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The town has 1,713 residents and lies in Isère, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes.
Health outcomes beat most towns: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 33% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Where it falls short is walkability: a third of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 6% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. A 70 m² home at the median €2,513/m² costs 6.5 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the Communauté de communes Cœur de Chartreuse. Schools lag: brevet results 2.9 points below the expected rate.
Figures: deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting, INSEE census 2023 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education. Miribel-les-Échelles 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 Miribel-les-Échelles 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.
Miribel-les-Échelles 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 Miribel-les-Échelles as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Église Saint-Georges, in Saint-Geoire-en-Valdaine, 3.8 mi away.
28% 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 Miribel-les-Échelles.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Average lifespans in Isère: 86.8 years for women, 81.6 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 nationally. From 2016 to 2025, 190 residents of Miribel-les-Échelles died, against 179 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 6% more. The nearest emergency department to Miribel-les-Échelles is Hopital de Voiron Chu de Grenoble Alpes, 7.4 mi away. There is one general practitioner in the town.
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.
200 jobs are based in Miribel-les-Échelles, for 700 working residents (0.3 per worker). 8.2% of the labour force were unemployed, about level with Isère’s towns (8.1%) and below compared French towns (10.1%). Bus, tram or train carried 3.2% of working residents in Miribel-les-Échelles to work at the census.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Children under 15 make up 16%, below Isère’s towns (18%) and compared French towns (17%) alike. Those 65 and older account for 27% of residents. 35% of adults hold a degree.
49% women, 51% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Isère 51.3%, France 51.8%.
| Miribel-les-Échelles | Isère median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 16% | 18% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 7.6% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 20% | 23% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 30% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 27% | 21% | 22% |
| No diploma | 16% | 19% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 25% | 24% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 19% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 35% | 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.
The town’s pupils have a collège 2.3 mi away. For the general bac, the closest lycée is 6.8 mi away. At the collèges within 5 km of Miribel-les-Échelles, 88.2% passed the brevet, about level with both Isère’s towns (87.4%) and compared French towns (87.5%).
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Béatrice de SavoieNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 77 | 84%−8 pts |
| Collège privé Saint-Bruno PrivateBest against expectations: 4 points above the expected rateCollège | Collège | 70 | 93%+4 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.
41 sales of houses and apartments in Miribel-les-Échelles, from July 2023 to June 2026, give the median of €2,513/m². Houses made up 88% of the homes sold; apartments the rest. From July 2023 to June 2026, 41 homes were sold in the town.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,546/m² | 36 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Nothing in Miribel-les-Échelles 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 Miribel-les-Échelles 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Miribel-les-Échelles | 1,713 | — | — | B | — | A |
| Saint-Laurent-du-Pont | 4,490 | 2.7 | B | B | B | D |
| Saint-Étienne-de-Crossey | 2,619 | 4.7 | — | C | — | A− |
| Coublevie | 5,520 | 6.9 | A− | C− | B | B+ |
| Voiron | 21,847 | 7.3 | B | B− | C− | B− |
| Chirens | 2,546 | 7.4 | — | B− | — | C− |
| Le Pont-de-Beauvoisin | 3,602 | 7.5 | C+ | B+ | D | B+ |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Miribel-les-Échelles has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 4 recorded violent incidents and 9.4 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 38% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Prices are close to the median of compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €2,513/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Miribel-les-Échelles grades B for cost of living.
Commune in Isère, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Miribel-les-Échelles is a commune of 1,713 people in the Communauté de communes Cœur de Chartreuse. 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.