Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
A town of 1,111 in Isère, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes.
Poliénas has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents. Its weakest subject is schools (D−): brevet results 10 points below the expected rate. Its strongest is jobs & income (B): 0.3 jobs per working resident; 6.7% unemployment.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
Each subject compares Poliénas 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.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
The Culture ministry lists no building in Poliénas as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is maison Burgaud, in Tullins, 3.3 mi away.
16% 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 Poliénas.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Just over four in five candidates passed the brevet at the collèges within 5 km of Poliénas, below Isère’s towns (87.4%) and compared French towns (87.5%) alike. No general lycée lies within 5 km; the nearest is 7.1 mi away. Collège pupils travel 3.1 mi to the nearest one.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège CondorcetNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 104 | 81%−10 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Unemployment stands at 6.7%. At the census, 10.1% went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport, lower than Isère’s towns (14.1%) and near compared French towns (13.4%).
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.
In Isère, women can expect to live 86.8 years and men 81.6 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. From 2016 to 2025, 83 residents of Poliénas died, against 91 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 9% fewer. The nearest emergency department to Poliénas is Hopital de Voiron Chu de Grenoble Alpes, 9.6 mi away.
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. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from D to A−.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The market in Poliénas: 20 sales of houses and apartments between July 2023 and June 2026.
Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Degrees are held by 27% of adults, lower than both Isère’s towns (33%) and compared French towns (30%). Poliénas has a median age of 46.9. Under 15: 18% of residents.
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Isère 51.3%, France 51.8%.
| Poliénas | Isère median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 18% | 18% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 9.2% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 20% | 23% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 32% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 21% | 21% | 22% |
| No diploma | 18% | 19% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 29% | 24% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 21% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 27% | 33% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Isère median and France median: the median of compared communes
Heritage in and near Poliénas. Best known first.
Nothing in Poliénas 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 Poliénas yet.
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →
Poliénas has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 6.6 recorded violent incidents and 10.1 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
They grade D−, better than 4% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Commune in Isère, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Poliénas is a commune of 1,111 people in the Communauté de communes Saint-Marcellin Vercors Isère Communauté. 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.