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MontfalconIsère

127 people call this town in Isère, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes home.

Is Montfalcon a good place to live?

With fewer than 1,000 residents, Montfalcon falls below the line for grades. Holiday and other second homes account for 15% of homes.

What makes Montfalcon stand out

The one thing Montfalcon does most differently from other towns.

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Montfalcon’s outline. No photo of the town is in our collection yet.
Montfalcon’s story

No historic monuments in Montfalcon

The Culture ministry lists no building in Montfalcon as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.

The nearest classé monument is Église Saint-Pierre, in Marnans, 4.1 mi away.

44% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.

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The data

Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Montfalcon.

Who lives here

Few people in Montfalcon are 15 to 24: 5.5%, fewer than in both Isère’s towns and compared French towns

Degrees are held by 27% of adults, lower than both Isère’s towns (33%) and compared French towns (30%). 20% of residents are children under 15. Line up the people of Montfalcon by age and the one in the middle is 42.8.

42.8median age
MontfalconIsère medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma18%
CAP or BEP24%
Baccalauréat25%
Higher education27%

Women and men · all residents

42% women, 58% men

About 72 women for every 100 men. Median share of women: Isère 51.3%, France 51.8%.

Ages and diplomas in Montfalcon
MontfalconIsère medianFrance median
Under 1520%18%17%
15–245.5%11%11%
25–4426%23%23%
45–6427%26%26%
65+22%21%22%
No diploma18%19%19%
CAP or BEP24%24%26%
Baccalauréat25%18%18%
Higher education27%33%30%

INSEE, census 2023 · Isère median and France median: the median of compared communes

Work & commute

Montfalcon has higher unemployment than Isère’s towns or compared French towns: 12.9%

At the census, 7.1% went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport, below Isère’s towns (14.1%) and compared French towns (13.4%) alike. Median disposable income comes to €26,770 a year per consumption unit.

7%walk, cycle or take transit

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving80%
On foot5%
Public transport2%
Motorbike or scooter2%
Bicycle0%
0
jobs based in Montfalcon, 0.2 per working resident
12.9%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€26,770
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
11%
worked without traveling (at or from home)

Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte

Housing

Renting in Montfalcon costs less than in both Isère’s towns and compared French towns, at an estimated advertised €9.84/m² a month

Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.

The market in Montfalcon: 3 sales of houses and apartments between July 2023 and June 2026.

€9.84/m²estimated apartment rent a month

Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month

Montfalcon€9.84/m²
Median of towns€12.41/m²
Isère median€13.13/m²
€9.84/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€7.70 to €12.59/m² a month)
€8.91/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included

Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte

Keep exploring

Everything we know about Montfalcon

11pages on Montfalcon

Landmarks

Nothing in Montfalcon is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.

Its history page →

Famous people from Montfalcon

Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Montfalcon yet.

How we find them →

Montfalcon’s neighbors

The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →

All towns in Isère →
Saint-Siméon-de-BressieuxBeaurepaireChatteSaint-Étienne-de-Saint-GeoirsLa Côte-Saint-AndréSaint-MarcellinSaint-Siméon-de-BressieuxBeaurepaireChatteSaint-Étienne-de-Saint-GeoirsLa Côte-Saint-AndréSaint-MarcellinMontfalcon
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
Montfalcon127—————
Saint-Siméon-de-Bressieux3,1866.6DBCC+
Beaurepaire5,0108A−A−C−B
Chatte2,5189.8BBB−B
Saint-Étienne-de-Saint-Geoirs3,42510BB−C+B+
La Côte-Saint-André4,87310C−C+D−C−
Saint-Marcellin7,70010C+BC−B−

People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.

About Montfalcon

Commune in Isère, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes

Montfalcon is a commune of 127 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

Population
127 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes Bièvre Isère
Département
Isère (38)
Région
Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Area
2.2 sq mi (5.7 km²)
INSEE code
38255

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.