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A town of 1,475 in Isère, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes.
Pierre-Châtel has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents. Its weakest subject is walkability (C−): 16% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 7% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. At the median price of €2,382/m², a 70 m² home costs 6.5 times the median annual income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size) in the Communauté de communes de la Matheysine. Its strongest is health (A): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 31% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
The one thing Pierre-Châtel does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Pierre-Châtel 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 Pierre-Châtel as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Église Saint Jean-Baptiste, in Mayres-Savel, 6.1 mi away.
17% 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 Pierre-Châtel.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
For Pierre-Châtel, that is below both Isère’s towns (84) and compared French towns (88). From 2016 to 2025, 115 residents of Pierre-Châtel died, against 134 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 14% fewer. The care-home adjustment is a TownRatings modeling step, not an official statistic.
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
Pierre-Châtel sits below both Isère’s towns (8.1%) and compared French towns (10.1%) on this measure. Pierre-Châtel has 150 jobs for 700 working residents, 0.2 per worker.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
10% of residents are 15 to 24 and 20% are 65 or over, against 11% and 21% in the median compared commune of Isère. 35% of adults who have left education hold a higher-education diploma (Isère 33%, France 30%).
49% women, 51% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Isère 51.3%, France 51.8%.
| Pierre-Châtel | Isère median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 17% | 18% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 10% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 21% | 23% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 31% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 20% | 21% | 22% |
| No diploma | 13% | 19% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 27% | 24% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 21% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 35% | 33% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Isère median and France median: the median of compared communes
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
That puts Pierre-Châtel below both Isère’s towns (€13.13/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²). The median price, €2,382/m², comes from 31 sales of houses and apartments in Pierre-Châtel from July 2023 to June 2026.
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Museums, heritage and other places to visit in and near Pierre-Châtel. Best known first.
Nothing in Pierre-Châtel 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 Pierre-Châtel 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pierre-Châtel | 1,475 | — | — | B− | — | A |
| La Mure | 4,963 | 3.6 | C+ | B | C− | D |
| Saint-Georges-de-Commiers | 2,699 | 6.5 | — | C− | — | B+ |
| Vif | 8,530 | 8.2 | B− | D | B+ | B |
| Vizille | 7,292 | 8.4 | C+ | B− | D | C+ |
| Champ-sur-Drac | 3,335 | 8.7 | B | C− | B+ | C+ |
| Jarrie | 3,952 | 10 | A | C− | B+ | A+ |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Pierre-Châtel has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 4.6 recorded violent incidents and 7.6 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Pierre-Châtel grades B− for cost of living.
Commune in Isère, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Pierre-Châtel is a commune of 1,475 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
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 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.