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The town has 2,706 residents and lies in Isère, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes.
Nivolas-Vermelle’s best grade is for schools: bac results at the expected rate; brevet results 4.7 points above the expected rate. It is strong on jobs & income as well (B+): 1.1 jobs per working resident; 9.3% unemployment. Homes are dear: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 7.3 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality.
Figures: brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · employment, INSEE census 2023 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi. Nivolas-Vermelle has no overall grade because safety isn’t graded here.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
Each subject compares Nivolas-Vermelle 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.
Nivolas-Vermelle has no overall grade because safety isn’t graded here.
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The Culture ministry lists no building in Nivolas-Vermelle 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, 4.5 mi away.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Nivolas-Vermelle.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Behind the median of €2,699/m²: 78 houses and apartments sold in Nivolas-Vermelle between July 2023 and June 2026. From July 2023 to June 2026, 78 homes were sold locally. Houses made up 72% of the homes sold; apartments the rest.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,738/m² | 56 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Vocational results within 5 km: 86% passed the bac pro, of 324 candidates at 3 lycées. A collège lies 2 mi away. School results put the town #27 of 102 in Isère.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Pré BénitNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 215 | 87%+7 pts |
| Lycée polyvalent privé Saint-Marc PrivateNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 379 | 100%+1 pt |
| Collège privé Sainte-Claire d'Assise - Saint-Michel PrivateBest against expectations: a point above the expected rateCollège | Collège | 138 | 99%+1 pt |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
At the census, 6.4% of working residents in Nivolas-Vermelle went to work by public transport. Per consumption unit, the median disposable income is €27,310 a year. Nearly a tenth of people in the labour force have no job.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Nearly a fifth of residents are 65 or over. People aged 15 to 24 make up just over a tenth of the town. The middle age in Nivolas-Vermelle is 42.1.
52% women, 48% men
About 93 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Isère 51.3%, France 51.8%.
| Nivolas-Vermelle | Isère median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 19% | 18% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 11% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 24% | 23% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 27% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 19% | 21% | 22% |
| No diploma | 18% | 19% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 27% | 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.
At birth, a girl in Isère can expect 86.8 years and a boy 81.6 (2025); across France, 85.9 and 80.3. 203 deaths in Nivolas-Vermelle between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 239: 15% below. One GP practises 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 · The care-home figures behind this are our own model (TownRatings), not official statistics. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from C to A−.
Violence against people averaged 3.1 per 1,000 residents a year over 2023–2025; graded property crimes averaged 9. For 2025, the figures show 25 offenses in Nivolas-Vermelle. The commonest graded crime in the town was vehicle theft (2025).
Not in the gradeTheft without violence, drug use and fraud are shown for information but left out of the Safety Grade, which counts violence plus burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and criminal damage per resident.
Source: SSMSI (Interior Ministry), recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 · Licence Ouverte · For family violence, sexual violence, armed robbery, burglary and theft from vehicles, the count isn’t published when it’s small (five or fewer in a year of the last three), so the index uses the département’s average, 41.7% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Heritage and museums in and near Nivolas-Vermelle. Best known first.
MuseumMusée de Bourgoin-Jallieu3.2 km northwest, in Bourgoin-JallieuChâteauChâteauChâteau de Vermellein townChâteauChâteauChâteau de Milliassière4.3 km southeast, in SuccieuMuseumMuseumMusée-galerie Clauorum3.5 km northwest, in Bourgoin-JallieuChâteauChâteauChâteau de Rosière3.8 km north, in Ruy-MontceauPhotos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
Nothing in Nivolas-Vermelle 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 Nivolas-Vermelle 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nivolas-Vermelle | 2,706 | — | — | C− | — | B |
| Ruy-Montceau | 4,805 | 2.2 | A− | C− | B | B+ |
| Bourgoin-Jallieu | 30,151 | 2.6 | C− | C− | C− | C |
| Cessieu | 3,259 | 3.6 | — | C− | — | C+ |
| Saint-Savin | 4,323 | 4.4 | A− | C− | A | B+ |
| L'Isle-d'Abeau | 17,515 | 5.4 | D | C− | D | B+ |
| Saint-Chef | 3,921 | 6 | A+ | B− | A− | A |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Nivolas-Vermelle has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average.
They grade B+, better than 75% of compared French towns and #27 of 102 in Isère. The lycée stands out: 100% of 379 candidates passed the bac at Lycée polyvalent privé Saint-Marc in 2025, a point above the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Homes cost more than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €2,699/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Nivolas-Vermelle grades C− for cost of living.
Commune in Isère, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Nivolas-Vermelle is a commune of 2,706 people in the Communauté d'agglomération Porte de l'Isère (CAPI). 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 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.