Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
A town of 1,928 in Isère, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes.
Le Gua has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents. At the median price of €2,131/m², a 70 m² home costs 5.6 times the median annual income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size) in the Grenoble-Alpes-Métropole. Its strongest is walkability (B): 69% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 11% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
The one thing Le Gua does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Le Gua 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 Gua as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Croix du cimetière de Genevrey, in Vif, 1.1 mi away.
21% 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 Gua.
Jobs located in Le Gua: 200, for 900 residents in work (0.2 each). Unemployment stood at 6.6%, lower than both Isère’s towns (8.1%) and compared French towns (10.1%). Bus, tram or train carried 7.7% of working residents in Le Gua to work at the census.
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 collège is 2.9 mi off. For the general bac, the closest lycée is 5.2 mi away.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège le MasseguNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 147 | 91%−2 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Young adults of 15 to 24 are nearly one in ten residents, below Isère’s towns (11%) and compared French towns (11%) alike. Children under 15 make up 19% of residents. Residents of Le Gua have a median age of 43.5.
47% women, 53% men
About 114 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Isère 51.3%, France 51.8%.
| Le Gua | Isère median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 19% | 18% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 9.3% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 23% | 23% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 28% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 21% | 21% | 22% |
| No diploma | 13% | 19% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 25% | 24% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 18% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 41% | 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.
The nearest emergency department to Le Gua is Clinique des Cedres, 10 mi away. France’s death rates at each age would predict 148 deaths here from 2016 to 2025; there were 132, 11% fewer. After the care-home adjustment, the town’s deaths ran at 89 per 100 expected, above Isère’s towns (84) and close to compared French towns (88). Life expectancy at birth in Isère is 86.8 years for women and 81.6 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France.
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. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from C− to A−.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The median price, €2,131/m², comes from 64 sales of houses and apartments in Le Gua from July 2023 to June 2026. The sales split: 55% houses, the rest apartments.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,636/m² | 35 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Violence against people ran at 3.5 per 1,000 residents a year and the graded property crimes at 12.4 (2023–2025 average). For 2025, the figures show 35 offenses in Le Gua. In 2025, burglary led the graded crimes here.
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 · Small counts of family violence, other physical violence, sexual violence, vehicle theft and theft from vehicles go unpublished (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the département’s average stands in, 45.7% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Heritage, other places to visit and museums in and near Le Gua. Best known first.
MuseumMusée Champollion4.7 km northeast, in VifMonastery or conventMonastery or conventCouvent de la Visitation Sainte-Marie de Vif5 km northeast, in VifChâteauChâteauChâteau de Pâquier3.5 km southeast, in Saint-Martin-de-la-CluzePhotos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
Nothing in Le Gua 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 Gua 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 Gua | 1,928 | — | — | B− | — | B− |
| Vif | 8,530 | 2.8 | B− | D | B+ | B |
| Saint-Georges-de-Commiers | 2,699 | 3.6 | — | C− | — | B+ |
| Villard-de-Lans | 4,328 | 5.6 | A+ | C− | A− | B+ |
| Varces-Allières-et-Risset | 8,542 | 5.7 | C+ | D | C | A− |
| Champ-sur-Drac | 3,335 | 6.2 | B | C− | B+ | C+ |
| Claix | 7,836 | 7.4 | B− | D | C+ | A− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Le Gua has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 20 burglaries and 15 acts of criminal damage.
They grade B, better than 58% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Homes cost less than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €2,131/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Le Gua grades B− for cost of living.
Commune in Isère, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Le Gua is a commune of 1,928 people in the Grenoble-Alpes-Métropole. 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 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.