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352 people call this town in Isère, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes home.
Montchaboud has no grades yet: French towns are graded from 1,000 residents up. People aged 65 and over make up 30% of residents.
The one thing Montchaboud does most differently from other towns.
The Culture ministry lists no building in Montchaboud as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Ancienne église priorale Notre-Dame, in Vizille, 1.1 mi away.
4.1% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Heritage, museums and family days out in and near Montchaboud. Best known first.
MuseumMusée de la Révolution française2.4 km south, in Vizille
ChâteauChâteau de Vizille2.3 km south, in Vizille
ChâteauChâteau de Bon Repos1.7 km north, in Jarrie
MuseumMusée de la chimie1.6 km west, in Jarrie
MuseumMusée Autrefois2.7 km west, in Champ-sur-DracAbbeyAbbeyPrieuré de Saint-Michel de Connexe4.8 km southwest, in Champ-sur-DracPhotos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Montchaboud.
Nearly one in ten residents are 15 to 24, below Isère’s towns (11%) and compared French towns (11%) alike. Children are 16% of the town. Half of Montchaboud is older than 50.3, half younger.
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Isère 51.3%, France 51.8%.
| Montchaboud | Isère median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 16% | 18% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 9.4% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 18% | 23% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 26% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 30% | 21% | 22% |
| No diploma | 8.9% | 19% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 16% | 24% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 19% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 53% | 33% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Isère median and France median: the median of compared communes
Unemployment stood at 2.6%, below both Isère’s towns (8.1%) and compared French towns (10.1%). Walking, cycling and public transport carried 5.9% of commuters at the census.
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 0.8 mi to the nearest one. At the lycées within 5 km of Montchaboud, 93.7% passed the bac, close to both Isère’s towns (93.7%) and compared French towns (92.9%).
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Le Clos JouvinNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 135 | 91%−3 pts |
| Lycée polyvalent Portes de l'OisansNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 272 | 99%+2 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.
Renting a house costs an estimated €13.81/m² a month. The market in Montchaboud: 4 sales of houses and apartments between July 2023 and June 2026.
Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Nothing in Montchaboud 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 Montchaboud 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Montchaboud | 352 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Jarrie | 3,952 | 1 | A | C− | B+ | A+ |
| Vizille | 7,292 | 1.4 | C+ | B− | D | C+ |
| Champ-sur-Drac | 3,335 | 2 | B | C− | B+ | C+ |
| Vaulnaveys-le-Haut | 4,006 | 3.5 | A | C− | A | A |
| Le Pont-de-Claix | 10,956 | 3.9 | C− | B− | C− | B− |
| Varces-Allières-et-Risset | 8,542 | 4 | C+ | D | C | A− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Commune in Isère, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Montchaboud is a commune of 352 people in the Grenoble-Alpes-Métropole. 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 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.