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A town of 1,036 in Isère, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes.
Pajay has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents. Its weakest subject is jobs & income (D): 0.2 jobs per working resident; 10.5% unemployment.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
The one thing Pajay does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Pajay 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.
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The Culture ministry lists no building in Pajay as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Maison natale de Berlioz, in La Côte-Saint-André, 6.7 mi away.
18% 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 Pajay.
Of those in the labour force, 10.5% are unemployed. 5.0% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train at the census, below both Isère’s towns (14.1%) and compared French towns (13.4%). Per consumption unit, the median disposable income is €25,430 a year.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
The nearest emergency department to Pajay is Clinique des Cotes du Rhone, 15.6 mi away. France’s death rates at each age would predict 91 deaths in the town from 2016 to 2025; there were 101, 11% more. Average lifespans in Isère: 86.8 years for women, 81.6 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 nationally.
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 · Allowing for care homes is a TownRatings estimate, not a published statistic.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Pajay recorded 27 home sales from July 2023 to June 2026.
Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
People aged 15 to 24 make up nearly a tenth of the town, below both Isère’s towns (11%) and compared French towns (11%). Residents of Pajay have a median age of 46.3. 18% of residents are children under 15.
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Isère 51.3%, France 51.8%.
| Pajay | Isère median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 18% | 18% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 8.9% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 22% | 23% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 29% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 22% | 21% | 22% |
| No diploma | 21% | 19% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 37% | 24% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 17% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 19% | 33% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Isère median and France median: the median of compared communes
Nothing in Pajay is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
One notable person was born in Pajay.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pajay | 1,036 | — | — | B− | — | D |
| Beaurepaire | 5,010 | 4.2 | A− | A− | C− | B |
| Saint-Siméon-de-Bressieux | 3,186 | 6.5 | D | B | C | C+ |
| La Côte-Saint-André | 4,873 | 6.6 | C− | C+ | D− | C− |
| Saint-Jean-de-Bournay | 4,843 | 9.9 | C | C+ | C+ | C |
| Saint-Étienne-de-Saint-Geoirs | 3,425 | 10 | B | B− | C+ | B+ |
| Anneyron Drôme | 4,169 | 13 | A | C+ | A | A |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Pajay has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 5.9 recorded violent incidents and 10.9 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Commune in Isère, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Pajay is a commune of 1,036 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
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.