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A town of 1,194 in Isère, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes.
Pressins has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents. Its weakest subject is walkability (D): 1% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 6% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. At the median price of €2,470/m², a 70 m² home costs 6.5 times the median annual income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size) in the Communauté de communes Les Vals du Dauphiné. Its strongest is jobs & income (B): 0.3 jobs per working resident; 5.8% unemployment.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
The one thing Pressins does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Pressins 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 Pressins as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Église des Carmes, in Le Pont-de-Beauvoisin, 2 mi away.
23% 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 Pressins.
At the census, 6.0% went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport, below both Isère’s towns (14.1%) and compared French towns (13.4%). Unemployment stands at 5.8%.
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.
Adjusted for age and care homes, Pressins records 102 deaths per 100 expected, above both Isère’s towns (84) and compared French towns (88). The care-home adjustment is a TownRatings modeling step, not an official statistic. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from D− to B.
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
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
For Pressins, that is above both Isère’s towns (87.4%) and compared French towns (87.5%).
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège le GuillonNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 112 | 74%−15 pts |
| Lycée polyvalent PravazNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 238 | 95%−2 pts |
| Collège privé Jeanne d'Arc PrivateBest against expectations: 4 points above the expected rateCollège | Collège | 97 | 100%+4 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Pressins sits above both Isère’s towns (18%) and compared French towns (17%) on this measure. 12% of residents are aged 15 to 24.
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Isère 51.3%, France 51.8%.
| Pressins | Isère median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 20% | 18% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 12% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 20% | 23% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 29% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 19% | 21% | 22% |
| No diploma | 16% | 19% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 30% | 24% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 20% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 30% | 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.
That puts Pressins below both Isère’s towns (€13.13/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²). The median price, €2,470/m², comes from 31 sales of houses and apartments in Pressins from July 2023 to June 2026.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,470/m² | 31 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Heritage and museums in and near Pressins. Best known first.
MuseumMusée de la machine à bois et de l'outillage à main2.9 km east, in Le Pont-de-BeauvoisinChâteauChâteauChâteau du Mollard-Rond3.3 km southeast, in Saint-Jean-d'AvelannePhotos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
Nothing in Pressins 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 Pressins 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pressins | 1,194 | — | — | B− | — | C− |
| Le Pont-de-Beauvoisin | 3,602 | 1.7 | C+ | B+ | D | B+ |
| Les Abrets en Dauphiné | 6,850 | 2.6 | B | C+ | C+ | C+ |
| Aoste | 2,876 | 4.6 | B+ | C+ | A− | C− |
| Saint-Genix-les-Villages Savoie | 3,095 | 5.1 | A− | C | B+ | A− |
| Saint-André-le-Gaz | 2,754 | 5.3 | — | B− | — | A |
| Villages du Lac de Paladru | 2,598 | 6.4 | B | C | B+ | A− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Pressins has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 4.5 recorded violent incidents and 9.4 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 37% of compared French towns. 95% of 238 candidates passed the bac at Lycée polyvalent Pravaz in 2025, 2 points below the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Pressins grades B− for cost of living.
Commune in Isère, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Pressins is a commune of 1,194 people in the Communauté de communes Les Vals 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 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.