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A town in Isère, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, home to 1,072 people.
People here tend to be in good health: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 35% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Prices are high against local incomes (C): A year’s estimated rent on a 70 m² apartment is nearly two fifths of the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Walkability is weaker too (C+).
Figures: deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting, INSEE census 2023. La Sure en Chartreuse 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 Sure en Chartreuse 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 Sure en Chartreuse has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
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The Culture ministry lists no building in La Sure en Chartreuse as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Église Saint-Bruno, in Voiron, 3.9 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 Sure en Chartreuse 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 Sure en Chartreuse.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
At birth, a girl in Isère can expect 86.8 years and a boy 81.6 (2025); across France, 85.9 and 80.3. France’s death rates at each age would predict 109 deaths in La Sure en Chartreuse from 2016 to 2025; there were 71, 35% fewer. The nearest emergency department to La Sure en Chartreuse is Hopital de Voiron Chu de Grenoble Alpes, 4.8 mi away.
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 · This figure includes a care-home adjustment that TownRatings models; no official statistic exists.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
The bac pass rate near La Sure en Chartreuse is 91.0%, lower than both Isère’s towns (93.7%) and compared French towns (92.9%). The town’s pupils have a collège 3 mi away. For the general bac, the closest lycée is 3.3 mi away.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Plan MenuNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 181 | 96%±0 pts |
| Lycée professionnel privé les Portes de Chartreuse PrivateNearest lycéeVocational lycée | Vocational lycée | 88 | 91%−3 pts |
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.
Among the homes sold, 96% were houses. The market in La Sure en Chartreuse: 25 sales of houses and apartments between July 2023 and June 2026.
Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Half of residents lived on more than €31,150 a year per consumption unit, higher than both Isère’s towns (€27,110) and compared French towns (€25,970). For its 500 residents in work, La Sure en Chartreuse has 150 jobs: 0.3 each. Bus, tram or train carried a tenth of working residents in La Sure en Chartreuse to work at the census.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
The 65-and-over age group makes up nearly a quarter of residents. Children under 15 make up 14%, below both Isère’s towns (18%) and compared French towns (17%). Young adults of 15 to 24 account for 8.4% of the town.
49% women, 51% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Isère 51.3%, France 51.8%.
| La Sure en Chartreuse | Isère median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 14% | 18% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 8.4% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 19% | 23% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 34% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 24% | 21% | 22% |
| No diploma | 12% | 19% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 20% | 24% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 16% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 48% | 33% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Isère median and France median: the median of compared communes
Heritage in and near La Sure en Chartreuse. Best known first.
Archaeological siteÉtablissement gallo-romain de La Buisse2.6 km west, in La BuisseAbbeyAbbeyAbbaye Notre-Dame-de-Chalais4.9 km south, in VoreppePhotos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
Wikidata places 1 person here, but the articles don’t both confirm La Sure en Chartreuse as the birthplace, so nobody is listed.
Commune in Isère, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
La Sure en Chartreuse is a commune of 1,072 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
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 Sure en Chartreuse | 1,072 | — | — | C | — | A+ |
| La Buisse | 3,500 | 2 | A | C | B+ | A |
| Coublevie | 5,520 | 2.7 | A− | C− | B | B+ |
| Saint-Étienne-de-Crossey | 2,619 | 3.3 | — | C | — | A− |
| Voreppe | 9,922 | 3.4 | A | C | C | A |
| Saint-Jean-de-Moirans | 3,620 | 3.5 | A+ | B− | A | B |
| Voiron | 21,847 | 4.1 | B | B− | C− | B− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
La Sure en Chartreuse has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 5.7 recorded violent incidents and 10.5 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
They grade A−, better than 76% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
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 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.