Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
1,191 people live in this town in Isère, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes.
Where it does best is health — after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 34% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. It also does well on schools: brevet results at the expected rate. Housing is expensive: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 11.6 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Holiday and other second homes account for 18% of homes.
Figures: deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi. Le Sappey-en-Chartreuse has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
The 3 things Le Sappey-en-Chartreuse does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Le Sappey-en-Chartreuse 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.
Le Sappey-en-Chartreuse has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
The Culture ministry lists no building in Le Sappey-en-Chartreuse as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Église Saint-Laurent, in Grenoble, 4.8 mi away.
12% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Heritage, other places to visit and museums in and near Le Sappey-en-Chartreuse. Best known first.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Le Sappey-en-Chartreuse.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Life expectancy in Isère: 86.8 years for women and 81.6 for men (2025); France averages 85.9 and 80.3. France’s death rates at each age would predict 69 deaths in Le Sappey-en-Chartreuse from 2016 to 2025; there were 45, 34% fewer. The nearest emergency department to Le Sappey-en-Chartreuse is Hopital Nord Chu de Grenoble Alpes, 4.4 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.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The estimated advertised rent is €14.99/m² a month, above Isère’s towns (€13.13/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²) alike. The market in Le Sappey-en-Chartreuse: 41 sales of houses and apartments between July 2023 and June 2026. Renting a house costs an estimated €12.54/m² a month.
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; 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 3.1 mi off.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège du GrésivaudanNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 202 | 97%±0 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Unemployment stood at 3.9%, below Isère’s towns (8.1%) and compared French towns (10.1%) alike. Jobs based in Le Sappey-en-Chartreuse number 150, against 600 residents in work (0.2 per worker). At the census, nearly a quarter of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Children under 15 make up 23%, above Isère’s towns (18%) and compared French towns (17%) alike. The share aged 15 to 24 is 8.9%. The 65-and-over age group makes up 16% of residents.
49% women, 51% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Isère 51.3%, France 51.8%.
| Le Sappey-en-Chartreuse | Isère median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 23% | 18% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 8.9% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 24% | 23% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 28% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 16% | 21% | 22% |
| No diploma | 2.5% | 19% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 7.3% | 24% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 11% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 77% | 33% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Isère median and France median: the median of compared communes
Over 2025, Le Sappey-en-Chartreuse logged 17 recorded offenses. Each year (2023–2025 average), violence against people came to 5.7 per 1,000 residents and the graded property crimes to 11.8. Theft from vehicles topped the graded crimes in Le Sappey-en-Chartreuse (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 · When family violence, other physical violence, sexual violence and criminal damage number five or fewer in a recent year, the figure is withheld, and the index uses the département’s average instead (72.8% of the index here). The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Nothing in Le Sappey-en-Chartreuse 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 Sappey-en-Chartreuse 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 Sappey-en-Chartreuse | 1,191 | — | — | D | — | A+ |
| Montbonnot-Saint-Martin | 5,698 | 2.8 | B+ | D | C+ | A |
| Saint-Ismier | 7,165 | 2.9 | A− | D | B− | A |
| Corenc | 4,215 | 3.1 | C+ | D− | C− | B+ |
| Meylan | 18,770 | 3.2 | B+ | D | C | A |
| Saint-Nazaire-les-Eymes | 3,016 | 3.6 | A | C− | A− | A |
| La Tronche | 6,424 | 4.1 | B− | D | D− | A |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Le Sappey-en-Chartreuse has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average.
They grade A, better than 86% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Le Sappey-en-Chartreuse grades D for cost of living.
Commune in Isère, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Le Sappey-en-Chartreuse is a commune of 1,191 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 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.