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MoretteIsère

A town of 358 in Isère, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes.

Is Morette a good place to live?

Morette is too small to grade: French towns get subject grades from 1,000 residents.

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

No historic monuments in Morette

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

The nearest classé monument is maison Burgaud, in Tullins, 2 mi away.

27% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.

Explore the history →

The data

Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Morette.

Who lives here

Morette has fewer young adults than Isère’s towns or compared French towns: 7.1% are 15 to 24

For Morette, that is below both Isère’s towns (11%) and compared French towns (11%). 25% of residents are 65 or over.

49.9median age
MoretteIsère medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma16%
CAP or BEP23%
Baccalauréat18%
Higher education39%

Women and men · all residents

49% women, 51% men

About an even split. Median share of women: Isère 51.3%, France 51.8%.

Ages and diplomas in Morette
MoretteIsère medianFrance median
Under 1517%18%17%
15–247.1%11%11%
25–4420%23%23%
45–6432%26%26%
65+25%21%22%
No diploma16%19%19%
CAP or BEP23%24%26%
Baccalauréat18%18%18%
Higher education39%33%30%

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

Work & commute

Incomes in Morette run higher than in Isère’s towns or compared French towns: a median €29,030 a year per consumption unit

Morette sits above both Isère’s towns (€27,110) and compared French towns (€25,970) on this measure. Morette has 50 jobs for 150 working residents, 0.2 per worker.

13%walk, cycle or take transit

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving80%
Public transport9%
Bicycle2%
Motorbike or scooter2%
On foot2%
50
jobs based in Morette, 0.2 per working resident
8.8%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€29,030
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
5%
worked without traveling (at or from home)

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

Schools

81.0% of candidates passed the brevet at the collège within 5 km, 10 points below the expected rate

Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.

That puts Morette below both Isère’s towns (87.4%) and compared French towns (87.5%).

81.0%passed the brevet

Brevet pass rate · collèges within 5 km

Morette81.0%
Median of towns87.5%
SchoolLevelCandidatesPassed, 2025
Collège CondorcetNearest collègeCollègeCollège10481%−10 pts
81.0%
passed the brevet at the collèges, −10 pts against the expected rate
1.8 mi
to the nearest collège from the town center

Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte

Housing

Estimated advertised rents run lower in Morette than in Isère’s towns or across compared French towns: €11.09/m² a month

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

On this, Morette is below both Isère’s towns (€13.13/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²).

€11.09/m²estimated apartment rent a month

Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month

Morette€11.09/m²
Median of towns€12.41/m²
Isère median€13.13/m²
€11.09/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€8.57 to €14.35/m² a month)
€12.02/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included

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

Nearby attractions

Abbaye de Bonnecombe and 4 more in and around Morette

Heritage in and near Morette. Best known first.

All attractions →
Places: © OpenStreetMap contributors · Wikidata
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Everything we know about Morette

13pages on Morette

Landmarks

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

Its history page →

Famous people from Morette

One notable person was born in Morette.

Their page →

Morette’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 →
TullinsRenageRivesVinayMoiransSaint-Étienne-de-Saint-GeoirsTullinsRenageRivesVinayMoiransSaint-Étienne-de-Saint-GeoirsMorette
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
Morette358—————
Tullins7,6241.9C−C+C−C+
Renage3,3483.8BB+B+B
Rives6,5495.1C+B−C+B
Vinay4,4385.6A+B+A−B−
Moirans7,8185.9A−B−C−B+
Saint-Étienne-de-Saint-Geoirs3,4256.6BB−C+B+

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

About Morette

Commune in Isère, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes

Morette is a commune of 358 people in the Communauté de communes Saint-Marcellin Vercors Isère Communauté. 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
358 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes Saint-Marcellin Vercors Isère Communauté
Département
Isère (38)
Région
Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Area
2.4 sq mi (6.3 km²)
INSEE code
38263

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.