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With 1,787 residents, it is a town in Isère, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes.
Porcieu-Amblagnieu’s strongest subject is jobs & income (B+) — 0.3 jobs per working resident; 5.1% unemployment. Homes sell for a median €2,169/m²: 70 m² comes to 5.4 years of the median income per consumption unit in the Communauté de communes Les Balcons du Dauphiné. Walkability is its weak spot: 45% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 4% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Schools lag (C−): brevet results 5 points below the expected rate.
Figures: employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education. Porcieu-Amblagnieu 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.
Each subject compares Porcieu-Amblagnieu 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.
Porcieu-Amblagnieu 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 Porcieu-Amblagnieu as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Château dit Château Vieux, in Vertrieu, 3.1 mi away.
24% 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 Porcieu-Amblagnieu.
4.3% of commuters left the car at home at the census, walking, cycling or taking public transport. Median disposable income comes to €27,360 a year per consumption unit.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
The nearest general lycée is 9.3 mi away. A collège lies 1.7 mi away.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège les Pierres PlantesNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 118 | 86%−5 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
18% are under 15, close to Isère’s towns (18%) and above compared French towns (17%). Those 65 and older account for 19% of residents. Ages in Porcieu-Amblagnieu split evenly at 44.5: half are older, half younger.
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Isère 51.3%, France 51.8%.
| Porcieu-Amblagnieu | Isère median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 18% | 18% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 11% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 22% | 23% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 31% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 19% | 21% | 22% |
| No diploma | 16% | 19% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 32% | 24% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 21% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 26% | 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.
The median price, €2,169/m², comes from 48 sales of houses and apartments in Porcieu-Amblagnieu from July 2023 to June 2026. Advertised rents are estimated at €11.73/m² a month, below both Isère’s towns (€13.13/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²). Renting a house costs an estimated €11.39/m² a month.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,215/m² | 42 |
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.
In Isère, women can expect to live 86.8 years and men 81.6 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. 116 deaths in Porcieu-Amblagnieu between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 134: 14% below. The nearest emergency department to Porcieu-Amblagnieu is Hopital Prive D Amberieu, 10.6 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 C− to A−.
Heritage, other places to visit and museums in and near Porcieu-Amblagnieu. Best known first.
MuseumMaison de la pierre et du ciment1.7 km south, in Montalieu-VercieuChâteauChâteauMaison forte d'Écottier3.8 km southwest, in CharetteChâteauChâteauChâteau du Charmieux4.8 km southeast, in Serrières-de-BriordPhotos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
Nothing in Porcieu-Amblagnieu is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
One notable person was born in Porcieu-Amblagnieu.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Porcieu-Amblagnieu | 1,787 | — | — | B | — | B− |
| Montalieu-Vercieu | 3,510 | 1.3 | C− | B+ | C− | D |
| Lagnieu Ain | 7,411 | 5.4 | B+ | B− | B | C+ |
| Ambérieu-en-Bugey Ain | 15,934 | 9.1 | C− | C+ | C− | C |
| Loyettes Ain | 3,554 | 9.8 | C | C | A− | C |
| Saint-Romain-de-Jalionas | 3,417 | 10 | B− | C | B+ | B+ |
| Saint-Maurice-de-Gourdans Ain | 2,903 | 10 | — | D | — | A |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Porcieu-Amblagnieu has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 3.8 recorded violent incidents and 10.3 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
They grade C−, better than 19% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Homes cost less than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €2,169/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Porcieu-Amblagnieu grades B for cost of living.
Commune in Isère, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Porcieu-Amblagnieu is a commune of 1,787 people in the Communauté de communes Les Balcons du 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 9, 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.