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A town of 1,424 in Isère, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes.
Herbeys has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents. Its weakest subject is cost of living (D): A year’s estimated rent on a 70 m² apartment is 47% of the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Its strongest is health (A+): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 50% 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.
The one thing Herbeys does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Herbeys 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 1 historic monument in Herbeys: 1 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 0 inscrit (the second level).
The oldest protected part dates from the 17th century; the first monument here was protected in 1948.
14% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Heritage and other places to visit in and near Herbeys. Best known first.
ChâteauChâteau de Bon Repos4.6 km southwest, in JarrieAttractionAttractionUriage-les-Bains2.5 km east, in Vaulnaveys-le-HautFortFortFort du Mûrier3.6 km north, in GièresFortFortFort des Quatre Seigneurs1.6 km northeast, in Saint-Martin-d'UriageChâteauChâteauChâteau d'Eybens3.3 km west, in EybensPhotos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Herbeys.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
In the comparison, Herbeys comes below both Isère’s towns (84) and compared French towns (88). From 2016 to 2025, 80 residents of Herbeys died, against 161 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 50% fewer. The care-home adjustment is a TownRatings modeling step, not an official statistic.
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
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
For Herbeys, that is above both Isère’s towns (€13.13/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²).
Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Herbeys sits below both Isère’s towns (87.4%) and compared French towns (87.5%) on this measure.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Fernand LégerNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 113 | 79%−3 pts |
| Lycée polyvalent Pablo NerudaNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 297 | 96%−1 pt |
| Collège privé Don Bosco PrivateBest against expectations: 2 points above the expected rateCollège | Collège | 140 | 100%+2 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
That puts Herbeys above both Isère’s towns (33%) and compared French towns (30%). 7.2% of residents are aged 15 to 24.
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Isère 51.3%, France 51.8%.
| Herbeys | Isère median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 19% | 18% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 7.2% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 22% | 23% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 25% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 26% | 21% | 22% |
| No diploma | 5.4% | 19% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 11% | 24% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 15% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 65% | 33% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Isère median and France median: the median of compared communes
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
On this, Herbeys is above both Isère’s towns (8.7%) and compared French towns (7.4%). The Culture ministry lists 1 historic monument in Herbeys: 1 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 0 inscrit (the second level).
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Unemployment stood at 4.2%, below both Isère’s towns (8.1%) and compared French towns (10.1%). Herbeys has 150 jobs for 650 working residents, 0.2 per worker. At the census, 19.2% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Police and gendarmerie recorded 14 offenses in the graded categories in Herbeys in 2025. For family violence, sexual violence, theft from vehicles and criminal damage, 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, 72.6% of the index here.
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
Herbeys has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
One notable person was born in Herbeys.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Herbeys | 1,424 | — | — | D | — | A+ |
| Vaulnaveys-le-Haut | 4,006 | 1.8 | A | C− | A | A |
| Eybens | 10,493 | 2.4 | C | D | D− | A− |
| Saint-Martin-d'Uriage | 5,587 | 2.4 | A− | C− | B+ | A+ |
| Gières | 7,376 | 2.9 | C+ | D | D− | A |
| Saint-Martin-d'Hères | 37,695 | 3 | C− | C | D | C+ |
| Jarrie | 3,952 | 3.3 | A | C− | B+ | A+ |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Herbeys has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 3.3 recorded violent incidents and 8.6 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
They grade C+, better than 36% of compared French towns. 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.
Commune in Isère, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Herbeys is a commune of 1,424 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) · 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.