Real strengths, and real weak spots. Its weakest subject is safety: an average of 5.5 recorded violent incidents and 35.2 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Gières’s overall grade of C+ puts it better than two fifths of compared French towns, #64 of 96 in Isère. Homes are dear: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 8.6 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. People here tend to be in good health: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 33% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Walking, cycling and public transport work well here: 89% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 42% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work.
Figures: deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting, INSEE census 2023 · recorded crime, SSMSI (Ministry of the Interior) · 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.
Each subject compares Gières 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.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Gières.
Safety
Gières sees more crime per resident than 96% of compared French towns
Gières’s tally for 2025: 294 recorded offenses. Of the graded crimes here, theft from vehicles came up most often (2025).
5.5recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a yearD−Safety Grade
Recorded by type · 2025
Theft from vehicles89
Criminal damage81
Burglary53
Vehicle theft36
Other physical violence20
Family violence15
Theft without violence95
Fraud51
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.
5.5
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
35.2
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
294
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
1.0%
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 sexual violence and armed robbery go unpublished (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the département’s average stands in, 1.0% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Work & commuteJobs & income A−
For walkability, Gières ranks above 95% of compared French towns
3,400 jobs are based in Gières, for 3,400 working residents (1 per worker). After tax and benefits, the median income is €28,950 a year per consumption unit. 9.5% of the labour force were unemployed, higher than Isère’s towns (8.1%) yet lower than compared French towns (10.1%).
42%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving54%
Public transport21%
Bicycle16%
On foot5%
Motorbike or scooter1%
3,400
jobs based in Gières, 1 per working resident
9.5%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€28,950
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
3%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
A
Walkability: better than 95% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
HealthHealth A
Allowing for age and care homes, Gières sees fewer deaths than Isère’s towns or compared French towns: 67 per 100 expected
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
From 2016 to 2025, 379 residents of Gières died, against 511 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 26% fewer. Life expectancy at birth in Isère is 86.8 years for women and 81.6 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. For a family doctor, residents of Gières can choose among 10 GPs.
−33%deaths against expected, after care homesAHealth Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw74
Adjusted67
Median town88
Expected100
10
GPs in Gières · 6.3 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
2.5 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Hopital Nord Chu de Grenoble Alpes
1.4 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Clinique Belledonne
86.8 · 81.6
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Isère, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Estimated advertised rents run higher in Gières than in Isère’s towns or across compared French towns: €15.08/m² a month
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The median price, €3,255/m², comes from 254 sales of houses and apartments in Gières from July 2023 to June 2026. Houses in Gières sell for €3,813/m² and apartments for €3,151/m². The sales split: 19% houses, the rest apartments.
€3,255/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Gières€3,255/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Isère median€2,716/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€3,813/m²
47
Apartments
€3,151/m²
207
€15.08/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€12.32 to €18.47/m² a month)
8.6
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€14.44/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€26,600
median annual income per consumption unit, Grenoble-Alpes-Métropole
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Who lives here
Gières is a graduates’ town: 53% hold a degree, more than in both Isère’s towns and compared French towns
Young adults of 15 to 24 account for nearly a fifth of the town. 16% of residents are 65 or over, lower than both Isère’s towns (21%) and compared French towns (22%). The share of residents under 15 is 17%.
36median age
GièresIsère medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
19%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma12%
CAP or BEP16%
Baccalauréat15%
Higher education53%
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 94 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Isère 51.3%, France 51.8%.
INSEE, census 2023 · Isère median and France median: the median of compared communes
Schools
87.3% of candidates passed the brevet at the 18 collèges within 5 km, 3.3 points below the expected rate
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
The town’s schools place #63 of 102 in Isère on results. The bac pass rate near Gières is 93.6%, close to both Isère’s towns (93.7%) and compared French towns (92.9%). At the nine general lycées, 96% of 2,061 candidates passed the bac, at the expected rate.
96%passed the bac (general and technological)C+School Grade
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
History
1 historic monument in Gières, none of them classé
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Protection here reaches back to the 19th century. Homes from before 1919 make up 4.7% of the total, below both Isère’s towns (8.7%) and compared French towns (7.4%).
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Gières
Is Gières safe?
It grades D− for safety, #88 of 96 in Isère. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 53 burglaries and 81 acts of criminal damage.
Are schools in Gières good?
They grade C+, better than 39% of compared French towns and #63 of 102 in Isère. 96% of 297 candidates passed the bac at Lycée polyvalent Pablo Neruda in 2025, a point below the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Gières expensive to live in?
Homes cost more than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €3,255/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Gières grades D for cost of living.
About Gières
Commune in Isère, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Gières is a commune of 7,376 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
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.
