Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
A town of 4,963 in Isère, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes.
La Mure grades C+ overall: better than 38% of compared French towns, and #65 of 96 in Isère. Its weakest subject is health (D): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 6% above expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. At the median price of €1,742/m², a 70 m² home costs 4.7 times the median annual income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size) in the Communauté de communes de la Matheysine. Its strongest is walkability (A): 82% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 22% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas. The overall grade uses the other six subjects.
The 3 things La Mure does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares La Mure 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 La Mure as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Église Saint Jean-Baptiste, in Mayres-Savel, 3.9 mi away.
17% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in La Mure.
The median disposable income was €23,450 a year per consumption unit, lower than both Isère’s towns (€27,110) and compared French towns (€25,970). The census found 22.3% of commuters going to work on foot, by bike or by public transport. La Mure has 2,900 jobs for 1,800 working residents, 1.6 per worker. Of those in the labour force, 11.7% are unemployed.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
France’s death rates at each age would predict 758 deaths in La Mure from 2016 to 2025; there were 942, 24% more. Life expectancy in Isère: 86.8 years for women and 81.6 for men (2025); France averages 85.9 and 80.3. This Isère town has 10 family doctors.
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.
The 2025 count: 171 offenses in La Mure. Each year (2023–2025 average), violence against people came to 14.2 per 1,000 residents and the graded property crimes to 17.4. Among the graded crimes locally, the most frequent 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 · When armed robbery and vehicle theft number five or fewer in a recent year, the figure is withheld, and the index uses the département’s average instead (1.9% of the index here). The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
One measure of family life: 15% of residents are under 15. People aged 15 to 24 make up 9.4% of the town, below Isère’s towns (11%) and compared French towns (11%) alike. La Mure has a median age of 49.5.
54% women, 46% men
About 84 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Isère 51.3%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
| La Mure | Isère median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 15% | 18% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 9.4% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 20% | 23% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 25% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 30% | 21% | 22% |
| No diploma | 27% | 19% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 26% | 24% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 18% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 22% | 33% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Isère median and France median: the median of compared communes
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Near La Mure, 97.7% of lycée candidates passed the bac, above Isère’s towns (93.7%) and compared French towns (92.9%) alike. School results put the town #29 of 102 in Isère. At the general lycée, 99% of 104 candidates passed the bac, a point above the expected rate.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège privé Saint-Joseph PrivateNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 50 | 98%+5 pts |
| Lycée polyvalent de la MatheysineNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 104 | 99%+1 pt |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
La Mure is the cheapest of the 110 towns in Isère: its median sale is €1,742/m². 183 sales of houses and apartments locally, from July 2023 to June 2026, give the median of €1,742/m². Houses sell for €1,905/m² locally, apartments for €1,479/m².
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,905/m² | 87 |
| Apartments | €1,479/m² | 96 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Nothing in La Mure is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
19 notable people were born in La Mure.
Pierre-Julien Eymard: Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain · Anatole Novak: Harry Pot for Anefo , [onbekend], CC BY-SA 3.0 · Thierry Bourguignon: Eric HOUDAS, CC BY-SA 3.0 · René Revol: Yallou34, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Josiane Chevalier: Ecole polytechnique Université Paris-Saclay, CC BY-SA 2.0
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 Mure | 4,963 | — | C+ | B | C− | D |
| Saint-Georges-de-Commiers | 2,699 | 10 | — | C− | — | B+ |
| Vif | 8,530 | 12 | B− | D | B+ | B |
| Vizille | 7,292 | 12 | C+ | B− | D | C+ |
| Champ-sur-Drac | 3,335 | 12 | B | C− | B+ | C+ |
| Jarrie | 3,952 | 14 | A | C− | B+ | A+ |
| Varces-Allières-et-Risset | 8,542 | 14 | C+ | D | C | A− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades C− for safety, #73 of 96 in Isère. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 15 burglaries and 55 acts of criminal damage.
They grade B+, better than 73% of compared French towns and #29 of 102 in Isère. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Homes cost less than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €1,742/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so La Mure grades B for cost of living.
Commune in Isère, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
La Mure is a commune of 4,963 people in the Communauté de communes de la Matheysine. 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.