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The town has 3,404 residents and lies in Isère, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes.
With a B overall, Fontanil-Cornillon is better than 64% of compared French towns and ranks #33 of 96 in Isère. The local economy does well: 1.1 jobs per working resident; 6.1% unemployment. Fewer journeys need a car: 84% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 26% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Homes are dear: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 8.9 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality.
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.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas. The overall grade uses the other six subjects.
The 2 things Fontanil-Cornillon does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Fontanil-Cornillon 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 TownRatings grades French towns →
The Culture ministry lists no building in Fontanil-Cornillon as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Croix en pierre, in Sassenage, 3.1 mi away.
4% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Heritage, other places to visit and gardens in and near Fontanil-Cornillon. Best known first.
ChâteauChâteau de Sassenage4.6 km south, in Sassenage
AttractionCuves de Sassenage5 km south, in SassenageAttractionAttractionTour des Templiers4.4 km northwest, in Veurey-VoroizeChâteauChâteauChâteau de Beaurevoir4.7 km south, in SassenageChâteauChâteauChâteau de Chaulnes2.9 km southwest, in NoyareyPhotos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Fontanil-Cornillon.
The jobless rate is 6.1%. Public transport took 17.4% of Fontanil-Cornillon’s working residents to work at the census.
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.
The estimated advertised rent is €14.32/m² a month, above Isère’s towns (€13.13/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²) alike. Apartments in Fontanil-Cornillon sell for €2,963/m², houses for €3,838/m². House rents are put at about €12.54/m² a month.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €3,838/m² | 32 |
| Apartments | €2,963/m² | 57 |
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.
437 deaths in Fontanil-Cornillon between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 348: 25% above. Its care home for older people (95 places) counts its residents as Fontanil-Cornillon’s; allowing for it, deaths were 2% below expected. For a family doctor, residents of Fontanil-Cornillon can choose among 3 GPs. Life expectancy in Isère: 86.8 years for women and 81.6 for men (2025); France averages 85.9 and 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 · The adjustment for care homes is TownRatings’ own modeling, not an official figure.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Collège pupils travel 1.9 mi to the nearest one. Its collèges and lycées rank #30 of 102 in Isère on results. The nearest general lycée is 4.6 mi away.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège BarnaveNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 175 | 86%−7 pts |
| Lycée professionnel Françoise DoltoNearest lycéeVocational lycée | Vocational lycée | 52 | 94%+10 pts |
| Collège André MalrauxBest against expectations: 4 points above the expected rateCollège | Collège | 103 | 99%+4 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
The graded crime recorded most in Fontanil-Cornillon was criminal damage (2025). In 2025, 75 offenses were recorded locally. Per 1,000 residents a year, there were 5 cases of violence against people and 14.9 graded property crimes (2023–2025 average).
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.
Source: SSMSI (Interior Ministry), recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 · Licence Ouverte · For sexual violence and armed robbery, 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, 8.8% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
The 15-to-24 age group: 8.6%, below both Isère’s towns (11%) and compared French towns (11%). Ages in Fontanil-Cornillon split evenly at 43.4: half are older, half younger. The under-15s are 17% of the population here.
52% women, 48% men
About 93 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Isère 51.3%, France 51.8%.
| Fontanil-Cornillon | Isère median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 17% | 18% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 8.6% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 26% | 23% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 26% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 23% | 21% | 22% |
| No diploma | 15% | 19% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 21% | 24% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 14% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 46% | 33% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Isère median and France median: the median of compared communes
Nothing in Fontanil-Cornillon is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
2 notable people were born in Fontanil-Cornillon.
Bach: Éliane Daphy / Institut Interdisciplinaire d'Anthropologie du Contemporain / National Center for Scientific Research, Public domain
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fontanil-Cornillon | 3,404 | — | B | D | B | C− |
| Saint-Égrève | 17,986 | 1.6 | B− | C− | D | A− |
| Voreppe | 9,922 | 2.7 | A | C | C | A |
| Sassenage | 11,646 | 3 | B− | C | C | B |
| Saint-Martin-le-Vinoux | 6,078 | 3.3 | C+ | C− | D | A− |
| Fontaine | 22,020 | 4.2 | C | B− | D | B+ |
| La Tronche | 6,424 | 5.2 | B− | D | D− | A |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades B for safety, #32 of 96 in Isère. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 11 burglaries and 22 acts of criminal damage.
They grade B+, better than 71% of compared French towns and #30 of 102 in Isère. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Fontanil-Cornillon grades D for cost of living.
Commune in Isère, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Fontanil-Cornillon is a commune of 3,404 people in the Grenoble-Alpes-Métropole. 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 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.
