Hières-sur-Amby’s weakest is walkability (D−). At €2,531/m², the median price, 70 m² costs 6.3 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the Communauté de communes Les Balcons du Dauphiné. Its remaining grades are unremarkable: B− for health and B− for jobs & income.
Figures: amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting and employment, INSEE census 2023 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025). Hières-sur-Amby has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
Each subject compares Hières-sur-Amby 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.
Ferme de la Balmetière: Photo: Chabe01 · CC BY-SA 4.0
The data
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Hières-sur-Amby.
Work & commuteJobs & income B−
Hières-sur-Amby is harder to get around on foot than 96% of compared French towns
3%walk, cycle or take transit
Per resident in work, Hières-sur-Amby counts 0.4 jobs (250 jobs, 600 workers). At the census, 3.0% of commuters got to work without a car. Unemployment stood at 7.5%, below both Isère’s towns (8.1%) and compared French towns (10.1%).
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving94%
On foot1%
Motorbike or scooter1%
Bicycle1%
Public transport1%
250
jobs based in Hières-sur-Amby, 0.4 per working resident
7.5%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€26,590
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
2%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
D−
Walkability: better than 4% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Who lives here
Degrees are less common in Hières-sur-Amby than in Isère’s towns or across compared French towns: 22% of adults
41.7median age
Children under 15 make up 18%, close to Isère’s towns (18%) and above compared French towns (17%). The 65-and-over age group makes up 18% of residents. The middle age in Hières-sur-Amby is 41.7.
Hières-sur-AmbyIsère medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
11%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma21%
CAP or BEP34%
Baccalauréat18%
Higher education22%
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About an even split. Median share of women: Isère 51.3%, France 51.8%.
INSEE, census 2023 · Isère median and France median: the median of compared communes
HousingCost of living C+
Hières-sur-Amby is graded a C+ for cost of living
€2,531/m²median sale price
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Behind the median of €2,531/m²: 31 houses and apartments sold in Hières-sur-Amby between July 2023 and June 2026. House rents are put at about €11.39/m² a month. Among the homes sold, 94% were houses.
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Hières-sur-Amby€2,531/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Isère median€2,716/m²
€12.67/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€10.08 to €15.92/m² a month)
6.3
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€11.39/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€27,970
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté de communes Les Balcons du Dauphiné
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
History
Hières-sur-Amby keeps more of its old housing than Isère’s towns or compared French towns: 24% built before 1919
2historic monuments
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
The protected list starts in the 18th century. Part of the town has been protected as a historic area since 2000. The Culture ministry lists 2 historic monuments in Hières-sur-Amby: 1 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 1 inscrit (the second level). Among the classé monuments here is Portion du site typique d'éperon.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
HealthHealth B−
Allowing for age and care homes, deaths in Hières-sur-Amby run higher than in 51% of compared French towns
−12%deaths against expected, after care homesB−Health Grade
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
From 2016 to 2025, 81 residents of Hières-sur-Amby died, against 92 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 12% fewer. The nearest emergency department to Hières-sur-Amby is Hopital Prive D Amberieu, 12.9 mi away. This Isère town has 2 family doctors. Average lifespans in Isère: 86.8 years for women, 81.6 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 nationally.
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw88
Adjusted88
Median town88
Expected100
2
GPs in Hières-sur-Amby · 2.5 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
12.9 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Hopital Prive D Amberieu
12.9 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Hopital Prive D Amberieu
86.8 · 81.6
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Isère, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Hières-sur-Amby is a commune of 1,245 people in the Communauté de communes Les Balcons du Dauphiné. 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
Population
1,245 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes Les Balcons du Dauphiné
Département
Isère (38)
Région
Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Area
3.3 sq mi (8.7 km²)
INSEE code
38190
Hières-sur-Amby’s neighbors
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Hières-sur-Amby
Is Hières-sur-Amby safe?
Hières-sur-Amby has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 5.9 recorded violent incidents and 14.7 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Is Hières-sur-Amby expensive to live in?
Prices are close to the median of compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €2,531/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Estimated advertised apartment rents are €12.67/m² a month, charges included. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Hières-sur-Amby grades C+ for cost of living.
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.
