La Verpillière’s lowest grade is for schools — bac results 3.2 points below the expected rate; brevet results 5.9 points below the expected rate. It also trails on cost of living — at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 7.7 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Fewer journeys need a car (A): 100% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 19% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. The overall grade comes out at D, #90 of 96 in Isère. Set against the rest, it does better than just over a tenth of compared French towns.
Figures: amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting, INSEE census 2023 · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · 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.
Each subject compares La Verpillière 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.
Hazard riskNot graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas–
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Bloc erratique à cupules · Classé · Photo: Ce fichier est l’œuvre de Xavier Caré . Merci de créditer : Xavier Caré / Wikimedia Commons / CC-BY-SA . Si vous souhaitez une permission spéciale pour utiliser cette photo, ou la vendre en dehors des termes de la licence ci-dessous, merci de me contacter · CC BY-SA 4.0
La Verpillière’s story
La Verpillière in pictures
The Culture ministry lists 1 historic monument in La Verpillière: 1 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 0 inscrit (the second level).
Part of the town has been a protected historic area, a site patrimonial remarquable, since 1997.
4.6% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Jean Joseph Barbier, born in 1892, is the one person born in La Verpillière before 1900 that Wikidata records.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in La Verpillière.
Schools
Fewer pupils pass the brevet at the collèges near La Verpillière than in Isère’s towns or compared French towns: 77.3%
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Just over nine in ten candidates passed the bac at the lycées within 5 km of La Verpillière, below both Isère’s towns (93.7%) and compared French towns (92.9%). At the vocational lycée within 5 km, 81% of 37 candidates passed the bac pro. Schools rank #98 of 102 in Isère.
92%passed the bac (general and technological)DSchool Grade
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Work & commuteJobs & income B
La Verpillière is easier to get around on foot than 92% of compared French towns
La Verpillière holds 3,050 jobs; 3,450 of its residents are in work, so 0.9 jobs each. At the census, nearly a fifth of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train. 9.0% of the labour force were unemployed, between Isère’s towns (8.1%) and compared French towns (10.1%).
19%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving78%
Public transport13%
On foot4%
Bicycle2%
Motorbike or scooter1%
3,050
jobs based in La Verpillière, 0.9 per working resident
9.0%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€26,130
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
3%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
A
Walkability: better than 92% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
HousingCost of living C−
The middle sale price in La Verpillière: €2,846/m²
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Houses in La Verpillière sell for €2,887/m² and apartments for €2,810/m². Advertised rents are estimated at €13.69/m² a month, near Isère’s towns (€13.13/m²) and higher than compared French towns (€12.41/m²). Also worth knowing: among the homes sold, 45% were houses.
€2,846/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
La Verpillière€2,846/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Isère median€2,716/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€2,887/m²
119
Apartments
€2,810/m²
143
€13.69/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€11.12 to €16.86/m² a month)
7.7
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€12.15/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€25,880
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté d'agglomération Porte de l'Isère (CAPI)
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Safety
For crime per resident, La Verpillière sits above 73% of compared French towns
Police and gendarmerie figures for La Verpillière show 247 offenses in 2025. Per 1,000 residents a year, there were 9.9 cases of violence against people and 17.2 graded property crimes (2023–2025 average). Of the graded crimes here, criminal damage came up most often (2025).
9.9recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a yearCSafety Grade
Recorded by type · 2025
Criminal damage76
Family violence47
Vehicle theft40
Other physical violence28
Theft from vehicles24
Burglary19
Sexual violence13
Fraud55
Theft without violence54
Drug use45
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.
9.9
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
17.2
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
247
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
0.4%
of the index rests on the département’s average, used where small counts aren’t published
Source: SSMSI (Interior Ministry), recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 · Licence Ouverte · When armed robbery number five or fewer in a recent year, the figure is withheld, and the index uses the département’s average instead (0.4% of the index here). The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Who lives here
Children make up 20% of La Verpillière, above Isère’s towns and compared French towns
The 15-to-24 age group: 13%, higher than both Isère’s towns (11%) and compared French towns (11%). People 65 and over make up 17% of the town. The middle age in La Verpillière is 37.7.
37.7median age
La VerpillièreIsère medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
13%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma22%
CAP or BEP22%
Baccalauréat19%
Higher education31%
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About an even split. Median share of women: Isère 51.3%, France 51.8%.
INSEE, census 2023 · Isère median and France median: the median of compared communes
HealthHealth C+
Fewer deaths than expected in La Verpillière, 92 per 100, but more than in both Isère’s towns and compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
There are 5 general practitioners in La Verpillière. Life expectancy in Isère: 86.8 years for women and 81.6 for men (2025); France averages 85.9 and 80.3. From 2016 to 2025, 573 residents of La Verpillière died, against 541 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 6% more.
−8%deaths against expected, after care homesC+Health Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw106
Adjusted92
Median town88
Expected100
5
GPs in La Verpillière · 4.2 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
5.6 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Ch Pierre Oudot Bourgoin Jallieu
5.6 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Ch Pierre Oudot Bourgoin Jallieu
86.8 · 81.6
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Isère, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
1 historic monument and a protected historic area since 1997
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Since 1997, a site patrimonial remarquable has protected part of the town. Homes from before 1919 make up 4.6% of the total. Among the classé monuments in La Verpillière is Bloc erratique à cupules.
Bloc erratique à cupules: Photo: Ce fichier est l’œuvre de Xavier Caré . Merci de créditer : Xavier Caré / Wikimedia Commons / CC-BY-SA . Si vous souhaitez une permission spéciale pour utiliser cette photo, ou la vendre en dehors des termes de la licence ci-dessous, merci de me contacter · CC BY-SA 4.0
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about La Verpillière
Is La Verpillière safe?
It grades C for safety, #58 of 96 in Isère. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 19 burglaries and 76 acts of criminal damage.
Are schools in La Verpillière good?
They grade D, better than 5% of compared French towns and #98 of 102 in Isère. 92% of 314 candidates passed the bac at Lycée polyvalent Léonard de Vinci in 2025, 3 points below the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is La Verpillière expensive to live in?
Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so La Verpillière grades C− for cost of living.
About La Verpillière
Commune in Isère, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
La Verpillière is a commune of 7,786 people in the Communauté d'agglomération Porte de l'Isère (CAPI). 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
7,786 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté d'agglomération Porte de l'Isère (CAPI)
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.
