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La PierreIsère

A town of 664 in Isère, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes.

Is La Pierre a good place to live?

La Pierre is too small to grade: French towns get subject grades from 1,000 residents.

What makes La Pierre stand out

The one thing La Pierre does most differently from other towns.

Picked automatically from the data
Manoir de la Veaubeaunais
Manoir de la Veaubeaunais · Classé · Photo: Matthieu Riegler · CC BY 3.0
La Pierre’s story

La Pierre in pictures

On the Culture ministry’s list, La Pierre counts 2 historic monuments: 1 classé at the top level of protection and 1 inscrit at the second.

The oldest protected part dates from the 15th century; the first monument here was protected in 1982.

Louis François de Monteynard, born in 1713, is the one person born in La Pierre before 1900 that Wikidata records.

  • 1988First protected: Manoir de la Veaubeaunais
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The data

Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in La Pierre.

Who lives here

A town of families: 25% of people in La Pierre are under 15, more than in both Isère’s towns and compared French towns

Just over one in ten residents are 65 or over, below Isère’s towns (21%) and compared French towns (22%) alike. Among adults, 44% have a degree. La Pierre has a median age of 38.

38median age
La PierreIsère medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma9%
CAP or BEP23%
Baccalauréat18%
Higher education44%

Women and men · all residents

50% women, 50% men

About an even split. Median share of women: Isère 51.3%, France 51.8%.

Ages and diplomas in La Pierre
La PierreIsère medianFrance median
Under 1525%18%17%
15–2411%11%11%
25–4426%23%23%
45–6426%26%26%
65+12%21%22%
No diploma9.4%19%19%
CAP or BEP23%24%26%
Baccalauréat18%18%18%
Higher education44%33%30%

INSEE, census 2023 · Isère median and France median: the median of compared communes

History

La Pierre has 2 historic monuments, 1 classé

France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.

Among the classé monuments in La Pierre is Manoir de la Veaubeaunais. The earliest of these monuments dates from the 15th century. The pre-1919 share of homes is 8.8%.

2historic monuments

Monuments by protection · Mérimée

Classé1
Inscrit1

Among them · Classé

15th c.
oldest protected part
1982
first monument protected

Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period

Work & commute

La Pierre is better off than Isère’s towns or compared French towns: the median disposable income is €31,070 a year per consumption unit

4.9% of the labour force were unemployed, lower than both Isère’s towns (8.1%) and compared French towns (10.1%). On foot, by bike or by bus and train: that was how 8.3% of commuters travelled at the census. For its 350 residents in work, La Pierre has 50 jobs: 0.1 each.

8%walk, cycle or take transit

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving88%
Public transport6%
Bicycle1%
On foot1%
Motorbike or scooter1%
50
jobs based in La Pierre, 0.1 per working resident
4.9%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€31,070
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
3%
worked without traveling (at or from home)

Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte

Housing

Estimated advertised rents run higher in La Pierre than in Isère’s towns or across compared French towns: €13.92/m² a month

Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.

The market in La Pierre: 17 sales of houses and apartments between July 2023 and June 2026.

€13.92/m²estimated apartment rent a month

Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month

La Pierre€13.92/m²
Median of towns€12.41/m²
Isère median€13.13/m²
€13.92/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€11.14 to €17.40/m² a month)
€13.70/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included

Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte

Nearby attractions

Château de La Pierre and 6 more in and around La Pierre

Heritage and other places to visit in and near La Pierre. Best known first.

All attractions →
Places: © OpenStreetMap contributors · Wikidata
Keep exploring

Everything we know about La Pierre

12pages on La Pierre

Landmarks

The list names few of La Pierre’s 2 monuments; beside them, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.

All monuments →
Photo credits

Manoir de la Veaubeaunais: Photo: Matthieu Riegler · CC BY 3.0

Famous people from La Pierre

One notable person was born in La Pierre.

Their page →

La Pierre’s neighbors

The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →

All towns in Isère →
FrogesCrollesVillard-BonnotBerninLe TouvetSaint-Nazaire-les-EymesFrogesCrollesVillard-BonnotBerninLe TouvetSaint-Nazaire-les-EymesLa Pierre
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
La Pierre664—————
Froges3,2852.2—C+—B+
Crolles8,6093.3A−C−C−A−
Villard-Bonnot7,5094.2A−B−B−C+
Bernin3,3344.4AC−BA
Le Touvet3,1164.4A−CBB−
Saint-Nazaire-les-Eymes3,0165.4AC−A−A

People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.

About La Pierre

Commune in Isère, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes

La Pierre is a commune of 664 people in the Communauté de communes Le Grésivaudan. 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
664 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes Le Grésivaudan
Département
Isère (38)
Région
Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Area
1.3 sq mi (3.3 km²)
INSEE code
38303

Sources: INSEE, census 2023 (population, employment, commuting) · INSEE, Filosofi 2023 (income per consumption unit, poverty) · 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.