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A town in Isère, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, home to 1,992 people.
People here tend to be in good health: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 33% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Prices are high against local incomes: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 6.4 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Its other grades sit near the middle: B for jobs & income and C+ for walkability. Schools are weaker too (C+): bac results 1.9 points below the expected rate; brevet results 3.4 points below the expected rate.
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 · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education. La Chapelle-de-la-Tour 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 Chapelle-de-la-Tour 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 Chapelle-de-la-Tour has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
The 2 things La Chapelle-de-la-Tour does most differently from other towns.
The Culture ministry lists no building in La Chapelle-de-la-Tour as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Église Saint-Theudère, in Saint-Chef, 5.8 mi away.
17% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Nothing in La Chapelle-de-la-Tour 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 Chapelle-de-la-Tour.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
In Isère, women can expect to live 86.8 years and men 81.6 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. 95 deaths in La Chapelle-de-la-Tour between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 142: 33% below. The nearest emergency department to La Chapelle-de-la-Tour is Ch Yves Touraine, 10.2 mi away. 3 GPs practise in the town.
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 adjustment for care homes is TownRatings’ own modeling, not an official figure.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The estimated advertised rent is €13.67/m² a month, close to Isère’s towns (€13.13/m²) and above compared French towns (€12.41/m²). Houses are advertised at an estimated €12.88/m² a month. The sales split: 96% houses, the rest apartments.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,449/m² | 49 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
At the vocational lycée within 5 km, 76% of 33 candidates passed the bac pro. A collège lies 1.4 mi away. 93.1% of candidates passed the bac at the lycées within 5 km of La Chapelle-de-la-Tour, near both Isère’s towns (93.7%) and compared French towns (92.9%).
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège le CalloudNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 160 | 76%−10 pts |
| Lycée polyvalent Élie CartanNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 145 | 97%±0 pts |
| Collège privé Saint-Bruno PrivateBest against expectations: 2 points above the expected rateCollège | Collège | 133 | 97%+2 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Unemployment stood at 7.1%, lower than both Isère’s towns (8.1%) and compared French towns (10.1%). For its 950 residents in work, La Chapelle-de-la-Tour has 200 jobs: 0.2 each. Bus, tram or train carried nearly a tenth of working residents in La Chapelle-de-la-Tour to work at the census.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
37% of adults hold a degree, above both Isère’s towns (33%) and compared French towns (30%). La Chapelle-de-la-Tour has a median age of 44.8. Under 15: 18% of residents.
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Isère 51.3%, France 51.8%.
| La Chapelle-de-la-Tour | Isère median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 18% | 18% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 9.1% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 23% | 23% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 28% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 21% | 21% | 22% |
| No diploma | 16% | 19% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 24% | 24% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 19% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 37% | 33% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Isère median and France median: the median of compared communes
On average over 2023–2025, every 1,000 residents saw 3 violent offenses and 9.5 graded property crimes a year. Recorded offenses in La Chapelle-de-la-Tour came to 17 in 2025. More of the graded crimes locally were burglary than anything else (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 family violence, other physical violence, vehicle theft and theft from vehicles, 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, 49.4% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Heritage and museums in and near La Chapelle-de-la-Tour. Best known first.
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in La Chapelle-de-la-Tour yet.
Commune in Isère, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
La Chapelle-de-la-Tour is a commune of 1,992 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 Chapelle-de-la-Tour | 1,992 | — | — | C | — | A |
| Saint-Clair-de-la-Tour | 3,628 | 1.4 | B | C+ | A | C |
| La Tour-du-Pin | 8,111 | 1.6 | C− | C+ | C− | B− |
| Dolomieu | 3,173 | 2.3 | — | C | — | B+ |
| Saint-André-le-Gaz | 2,754 | 4.1 | — | B− | — | A |
| Cessieu | 3,259 | 4.4 | — | C− | — | C+ |
| Les Avenières Veyrins-Thuellin | 7,698 | 5.5 | C+ | B | B− | B+ |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
La Chapelle-de-la-Tour has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 9 burglaries and 8 acts of criminal damage.
They grade C+, better than 37% of compared French towns. 97% of 145 candidates passed the bac at Lycée polyvalent Élie Cartan in 2025, at 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 Chapelle-de-la-Tour grades C 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.