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260 people call this town in Isère, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes home.
There are no grades for Le Freney-d'Oisans: French towns need 1,000 residents for them. Holiday and other second homes account for 46% of homes.
The one thing Le Freney-d'Oisans does most differently from other towns.
The Culture ministry lists no building in Le Freney-d'Oisans as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Centrale hydroélectrique des Vernes, in Livet-et-Gavet, 10.5 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 Le Freney-d'Oisans.
People 65 and over make up nearly a fifth of the town, lower than both Isère’s towns (21%) and compared French towns (22%). Under-15s account for 16% of the population. The age that splits Le Freney-d'Oisans in two is 43.9.
48% women, 52% men
About 106 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Isère 51.3%, France 51.8%.
| Le Freney-d'Oisans | Isère median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 16% | 18% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 5.8% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 29% | 23% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 30% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 19% | 21% | 22% |
| No diploma | 15% | 19% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 29% | 24% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 23% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 30% | 33% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Isère median and France median: the median of compared communes
Le Freney-d'Oisans has 50 jobs for 150 working residents, 0.5 per worker. On foot, by bike or by bus and train: that was how 5.6% of commuters travelled at the census. At the census, 4.0% of working residents in Le Freney-d'Oisans didn’t travel to work at all.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Houses accounted for four in five sales, apartments for the rest. Le Freney-d'Oisans recorded 10 home sales from July 2023 to June 2026.
Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Other places to visit and museums in and near Le Freney-d'Oisans. Best known first.
Nothing in Le Freney-d'Oisans is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Le Freney-d'Oisans yet.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Le Freney-d'Oisans | 260 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Le Bourg-d'Oisans | 2,617 | 4.6 | C− | C | C+ | D |
| Saint-Martin-d'Uriage | 5,587 | 16 | A− | C− | B+ | A+ |
| Vaulnaveys-le-Haut | 4,006 | 16 | A | C− | A | A |
| Vizille | 7,292 | 17 | C+ | B− | D | C+ |
| Le Versoud | 4,900 | 17 | A+ | C | A | A |
| Villard-Bonnot | 7,509 | 18 | A− | B− | B− | C+ |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Commune in Isère, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Le Freney-d'Oisans is a commune of 260 people in the Communauté de communes de l'Oisans. 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) · 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.