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Some 3,500 people live in this town, in Isère, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes.
La Buisse’s overall grade, A, puts it better than 93% of compared French towns. Its place in the ranking is #8 of 96 in Isère. Health is a strength: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 33% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. It is strong on jobs & income as well: 0.4 jobs per working resident; 6.2% unemployment. Housing is expensive: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 7 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality.
Figures: deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · employment, INSEE census 2023 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas. The overall grade uses the other six subjects.
The one thing La Buisse does most differently from other towns.
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La Buisse has 2 historic monuments on the Culture ministry’s list: 1 classé, the highest protection, and 1 inscrit, the second level.
The oldest protected part dates from Antiquity; the first monument here was protected in 1959.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in La Buisse.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
France’s death rates at each age would predict 191 deaths in La Buisse from 2016 to 2025; there were 128, 33% fewer. 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. For a family doctor, residents of La Buisse can choose among 5 GPs.
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.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Near La Buisse, 97.6% of lycée candidates passed the bac, higher than both Isère’s towns (93.7%) and compared French towns (92.9%). On results, collèges and lycées here come #20 of 102 in Isère. The nearest collège is 1.2 mi away.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Plan MenuNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 181 | 96%±0 pts |
| Lycée polyvalent Ferdinand BuissonNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 334 | 99%+1 pt |
| Collège privé Saint-Joseph PrivateBest against expectations: 5 points above the expected rateCollège | Collège | 172 | 98%+5 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
16% of residents are 65 or over, lower than both Isère’s towns (21%) and compared French towns (22%). Children under 15 make up just over a fifth of residents. The 15-to-24 age group makes up 8.8% of residents.
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Isère 51.3%, France 51.8%.
| La Buisse | Isère median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 21% | 18% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 8.8% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 25% | 23% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 29% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 16% | 21% | 22% |
| No diploma | 10% | 19% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 20% | 24% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 16% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 50% | 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.
Advertised rents are estimated at €13.63/m² a month, close to Isère’s towns (€13.13/m²) and above compared French towns (€12.41/m²). Apartments in La Buisse sell for €2,666/m², houses for €3,292/m². Houses made up 62% of the homes sold; apartments the rest.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €3,292/m² | 64 |
| Apartments | €2,666/m² | 39 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
The unemployment rate comes to 6.2%. Bus, tram or train carried 12.3% of working residents in La Buisse to work at the census.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Police and gendarmerie figures for La Buisse show 56 offenses in 2025. Each year (2023–2025 average), violence against people came to 3.8 per 1,000 residents and the graded property crimes to 13.8. Criminal damage topped the graded crimes in La Buisse (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 · For other physical violence, sexual violence and vehicle theft, the count isn’t published when it’s small (five or fewer in a year of the last three), so the index uses the département’s average, 12.1% of the index here. As that share tops 10%, this Safety Grade carries more doubt than most. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Among the classé monuments in La Buisse is Vestiges d'établissement gallo-romain. Its heritage reaches back to Antiquity. This Isère town has 2 historic monuments on the Culture ministry’s list: 1 classé, the highest protection, and 1 inscrit, the second level. Homes from before 1919 make up 11% of the total, above Isère’s towns (8.7%) and compared French towns (7.4%) alike.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Heritage, museums and other places to visit in and near La Buisse. Best known first.
Archaeological siteÉtablissement gallo-romain de La Buissein town
MuseumCaves de la Chartreuse3 km northwest, in Voiron
MuseumMusée Mainssieux3.6 km northwest, in VoironChâteauChâteauChâteau de Sieyes4.9 km south, in VoreppeMonastery or conventMonastery or conventCouvent des bernardines de Voiron3.5 km northwest, in VoironMonastery or conventMonastery or conventCouvent des Cordeliers de Moirans4.4 km west, in MoiransPhotos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
The list names few of La Buisse’s 2 monuments; beside them, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
Vestiges d'établissement gallo-romain: Photo: Allan Odp · CC BY-SA 3.0
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in La Buisse 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| La Buisse | 3,500 | — | A | C | B+ | A |
| Coublevie | 5,520 | 1.3 | A− | C− | B | B+ |
| Saint-Jean-de-Moirans | 3,620 | 1.5 | A+ | B− | A | B |
| Voiron | 21,847 | 2.4 | B | B− | C− | B− |
| Moirans | 7,818 | 2.8 | A− | B− | C− | B+ |
| Saint-Étienne-de-Crossey | 2,619 | 3.1 | — | C | — | A− |
| Voreppe | 9,922 | 3.7 | A | C | C | A |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades B+ for safety, #19 of 96 in Isère. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 13 burglaries and 21 acts of criminal damage.
They grade A−, better than 80% of compared French towns and #20 of 102 in Isère. The lycée stands out: 99% of 334 candidates passed the bac at Lycée polyvalent Ferdinand Buisson in 2025, a point above the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so La Buisse grades C for cost of living.
Commune in Isère, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
La Buisse is a commune of 3,500 people in the Communauté d'agglomération du Pays Voironnais. 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 November 4, 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.