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A town of 1,009 in Isère, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes.
Gillonnay has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents. Its weakest subject is walkability (D−): 0% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 4% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. At the median price of €2,309/m², a 70 m² home costs 6.1 times the median annual income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size) in the Communauté de communes Bièvre Isère. Its strongest is health (A−): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 25% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
Each subject compares Gillonnay 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.
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The Culture ministry lists no building in Gillonnay 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, 1.6 mi away.
17% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Heritage, museums and other places to visit in and near Gillonnay. Best known first.
MuseumMusée Hector-Berlioz2.6 km west, in La Côte-Saint-AndréChâteauChâteauChâteau Pointièrein townChâteauChâteauChâteau de Bocsozel2.8 km north, in MottierAttractionAttractionMoulin de Nantoin4.8 km northwest, in Porte-des-BonnevauxChâteauChâteauChâteau des Croisettes2 km west, in La Côte-Saint-AndréPhotos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Gillonnay.
3.9% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train at the census, below both Isère’s towns (14.1%) and compared French towns (13.4%). The jobless rate is 6.4%. Gillonnay has 150 jobs for 450 working residents, 0.3 per worker.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
In Isère, life expectancy at birth reaches 86.8 years for women and 81.6 for men (2025), next to 85.9 and 80.3 for France. From 2016 to 2025, 64 residents of Gillonnay died, against 86 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 25% fewer. The nearest emergency department to Gillonnay is Hopital de Voiron Chu de Grenoble Alpes, 13.7 mi away.
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 care-home step is TownRatings’ own calculation, not an official number. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from B− to A+.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
The bac pass rate near Gillonnay is 94.9%, near Isère’s towns (93.7%) and higher than compared French towns (92.9%). The closest collège is 1.6 mi off. At the two general lycées, 96% of 328 candidates passed the bac, 1.5 points below the expected rate.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège JongkindNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 115 | 83%−6 pts |
| Lycée polyvalent Hector BerliozNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 231 | 94%−3 pts |
| Collège privé Saint-François - Institution Saint-François PrivateBest against expectations: 4 points above the expected rateCollège | Collège | 163 | 99%+4 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Nearly a quarter of residents are 65 or over. Children under 15 make up 16%, below both Isère’s towns (18%) and compared French towns (17%). The median resident of Gillonnay is 48.9 years old.
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Isère 51.3%, France 51.8%.
| Gillonnay | Isère median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 16% | 18% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 8.9% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 19% | 23% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 32% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 24% | 21% | 22% |
| No diploma | 13% | 19% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 35% | 24% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 16% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 30% | 33% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Isère median and France median: the median of compared communes
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The median price, €2,309/m², comes from 33 sales of houses and apartments in Gillonnay from July 2023 to June 2026. Houses accounted for 94% of sales, apartments for the rest.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,333/m² | 31 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Nothing in Gillonnay is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Gillonnay yet.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gillonnay | 1,009 | — | — | B− | — | A− |
| La Côte-Saint-André | 4,873 | 1.7 | C− | C+ | D− | C− |
| Saint-Étienne-de-Saint-Geoirs | 3,425 | 4.5 | B | B− | C+ | B+ |
| Saint-Siméon-de-Bressieux | 3,186 | 4.8 | D | B | C | C+ |
| Le Grand-Lemps | 3,083 | 6.1 | B | B | B | B− |
| Apprieu | 3,615 | 9.8 | A | C+ | A− | B+ |
| Renage | 3,348 | 10 | B | B+ | B+ | B |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Gillonnay has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 6.7 recorded violent incidents and 11.2 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
They grade B, better than 58% of compared French towns. 94% of 231 candidates passed the bac at Lycée polyvalent Hector Berlioz in 2025, 3 points below the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Prices are close to the median of compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €2,309/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Gillonnay grades B− for cost of living.
Commune in Isère, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Gillonnay is a commune of 1,009 people in the Communauté de communes Bièvre Isère. 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.