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A town of 2,164 in Isère, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes.
Lumbin has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents. Its weakest subject is cost of living (C): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 8.2 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Its strongest is health (A): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 33% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
The 2 things Lumbin does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Lumbin 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 Lumbin as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Pont de la Dame, in Saint-Pierre-de-Chartreuse, 5.7 mi away.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Lumbin.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
96 deaths in Lumbin between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 143: 33% below. 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. One GP practises locally. The nearest emergency department to Lumbin is Antenne Smur Aerodrome Versoud Chu de Grenoble Alpes, 8.1 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 · Note: TownRatings models the care-home adjustment; it is not an official figure.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
The town’s pupils have a collège 2.7 mi away. For the general bac, the closest lycée is 4.1 mi away.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Simone de BeauvoirNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 125 | 94%±0 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Advertised rents are estimated at €14.30/m² a month, higher than both Isère’s towns (€13.13/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²). House rents are put at about €13.70/m² a month. Lumbin recorded 56 home sales from July 2023 to June 2026.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €3,868/m² | 36 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Young adults of 15 to 24 are nearly one in ten residents, below both Isère’s towns (11%) and compared French towns (11%). People 65 and over make up a fifth of the town. Ages in Lumbin split evenly at 45: half are older, half younger.
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Isère 51.3%, France 51.8%.
| Lumbin | Isère median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 18% | 18% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 8.6% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 24% | 23% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 30% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 20% | 21% | 22% |
| No diploma | 9.2% | 19% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 17% | 24% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 15% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 55% | 33% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Isère median and France median: the median of compared communes
7.7% of people in the labour force have no job. Lumbin has 350 jobs for 1,050 working residents, 0.4 per worker. At the census, 17.1% went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport, above Isère’s towns (14.1%) and compared French towns (13.4%) alike.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Heritage and other places to visit in and near Lumbin. Best known first.
Nothing in Lumbin 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 Lumbin 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lumbin | 2,164 | — | — | C | — | A |
| Crolles | 8,609 | 2.5 | A− | C− | C− | A− |
| Froges | 3,285 | 2.9 | — | C+ | — | B+ |
| Bernin | 3,334 | 3.7 | A | C− | B | A |
| Le Touvet | 3,116 | 3.7 | A− | C | B | B− |
| Villard-Bonnot | 7,509 | 4.5 | A− | B− | B− | C+ |
| Saint-Nazaire-les-Eymes | 3,016 | 4.9 | A | C− | A− | A |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Lumbin has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 2.8 recorded violent incidents and 7.4 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
They grade A−, better than 79% 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 Lumbin grades C for cost of living.
Commune in Isère, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Lumbin is a commune of 2,164 people in the Communauté de communes Le Grésivaudan. 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.