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A town in Isère, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, home to 6,718 people.
More weak spots than strong ones. Its lowest grade is for safety (D−) — an average of 17.3 recorded violent incidents and 28.1 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Buying 70 m² at the median €1,885/m² takes 5.1 years of the median income per consumption unit in the Communauté de communes Entre Bièvre et Rhône. It is easy to get around without a car: 87% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 18% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Put together, the subjects come to a C− overall, better than a fifth of compared French towns. The ranking puts it #79 of 96 in Isère. Jobs & income is weaker too (D): 0.9 jobs per working resident; 20.7% unemployment.
Figures: amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting and employment, INSEE census 2023 · recorded crime, SSMSI (Ministry of the Interior) · 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.
The 2 things Le Péage-de-Roussillon does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Le Péage-de-Roussillon 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.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
The Culture ministry lists no building in Le Péage-de-Roussillon as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Église Saint-Pierre, in Champagne, 6.9 mi away.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Le Péage-de-Roussillon.
In all, 268 offenses reached the police record in Le Péage-de-Roussillon in 2025. Among the graded crimes here, the most frequent was criminal damage (2025).
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SSMSI (Interior Ministry), recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 · Licence Ouverte · Small counts of armed robbery go unpublished (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the département’s average stands in, 0.3% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
The median disposable income was €20,850 a year per consumption unit, below Isère’s towns (€27,110) and compared French towns (€25,970) alike. 17.8% of commuters left the car at home at the census, walking, cycling or taking public transport. At the census, 1.9% of working residents in Le Péage-de-Roussillon didn’t travel to work at all.
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.
Results rank its schools #61 of 102 in Isère.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège privé Jeanne d'Arc PrivateNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 125 | 95%+4 pts |
| Lycée général privé Jeanne d'Arc PrivateNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 77 | 100%+2 pts |
| Lycée professionnel privé François Verguin PrivateBest against expectations: 15 points above the expected rateVocational lycée | Vocational lycée | 22 | 100%+15 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Under 15: a fifth of residents. Nearly a quarter of residents are 65 or over, above both Isère’s towns (21%) and compared French towns (22%). Those aged 15 to 24 account for 12% of residents.
53% women, 47% men
About 88 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Isère 51.3%, France 51.8%.
| Le Péage-de-Roussillon | Isère median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 20% | 18% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 12% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 22% | 23% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 23% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 24% | 21% | 22% |
| No diploma | 39% | 19% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 24% | 24% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 14% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 17% | 33% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Isère median and France median: the median of compared communes
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The split in Le Péage-de-Roussillon: €2,171/m² for houses, €1,663/m² for apartments. The estimated advertised rent is €11.57/m² a month, below both Isère’s towns (€13.13/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²). For a house, the estimated advertised rent is €11.10/m² a month.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,171/m² | 113 |
| Apartments | €1,663/m² | 105 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
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. France’s death rates at each age would predict 833 deaths in Le Péage-de-Roussillon from 2016 to 2025; there were 886, 6% more. Its care home for older people (186 places) counts its residents as Le Péage-de-Roussillon’s; allowing for it, deaths were 13% below expected. 9 GPs practise locally.
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 · The adjustment for care homes is TownRatings’ own modeling, not an official figure.
Heritage, museums and family days out in and near Le Péage-de-Roussillon. Best known first.
Nothing in Le Péage-de-Roussillon is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
One notable person was born in Le Péage-de-Roussillon.
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 Péage-de-Roussillon | 6,718 | — | C− | B− | D− | B− |
| Roussillon | 8,595 | 0.8 | C− | B− | C− | B− |
| Saint-Maurice-l'Exil | 6,889 | 1.4 | C | C+ | C+ | B |
| Salaise-sur-Sanne | 4,606 | 2 | C− | C+ | D | B |
| Chanas | 2,706 | 4.2 | C− | C+ | C | B− |
| Chavanay Loire | 2,884 | 4.4 | C+ | B− | C+ | C− |
| Saint-Clair-du-Rhône | 3,778 | 4.7 | A− | C+ | A− | A |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades D− for safety, #90 of 96 in Isère. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 28 burglaries and 79 acts of criminal damage.
They grade C+, better than 40% of compared French towns and #61 of 102 in Isère. The lycée stands out: 100% of 77 candidates passed the bac at Lycée général privé Jeanne d'Arc in 2025, 2 points above the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Le Péage-de-Roussillon grades B− for cost of living.
Commune in Isère, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Le Péage-de-Roussillon is a commune of 6,718 people in the Communauté de communes Entre Bièvre et Rhône. 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.