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This town in Isère, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes has a population of 6,302. Few residents are of retirement age: 15% are 65 or over.
Overall, Pont-de-Chéruy earns a D, which places it #91 of 96 in Isère. On that grade it does better than 11% of compared French towns. Pupils here do less well than most: bac results 1.8 points below the expected rate; brevet results 6.1 points below the expected rate. Its best grade is for walkability: 100% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 11% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. At the median price of €2,490/m², a 70 m² home costs 6.4 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the Communauté de communes Lyon Saint Exupéry en Dauphiné. Add health to its strengths (B+): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 18% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Jobs and pay trail most towns: 0.7 jobs per working resident; 11.6% unemployment.
Figures: amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting and employment, INSEE census 2023 · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas. The overall grade uses the other six subjects.
The 2 things Pont-de-Chéruy does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Pont-de-Chéruy 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 Pont-de-Chéruy as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Porte de Ville dite Porte de Lyon, in Crémieu, 4.1 mi away.
4.5% 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 Pont-de-Chéruy.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Near Pont-de-Chéruy, 91.5% of lycée candidates passed the bac, below Isère’s towns (93.7%) and compared French towns (92.9%) alike. At the vocational lycée within 5 km, 84% of 75 candidates passed the bac pro. On school results, the town ranks #88 of 102 in Isère.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège le Grand ChampNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 157 | 83%−1 pt |
| Lycée général et technologique La PléiadeNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 368 | 93%−3 pts |
| Lycée professionnel l'OdysséeBest against expectations: 4 points above the expected rateVocational lycée | Vocational lycée | 75 | 84%+4 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
13% of residents are aged 15 to 24. People 65 and over make up 15% of the town. Half of Pont-de-Chéruy is older than 33.9, half younger.
52% women, 48% men
About 92 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Isère 51.3%, France 51.8%.
| Pont-de-Chéruy | Isère median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 22% | 18% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 13% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 31% | 23% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 19% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 15% | 21% | 22% |
| No diploma | 26% | 19% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 23% | 24% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 21% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 24% | 33% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Isère median and France median: the median of compared communes
Unemployment stood at 11.6%, above Isère’s towns (8.1%) and compared French towns (10.1%) alike. 11.4% of commuters left the car at home at the census, walking, cycling or taking public transport.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
For 2025, the figures show 205 offenses in Pont-de-Chéruy. On average over 2023–2025, every 1,000 residents saw 9.4 violent offenses and 19.6 graded property crimes a year. The graded crime recorded most locally was criminal damage (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 · When armed robbery number five or fewer in a recent year, the figure is withheld, and the index uses the département’s average instead (0.2% of the index here). The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The median price, €2,490/m², comes from 229 sales of houses and apartments in Pont-de-Chéruy from July 2023 to June 2026. A house in Pont-de-Chéruy goes for €2,939/m², an apartment for €2,287/m². Houses accounted for 38% of sales, apartments for the rest.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,939/m² | 88 |
| Apartments | €2,287/m² | 141 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Women in Isère live to 86.8 on average and men to 81.6 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. France’s death rates at each age would predict 419 deaths in Pont-de-Chéruy from 2016 to 2025; there were 401, 4% fewer. Its care home for older people (62 places) counts its residents as Pont-de-Chéruy’s; allowing for it, deaths were 18% below expected. The nearest emergency department to Pont-de-Chéruy is Ch Pierre Oudot Bourgoin Jallieu, 11.3 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 · Care-home places are adjusted for by TownRatings, using a model rather than an official statistic.
Heritage, family days out and other places to visit in and near Pont-de-Chéruy. Best known first.
Archaeological siteSite archéologique du Vernay4.3 km east, in Saint-Romain-de-JalionasTheme parkTheme parkMax Aventure1.2 km southeast, in Tignieu-JameyzieuChâteauChâteauChâteau de Vavres3.4 km southeast, in Tignieu-JameyzieuAttractionAttractionLocotracteur Berliet1 km south, in Tignieu-JameyzieuPhotos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
Nothing in Pont-de-Chéruy is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
3 notable people were born in Pont-de-Chéruy.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pont-de-Chéruy | 6,302 | — | D | C | C− | B+ |
| Tignieu-Jameyzieu | 8,031 | 0.9 | C− | D | B− | B− |
| Chavanoz | 5,126 | 1.1 | D | C− | B | C+ |
| Charvieu-Chavagneux | 10,547 | 1.2 | D | C− | C+ | B− |
| Saint-Romain-de-Jalionas | 3,417 | 2.1 | B− | C | B+ | B+ |
| Loyettes Ain | 3,554 | 2.5 | C | C | A− | C |
| Villette-d'Anthon | 5,268 | 3.8 | B+ | D | B | A |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades C− for safety, #60 of 96 in Isère. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 12 burglaries and 60 acts of criminal damage.
They grade D, better than 11% of compared French towns and #88 of 102 in Isère. 93% of 368 candidates passed the bac at Lycée général et technologique La Pléiade in 2025, 3 points below the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Prices are close to the median of compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €2,490/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns, so Pont-de-Chéruy grades C for cost of living.
Commune in Isère, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Pont-de-Chéruy is a commune of 6,302 people in the Communauté de communes Lyon Saint Exupéry en Dauphiné. 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.