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Population 1,024: a town in Isère, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes.
Meyrieu-les-Étangs’s strongest subject is jobs & income — 0.3 jobs per working resident; 7.9% unemployment. Schools are its weak spot — brevet results 5 points below the expected rate. It is hard to get around without a car: 46% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 7% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Health is weaker too — after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 6% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns.
Figures: employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025). Meyrieu-les-Étangs 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 Meyrieu-les-Étangs 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.
Meyrieu-les-Étangs 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 Meyrieu-les-Étangs 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, 6.2 mi away.
14% 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 Meyrieu-les-Étangs.
6.8% of commuters went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport at the census. Unemployment stood at 7.9%, close to Isère’s towns (8.1%) and below compared French towns (10.1%). At the census, 3.6% of working residents in Meyrieu-les-Étangs 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.
Collège pupils travel 3.1 mi to the nearest one. The brevet pass rate near Meyrieu-les-Étangs is 86.0%, near Isère’s towns (87.4%) and lower than compared French towns (87.5%).
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Fernand BouvierNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 147 | 86%−5 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
People 65 and over make up 16% of the town, below Isère’s towns (21%) and compared French towns (22%) alike. The share aged 15 to 24 is 9.3%. Half the people of Meyrieu-les-Étangs are older than 40.9.
47% women, 53% men
About 111 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Isère 51.3%, France 51.8%.
| Meyrieu-les-Étangs | Isère median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 21% | 18% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 9.3% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 25% | 23% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 29% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 16% | 21% | 22% |
| No diploma | 11% | 19% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 32% | 24% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 18% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 32% | 33% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Isère median and France median: the median of compared communes
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. 51 deaths in Meyrieu-les-Étangs between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 54: 6% below. The adjustment lowers most towns’ figures, so the comparison is what counts: the median of compared French towns is 12% below expected.
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 · TownRatings makes the care-home adjustment itself; it is a model, not an official statistic. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from D to A−.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
From July 2023 to June 2026, 28 homes were sold in Meyrieu-les-Étangs.
Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Museums, family days out and gardens in and near Meyrieu-les-Étangs. Best known first.
Nothing in Meyrieu-les-Étangs 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 Meyrieu-les-Étangs 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Meyrieu-les-Étangs | 1,024 | — | — | C+ | — | C |
| Saint-Jean-de-Bournay | 4,843 | 2.9 | C | C+ | C+ | C |
| Nivolas-Vermelle | 2,706 | 6 | — | C− | — | B |
| Saint-Georges-d'Espéranche | 3,545 | 6.5 | B+ | C | B | A |
| Bourgoin-Jallieu | 30,151 | 6.6 | C− | C− | C− | C |
| Villefontaine | 19,445 | 6.8 | D | C | D | B |
| L'Isle-d'Abeau | 17,515 | 7.1 | D | C− | D | B+ |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Meyrieu-les-Étangs has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 9.6 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.
They grade C−, better than 19% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Commune in Isère, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Meyrieu-les-Étangs is a commune of 1,024 people in the Communauté de communes Bièvre Isère. 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.