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PréboisIsère

A town of 170 in Isère, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes.

Is Prébois a good place to live?

Prébois is too small to grade: French towns get subject grades from 1,000 residents.

What makes Prébois stand out

The 2 things Prébois does most differently from other towns.

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Prébois’ outline. No photo of the town is in our collection yet.
Prébois’ story

No historic monuments in Prébois

The Culture ministry lists no building in Prébois 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.

23% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.

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The data

Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Prébois.

Who lives here

Prébois has fewer young adults than Isère’s towns or compared French towns: 5.8% are 15 to 24

That puts Prébois below both Isère’s towns (11%) and compared French towns (11%). 13% of residents are children under 15.

54median age
PréboisIsère medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma15%
CAP or BEP17%
Baccalauréat24%
Higher education38%

Women and men · all residents

55% women, 45% men

About 81 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Isère 51.3%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.

Ages and diplomas in Prébois
PréboisIsère medianFrance median
Under 1513%18%17%
15–245.8%11%11%
25–4420%23%23%
45–6432%26%26%
65+30%21%22%
No diploma15%19%19%
CAP or BEP17%24%26%
Baccalauréat24%18%18%
Higher education38%33%30%

INSEE, census 2023 · Isère median and France median: the median of compared communes

Work & commute

Only 7.5% of commuters in Prébois go to work without a car, fewer than in Isère’s towns and compared French towns

On this, Prébois is below both Isère’s towns (14.1%) and compared French towns (13.4%). Prébois has 50 jobs for 50 working residents, 0.6 per worker. 10.8% of the labour force are out of work.

7%walk, cycle or take transit

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving87%
On foot7%
Public transport0%
Bicycle0%
Motorbike or scooter0%
50
jobs based in Prébois, 0.6 per working resident
10.8%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€27,770
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
6%
worked without traveling (at or from home)

Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte

Housing

Estimated advertised rents run lower in Prébois than in Isère’s towns or across compared French towns: €11.25/m² a month

Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.

In the comparison, Prébois comes below both Isère’s towns (€13.13/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²).

€11.25/m²estimated apartment rent a month

Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month

Prébois€11.25/m²
Median of towns€12.41/m²
Isère median€13.13/m²
€11.25/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€8.81 to €14.37/m² a month)
€8.27/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included

Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte

Nearby attractions

Château de Montmeilleur and 3 more in and around Prébois

Heritage, museums and gardens in and near Prébois. Best known first.

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Places: © OpenStreetMap contributors · Wikidata
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Everything we know about Prébois

12pages on Prébois

Landmarks

Nothing in Prébois is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.

Its history page →

Famous people from Prébois

Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Prébois yet.

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Prébois’ neighbors

The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →

All towns in Isère →
La MureDieSaint-Georges-de-CommiersLa MureDieSaint-Georges-de-CommiersPrébois
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
Prébois170—————
La Mure4,9639.3C+BC−D
Die Drôme4,84416C−C−DB−
Saint-Georges-de-Commiers2,69917—C−—B+

People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.

About Prébois

Commune in Isère, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes

Prébois is a commune of 170 people in the Communauté de communes du Trièves. 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

Population
170 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes du Trièves
Département
Isère (38)
Région
Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Area
6.2 sq mi (16 km²)
INSEE code
38321

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.