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The town, home to 3,083 people, lies in Isère, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes.
Getting around on foot or by bus is easy: just over three quarters of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 12% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. With a B overall, Le Grand-Lemps is better than 63% of compared French towns and ranks #38 of 96 in Isère. Households here earn well (B+): 0.8 jobs per working resident; 8.0% unemployment. A 70 m² home at the median €2,276/m² costs 5.8 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the Communauté de communes de Bièvre Est. Its schools fall short (C−): brevet results 6 points below the expected rate. Its remaining grades are unremarkable: B for safety and B− for health.
Figures: amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting and employment, INSEE census 2023 · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · recorded crime, SSMSI (Ministry of the Interior) · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025).
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas. The overall grade uses the other six subjects.
The one thing Le Grand-Lemps does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Le Grand-Lemps 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.
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The Culture ministry lists no building in Le Grand-Lemps as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Château de Pupetières, in Châbons, 4.6 mi away.
14% 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 Grand-Lemps.
8.0% of the labour force were unemployed, near Isère’s towns (8.1%) and lower than compared French towns (10.1%). Bus, tram or train carried 6.9% of working residents in Le Grand-Lemps to work at the census. The typical income here, after tax and benefits, is €26,960 a year per consumption unit.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
The closest lycée for the general bac is 7.6 mi off. By results, schools here place #79 of 102 in Isère. Near Le Grand-Lemps, 88.0% of collège pupils passed the brevet, about level with both Isère’s towns (87.4%) and compared French towns (87.5%).
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Liers et LempsNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 155 | 88%−6 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.
In Le Grand-Lemps, houses go for €2,335/m² and apartments for €1,976/m². 97 sales of houses and apartments here, from July 2023 to June 2026, give the median of €2,276/m². Among the homes sold, 63% were houses.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,335/m² | 61 |
| Apartments | €1,976/m² | 36 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Of the graded crimes in Le Grand-Lemps, criminal damage came up most often (2025). All told, Le Grand-Lemps had 39 recorded offenses in 2025. On average over 2023–2025, every 1,000 residents saw 7.3 violent offenses and 13.1 graded property crimes a year.
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 · For sexual violence, armed robbery, vehicle theft and theft from vehicles, the count isn’t published when it’s small (five or fewer in a year of the last three), so the index uses the département’s average, 12.9% of the index here. As that share tops 10%, this Safety Grade carries more doubt than most. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
The age that splits Le Grand-Lemps in two is 44.2. Children under 15 make up 18%, near both Isère’s towns (18%) and compared French towns (17%). Among adults, 33% have a degree.
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Isère 51.3%, France 51.8%.
| Le Grand-Lemps | Isère median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 18% | 18% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 12% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 22% | 23% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 27% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 21% | 21% | 22% |
| No diploma | 20% | 19% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 24% | 24% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 19% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 33% | 33% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Isère median and France median: the median of compared communes
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
For a family doctor, residents of Le Grand-Lemps can choose among 11 GPs. Its care home for older people (92 places) counts its residents as Le Grand-Lemps’; allowing for it, deaths were 13% below expected. From 2016 to 2025, 388 residents of Le Grand-Lemps died, against 335 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 16% more. The nearest emergency department to Le Grand-Lemps is Hopital de Voiron Chu de Grenoble Alpes, 7.7 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 · Care-home places are adjusted for by TownRatings, using a model rather than an official statistic.
Nothing in Le Grand-Lemps is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
Wikidata places 4 people here, but for none of them do the articles confirm Le Grand-Lemps as the birthplace, so nobody is listed.
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 Grand-Lemps | 3,083 | — | B | B | B | B− |
| Apprieu | 3,615 | 3.7 | A | C+ | A− | B+ |
| Rives | 6,549 | 5 | C+ | B− | C+ | B |
| Renage | 3,348 | 5.4 | B | B+ | B+ | B |
| Saint-Étienne-de-Saint-Geoirs | 3,425 | 5.5 | B | B− | C+ | B+ |
| Chirens | 2,546 | 6.6 | — | B− | — | C− |
| Villages du Lac de Paladru | 2,598 | 7.3 | B | C | B+ | A− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades B for safety, #33 of 96 in Isère. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 10 burglaries and 13 acts of criminal damage.
They grade C−, better than 21% of compared French towns and #79 of 102 in Isère. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Prices are close to the median of compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €2,276/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Le Grand-Lemps grades B for cost of living.
Commune in Isère, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Le Grand-Lemps is a commune of 3,083 people in the Communauté de communes de Bièvre Est. 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 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.