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The town, home to 1,028 people, lies in Isère, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes.
Health is its strong suit: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 19% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Cost of living is its weak spot: A year’s estimated rent on a 70 m² apartment is 45% of the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. It also trails on walkability — 1% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 7% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work.
Figures: deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting, INSEE census 2023. Les Éparres 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.
Each subject compares Les Éparres 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 Éparres 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 Les Éparres as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Mur de terrasse antique, in Bourgoin-Jallieu, 5.6 mi away.
19% 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 Les Éparres.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Houses made up 96% of the homes sold; apartments the rest. The market in Les Éparres: 25 sales of houses and apartments between July 2023 and June 2026.
Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Households’ median disposable income: €28,260 a year per consumption unit. 6.6% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train at the census, lower than both Isère’s towns (14.1%) and compared French towns (13.4%). For its 500 residents in work, Les Éparres has 150 jobs: 0.3 each. Of those in the labour force, 7.1% are unemployed.
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.
France’s death rates at each age would predict 77 deaths in Les Éparres from 2016 to 2025; there were 62, 19% fewer. After the care-home adjustment, Les Éparres’ deaths ran at 81 per 100 expected, about level with Isère’s towns (84) and below compared French towns (88). At birth, a girl in Isère can expect 86.8 years and a boy 81.6 (2025); across France, 85.9 and 80.3.
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 care-home figures behind this are our own model (TownRatings), not official statistics. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from C to A.
Under-15s account for 19% of the population. 34% of adults hold a degree, close to Isère’s towns (33%) and above compared French towns (30%). Those 65 and older account for a fifth of residents.
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Isère 51.3%, France 51.8%.
| Les Éparres | Isère median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 19% | 18% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 8.8% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 25% | 23% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 27% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 20% | 21% | 22% |
| No diploma | 17% | 19% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 25% | 24% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 19% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 34% | 33% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Isère median and France median: the median of compared communes
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
At the vocational lycée within 5 km, 93% of 41 candidates passed the bac pro. The town’s pupils have a collège 3.5 mi away.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lycée polyvalent privé Saint-Marc PrivateNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 379 | 100%+1 pt |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Heritage in and near Les Éparres. Best known first.
Nothing in Les Éparres is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
Wikidata places 1 person here, but the articles don’t both confirm Les Éparres 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Les Éparres | 1,028 | — | — | D | — | B+ |
| Nivolas-Vermelle | 2,706 | 1.8 | — | C− | — | B |
| Ruy-Montceau | 4,805 | 3.8 | A− | C− | B | B+ |
| Bourgoin-Jallieu | 30,151 | 4.1 | C− | C− | C− | C |
| Cessieu | 3,259 | 4.4 | — | C− | — | C+ |
| Saint-Savin | 4,323 | 6.2 | A− | C− | A | B+ |
| L'Isle-d'Abeau | 17,515 | 6.6 | D | C− | D | B+ |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Les Éparres has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 6.6 recorded violent incidents and 11 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Commune in Isère, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Les Éparres is a commune of 1,028 people in the Communauté d'agglomération Porte de l'Isère (CAPI). 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) · 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.