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PellafolIsère

A town of 136 in Isère, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes.

Is Pellafol a good place to live?

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

What makes Pellafol stand out

The 2 things Pellafol does most differently from other towns.

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

No historic monuments in Pellafol

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

The nearest classé monument is Chapelle des Gicons dite Mère Église, in Dévoluy, 4.2 mi away.

40% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.

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The data

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Who lives here

Few people in Pellafol are 15 to 24: 5.2%, fewer than in Isère’s towns and across compared French towns

Children under 15 make up 11%, below Isère’s towns (18%) and compared French towns (17%) alike. Over-65s are just over a third of the population. 28% of adults hold a degree.

58.4median age
PellafolIsère medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma16%
CAP or BEP37%
Baccalauréat13%
Higher education28%

Women and men · all residents

51% women, 49% men

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

Ages and diplomas in Pellafol
PellafolIsère medianFrance median
Under 1511%18%17%
15–245.2%11%11%
25–4412%23%23%
45–6437%26%26%
65+35%21%22%
No diploma16%19%19%
CAP or BEP37%24%26%
Baccalauréat13%18%18%
Higher education28%33%30%

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

Work & commute

Pellafol has lower unemployment than Isère’s towns or compared French towns: 4.1%

Half of residents lived on more than €24,990 a year per consumption unit, lower than Isère’s towns (€27,110) and near compared French towns (€25,970). Per resident in work, Pellafol counts 0.7 jobs (50 jobs, 50 workers). On foot, by bike or by bus and train: that was how just over one in ten commuters travelled at the census.

11%walk, cycle or take transit

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving81%
On foot4%
Public transport4%
Bicycle2%
Motorbike or scooter0%
50
jobs based in Pellafol, 0.7 per working resident
4.1%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€24,990
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
9%
worked without traveling (at or from home)

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

Housing

The estimated advertised rent of an apartment in Pellafol is €11.79/m² a month

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

Between July 2023 and June 2026, buyers took 6 homes in Pellafol.

€11.79/m²estimated apartment rent a month

Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month

Pellafol€11.79/m²
Median of towns€12.41/m²
Isère median€13.13/m²
€11.79/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€8.87 to €15.66/m² a month)
€8.27/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 Pellafol

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Landmarks

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

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Famous people from Pellafol

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

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Pellafol’s neighbors

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

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La MureLa MurePellafol
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
Pellafol136—————
La Mure4,9639.4C+BC−D

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

About Pellafol

Commune in Isère, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes

Pellafol is a commune of 136 people in the Communauté de communes de la Matheysine. 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
136 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes de la Matheysine
Département
Isère (38)
Région
Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Area
13.5 sq mi (35.1 km²)
INSEE code
38299

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.