month)
5.5
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€10.34/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€26,950
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté de communes Cœur de Chartreuse

Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte

Who lives here

Older residents shape Entre-deux-Guiers: 26% are 65 or over, above Isère’s towns and compared French towns

46.2median age

Young adults of 15 to 24 are 10% of the population. Line up the people of Entre-deux-Guiers by age and the one in the middle is 46.2. 31% of adults hold a degree, about level with compared French towns (30%) and below Isère’s towns (33%).

Entre-deux-GuiersIsère medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma20%
CAP or BEP24%
Baccalauréat20%
Higher education31%

Women and men · all residents

51% women, 49% men

About an even split. Median share of women: Isère 51.3%, France 51.8%.

Ages and diplomas in Entre-deux-Guiers
Entre-deux-GuiersIsère medianFrance median
Under 1517%18%17%
15–2410%11%11%
25–4421%23%23%
45–6426%26%26%
65+26%21%22%
No diploma20%19%19%
CAP or BEP24%24%26%
Baccalauréat20%18%18%
Higher education31%33%30%

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

Safety

Entre-deux-Guiers has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average

3.5recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year

Violence against people ran at 3.5 per 1,000 residents a year and the graded property crimes at 13.2 (2023–2025 average). All told, Entre-deux-Guiers had 25 recorded offenses in 2025. Among the graded crimes locally, the most frequent was criminal damage (2025).

Recorded by type · 2025

Criminal damage18
Burglary7
Armed robbery0

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.

3.5
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
13.2
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
25
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
43.7%
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 · Small counts of family violence, other physical violence, sexual violence, vehicle theft and theft from vehicles go unpublished (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the département’s average stands in, 43.7% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.

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About Entre-deux-Guiers

Commune in Isère, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes

Entre-deux-Guiers is a commune of 1,915 people in the Communauté de communes Cœur de Chartreuse. 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
1,915 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes Cœur de Chartreuse
Département
Isère (38)
Région
Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Area
4 sq mi (10.5 km²)
INSEE code
38155

Entre-deux-Guiers’ neighbors

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

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Saint-Laurent-du-PontSaint-Étienne-de-CrosseyLe Pont-de-BeauvoisinCoublevieLa BuisseVoironSaint-Laurent-du-PontSaint-Étienne-de-CrosseyLe Pont-de-BeauvoisinCoublevieLa BuisseVoironEntre-deux-Guiers
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
Entre-deux-Guiers1,915——B—C−
Saint-Laurent-du-Pont4,4902.7BBBD
Saint-Étienne-de-Crossey2,6196.5—C—A−
Le Pont-de-Beauvoisin3,6028.2C+B+DB+
Coublevie5,5208.6A−C−BB+
La Buisse3,5009.2ACB+A
Voiron21,8479.2BB−C−B−

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

Questions about Entre-deux-Guiers

Is Entre-deux-Guiers safe?

Entre-deux-Guiers has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 7 burglaries and 18 acts of criminal damage.

Are schools in Entre-deux-Guiers good?

They grade C+, better than 38% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.

Is Entre-deux-Guiers expensive to live in?

Homes cost less than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €2,125/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Entre-deux-Guiers grades B for cost of living.

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.