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2,023 residents make their home in this town in Isère, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes.
Work and incomes are strong: 0.3 jobs per working resident; 4.9% unemployment. Cost of living is its weak spot — at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 7 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. The rest of its grades are middling: B for health and C+ for walkability.
Figures: employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025. Les Côtes-d'Arey 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 one thing Les Côtes-d'Arey does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Les Côtes-d'Arey 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.
Les Côtes-d'Arey has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
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The Culture ministry’s list holds 1 historic monument in Les Côtes-d'Arey; none is classé, France’s top protection.
The oldest protected part dates from the 11th century; the first monument here was protected in 1974.
14% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Les Côtes-d'Arey.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Of the homes sold, 76% were houses. Sales in Les Côtes-d'Arey from July 2023 to June 2026: 63 houses and apartments. Estimated advertised rent for houses: €11.59/m² a month.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,955/m² | 48 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
The Culture ministry’s list holds 1 historic monument in Les Côtes-d'Arey; none is classé, France’s top protection. The oldest protected building goes back to the 11th century.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
The unemployment rate comes to 4.9%. At the census, 7.5% went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport, lower than both Isère’s towns (14.1%) and compared French towns (13.4%).
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
There are 2 general practitioners in Les Côtes-d'Arey. In Isère, life expectancy at birth reaches 86.8 years for women and 81.6 for men (2025), next to 85.9 and 80.3 for France. Also worth knowing: 142 deaths in the town between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 165: 14% below.
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 · That adjustment for care homes is a model of TownRatings’ own, not official data. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from C− to A−.
Degrees are held by just over two in five adults. Half of Les Côtes-d'Arey is older than 45.8, half younger. 18% of residents are children under 15.
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Isère 51.3%, France 51.8%.
| Les Côtes-d'Arey | Isère median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 18% | 18% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 8.3% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 23% | 23% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 29% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 22% | 21% | 22% |
| No diploma | 11% | 19% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 24% | 24% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 18% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 42% | 33% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Isère median and France median: the median of compared communes
Violence against people averaged 5.6 per 1,000 residents a year over 2023–2025; graded property crimes averaged 8.8. 14 offenses were reported in Les Côtes-d'Arey during 2025. More of the graded crimes in the town were burglary than anything else (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 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, 41.8% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Les Côtes-d'Arey has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
Chapelle Saint-Mamert: Photo: FredSeiller · CC0
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Les Côtes-d'Arey 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Les Côtes-d'Arey | 2,023 | — | — | C | — | B |
| Ampuis Rhône | 2,769 | 3.8 | A− | C+ | B+ | A− |
| Saint-Clair-du-Rhône | 3,778 | 4.8 | A− | C+ | A− | A |
| Vienne | 31,778 | 4.8 | B− | C+ | D | B+ |
| Condrieu Rhône | 3,957 | 5 | B+ | C | C | A |
| Pont-Évêque | 6,213 | 5.6 | B | C+ | B− | C+ |
| Estrablin | 3,677 | 5.8 | B+ | C | C+ | B |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Les Côtes-d'Arey has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 9 burglaries and 5 acts of criminal damage.
Estimated advertised apartment rents are €12.67/m² a month, charges included. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Les Côtes-d'Arey grades C for cost of living.
Commune in Isère, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Les Côtes-d'Arey is a commune of 2,023 people in the Communauté d'agglomération Vienne Condrieu. 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.