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This town in Isère, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes has a population of 4,956.
Real strengths, and real weak spots. Work and incomes are strong (A+): 0.8 jobs per working resident; 5.6% unemployment. Walking, cycling and public transport work well here: just over four in five residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 11% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Cost of living is its weak spot: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 7.6 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. All told, that adds up to a B− overall, better than 52% of compared French towns. That places it #47 of 96 in Isère.
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 Heyrieux does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Heyrieux 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 Heyrieux as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Ruine romaine dite La Sarrazinière, in Saint-Quentin-Fallavier, 2.4 mi away.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Heyrieux.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Advertised rents are estimated at €14.27/m² a month, above Isère’s towns (€13.13/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²) alike. Houses sell for €3,318/m² in Heyrieux, apartments for €3,235/m². Sales locally from July 2023 to June 2026: 144 houses and apartments.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €3,318/m² | 87 |
| Apartments | €3,235/m² | 57 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Per consumption unit, the median disposable income is €30,100 a year. Just over one in ten commuters left the car at home at the census, walking, cycling or taking public transport.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
The nearest general lycée is 4.6 mi away. For exam results, it comes #73 of 102 in Isère.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Jacques PrévertNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 140 | 89%−3 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
The nearest emergency department to Heyrieux is Ch Pierre Oudot Bourgoin Jallieu, 8.9 mi away. France’s death rates at each age would predict 461 deaths locally from 2016 to 2025; there were 497, 8% more. Also worth knowing: 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. There are 7 general practitioners locally.
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 · Note: TownRatings models the care-home adjustment; it is not an official figure.
More of the graded crimes in Heyrieux were criminal damage than anything else (2025). In all, 111 offenses reached the police record locally in 2025. Violence against people averaged 5.2 per 1,000 residents a year over 2023–2025; graded property crimes averaged 14.5.
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 · Small counts of sexual violence and theft from vehicles go unpublished (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the département’s average stands in, 5.0% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
People aged 15 to 24 make up just over a tenth of the town, above both Isère’s towns (11%) and compared French towns (11%). Degrees are held by just over a third of adults. The median resident of Heyrieux is 44.6 years old.
52% women, 48% men
About 92 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Isère 51.3%, France 51.8%.
| Heyrieux | Isère median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 16% | 18% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 11% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 23% | 23% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 28% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 22% | 21% | 22% |
| No diploma | 16% | 19% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 27% | 24% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 18% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 34% | 33% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Isère median and France median: the median of compared communes
Heritage and museums in and near Heyrieux. Best known first.
ChâteauChâteau de Fallavier4.5 km east, in Saint-Quentin-FallavierArt galleryArt galleryGalerie Rogsannin townChâteauChâteauMaison forte des Allinges4.1 km east, in Saint-Quentin-FallavierChâteauChâteauChâteau de Rajat2.4 km northwest, in Saint-Pierre-de-ChandieuMuseumMuseumMusée de la vie rurale4.8 km east, in Saint-Quentin-FallavierPhotos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
Nothing in Heyrieux is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
One notable person was born in Heyrieux.
Marc-Antoine Brillier: Anonymous Unknown author, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Heyrieux | 4,956 | — | B− | C | B | C+ |
| Valencin | 2,878 | 2.3 | — | C− | — | B |
| Saint-Quentin-Fallavier | 6,189 | 2.4 | D | C− | D− | B |
| Saint-Pierre-de-Chandieu Rhône | 4,616 | 2.7 | B | C− | B | B+ |
| Diémoz | 2,947 | 3.2 | B− | C | A− | B− |
| La Verpillière | 7,786 | 3.7 | D | C− | C | C+ |
| Saint-Laurent-de-Mure Rhône | 5,791 | 3.8 | B | C− | C | A |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades B for safety, #30 of 96 in Isère. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 21 burglaries and 42 acts of criminal damage.
They grade C, better than 29% of compared French towns and #73 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 Heyrieux grades C for cost of living.
Commune in Isère, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Heyrieux is a commune of 4,956 people in the Communauté de communes Collines Isère Nord Communauté. 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.
