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This town in Isère, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes has a population of 2,035.
At €2,423/m², the median price, 70 m² costs 6.3 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the Communauté de communes Les Vals du Dauphiné. Health is a weak point: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 1% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Its remaining grades are unremarkable: C+ for jobs & income and B− for walkability.
Figures: deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025. La Bâtie-Montgascon 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 La Bâtie-Montgascon 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.
La Bâtie-Montgascon has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
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The one thing La Bâtie-Montgascon does most differently from other towns.
The Culture ministry lists no building in La Bâtie-Montgascon as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Château de Bellegarde, in Chassignieu, 5.4 mi away.
21% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Nothing in La Bâtie-Montgascon is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in La Bâtie-Montgascon.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
From 2016 to 2025, 140 residents of La Bâtie-Montgascon died, against 141 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 1% fewer. After the care-home adjustment, the town’s deaths ran at 99 per 100 expected, above Isère’s towns (84) and compared French towns (88) alike. The nearest emergency department to La Bâtie-Montgascon is Ch Yves Touraine, 6.9 mi away. Life expectancy in Isère: 86.8 years for women and 81.6 for men (2025); France averages 85.9 and 80.3.
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 · Care-home places are adjusted for by TownRatings, using a model rather than an official statistic. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from D to B.
A fifth of residents are 65 or over, lower than both Isère’s towns (21%) and compared French towns (22%). Degrees are held by 28% of adults. The middle age in La Bâtie-Montgascon is 43.7.
52% women, 48% men
About 92 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Isère 51.3%, France 51.8%.
| La Bâtie-Montgascon | Isère median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 19% | 18% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 11% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 23% | 23% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 28% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 20% | 21% | 22% |
| No diploma | 17% | 19% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 29% | 24% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 20% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 28% | 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.
52 sales of houses and apartments in La Bâtie-Montgascon, from July 2023 to June 2026, give the median of €2,423/m². Houses were 90% of what sold.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,423/m² | 47 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
The jobless rate is 6.9%. For its 950 residents in work, La Bâtie-Montgascon has 300 jobs: 0.3 each. Households’ median disposable income: €26,110 a year per consumption unit.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
In 2025, 22 offenses were recorded in La Bâtie-Montgascon. Each year (2023–2025 average), violence against people came to 4 per 1,000 residents and the graded property crimes to 14.3. The graded crime recorded most here was criminal damage (2025).
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 other physical violence, sexual violence, vehicle theft and theft from vehicles go unpublished (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the département’s average stands in, 31.1% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Museums, heritage and family days out in and near La Bâtie-Montgascon. Best known first.
One notable person was born in La Bâtie-Montgascon.
Commune in Isère, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
La Bâtie-Montgascon is a commune of 2,035 people in the Communauté de communes Les Vals 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
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| La Bâtie-Montgascon | 2,035 | — | — | B− | — | C− |
| Saint-André-le-Gaz | 2,754 | 2.3 | — | B− | — | A |
| Saint-Clair-de-la-Tour | 3,628 | 2.6 | B | C+ | A | C |
| Dolomieu | 3,173 | 3.4 | — | C | — | B+ |
| Les Abrets en Dauphiné | 6,850 | 3.7 | B | C+ | C+ | C+ |
| Les Avenières Veyrins-Thuellin | 7,698 | 4.1 | C+ | B | B− | B+ |
| Aoste | 2,876 | 4.2 | B+ | C+ | A− | C− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
La Bâtie-Montgascon has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 8 burglaries and 9 acts of criminal damage.
Prices are close to the median of compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €2,423/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so La Bâtie-Montgascon grades B− for cost of living.
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 November 9, 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.