Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
The town has 2,173 residents and lies in Isère, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes.
Where it does best is health: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 39% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Walkability is another plus (A): 97% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 32% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Housing is expensive: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 8.6 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Pupils here do less well than most: bac results 0.5 points below the expected rate; brevet results 2.8 points below the expected rate.
Figures: deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting, INSEE census 2023 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education. Poisat has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
The one thing Poisat does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Poisat 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.
Poisat has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
The Culture ministry lists no building in Poisat as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Tour Perret, située dans le parc Paul-Mistral, in Grenoble, 2.2 mi away.
2.7% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Museums, heritage and gardens in and near Poisat. Best known first.
MuseumMusée de Grenoble4.6 km northwest, in Grenoble
AttractionTour Perret3.5 km northwest, in Grenoble
MuseumMusée de la Résistance et de la Déportation de l'Isère4 km northwest, in Grenoble
MuseumMusée de l'Ancien Evêché4.4 km northwest, in Grenoble
MuseumMuséum d'histoire naturelle de Grenoble3.8 km northwest, in Grenoble
MuseumMusée archéologique Saint-Laurent4.9 km northwest, in GrenoblePhotos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Poisat.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
6 GPs practise in Poisat. Life expectancy in Isère: 86.8 years for women and 81.6 for men (2025); France averages 85.9 and 80.3. From 2016 to 2025, 164 residents of Poisat died, against 267 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 39% fewer.
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 · Note: TownRatings models the care-home adjustment; it is not an official figure.
7.0% of the labour force were unemployed, below both Isère’s towns (8.1%) and compared French towns (10.1%). Households’ median disposable income: €30,830 a year per consumption unit. For its 900 residents in work, Poisat has 350 jobs: 0.4 each.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Behind the median of €3,273/m²: 55 houses and apartments sold in Poisat between July 2023 and June 2026. Houses were 53% of what sold.
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Children under 15 make up 17%, below Isère’s towns (18%) and close to compared French towns (17%). Retirement age and beyond: 26% of residents are 65 or older. Line up the people of Poisat by age and the one in the middle is 46.8.
51% women, 49% men
About 95 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Isère 51.3%, France 51.8%.
| Poisat | Isère median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 17% | 18% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 11% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 21% | 23% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 25% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 26% | 21% | 22% |
| No diploma | 12% | 19% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 18% | 24% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 17% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 48% | 33% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Isère median and France median: the median of compared communes
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
At the 10 vocational lycées within 5 km, 84% of 935 candidates passed the bac pro. The closest collège is 0.7 mi off. 93.1% of candidates passed the bac at the lycées within 5 km of Poisat, about level with both Isère’s towns (93.7%) and compared French towns (92.9%).
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Fernand LégerNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 113 | 79%−3 pts |
| Lycée polyvalent Pablo NerudaNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 297 | 96%−1 pt |
| Lycée polyvalent privé Philippine Duchesne - site de La Tronche PrivateBest against expectations: 6 points above the expected rateVocational lycée | Vocational lycée | 51 | 100%+6 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Graded property crimes ran at 20.7 per 1,000 residents a year, and violence against people at 3.1 (2023–2025 average). Over 2025, Poisat logged 40 recorded offenses. The graded crime recorded most here was burglary (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, other physical violence, sexual violence and vehicle theft, this figure isn’t published when it’s small (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the index uses the département’s average instead, 17.7% of the index here. Because that share is over 10%, this Safety Grade is less sure than most. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Nothing in Poisat 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 Poisat 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Poisat | 2,173 | — | — | D | C+ | A+ |
| Eybens | 10,493 | 0.7 | C | D | D− | A− |
| Saint-Martin-d'Hères | 37,695 | 1.2 | C− | C | D | C+ |
| Gières | 7,376 | 2.2 | C+ | D | D− | A |
| Grenoble | 156,140 | 2.3 | C− | C | D− | B |
| Échirolles | 37,491 | 2.3 | C− | C+ | D− | B |
| La Tronche | 6,424 | 3.3 | B− | D | D− | A |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades C+ for safety. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 17 burglaries and 10 acts of criminal damage.
They grade C+, better than 38% of compared French towns. 96% of 297 candidates passed the bac at Lycée polyvalent Pablo Neruda in 2025, a point below 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 €3,273/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Poisat grades D for cost of living.
Commune in Isère, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Poisat is a commune of 2,173 people in the Grenoble-Alpes-Métropole. 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.