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RencurelIsère

A town of 358 in Isère, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes.

Is Rencurel a good place to live?

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

What makes Rencurel stand out

The one thing Rencurel does most differently from other towns.

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

No historic monuments in Rencurel

The Culture ministry lists no building in Rencurel as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.

The nearest classé monument is Séchoir à noix, in Cognin-les-Gorges, 5.3 mi away.

30% 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 Rencurel.

Who lives here

Few people in Rencurel are 15 to 24: 7%, fewer than in Isère’s towns and compared French towns

In the comparison, Rencurel comes below both Isère’s towns (11%) and compared French towns (11%). Children are 18% of the town.

45.5median age
RencurelIsère medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma14%
CAP or BEP27%
Baccalauréat17%
Higher education37%

Women and men · all residents

49% women, 51% men

About an even split. Median share of women: Isère 51.3%, France 51.8%.

Ages and diplomas in Rencurel
RencurelIsère medianFrance median
Under 1518%18%17%
15–247%11%11%
25–4424%23%23%
45–6429%26%26%
65+22%21%22%
No diploma14%19%19%
CAP or BEP27%24%26%
Baccalauréat17%18%18%
Higher education37%33%30%

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

Work & commute

Fewer people in Rencurel are out of work than in Isère’s towns or across compared French towns: 3.6%

For Rencurel, that is below both Isère’s towns (8.1%) and compared French towns (10.1%). Rencurel has 50 jobs for 150 working residents, 0.4 per worker. The median disposable income is €23,970 a year per consumption unit.

8%walk, cycle or take transit

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving79%
On foot5%
Public transport3%
Bicycle1%
Motorbike or scooter0%
50
jobs based in Rencurel, 0.4 per working resident
3.6%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€23,970
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
13%
worked without traveling (at or from home)

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

Housing

Renting in Rencurel costs less than in Isère’s towns or compared French towns, at an estimated advertised €9.23/m² a month

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

Rencurel sits below both Isère’s towns (€13.13/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²) on this measure.

€9.23/m²estimated apartment rent a month

Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month

Rencurel€9.23/m²
Median of towns€12.41/m²
Isère median€13.13/m²
€9.23/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€6.96 to €12.22/m² a month)
€9.16/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included

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

Keep exploring

Everything we know about Rencurel

11pages on Rencurel

Landmarks

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

Its history page →

Famous people from Rencurel

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

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Rencurel’s 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 →
Villard-de-LansAutrans-Méaudre en VercorsLans-en-VercorsVinaySaint-MarcellinChatteVillard-de-LansAutrans-Méaudre en VercorsLans-en-VercorsVinaySaint-MarcellinChatteRencurel
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
Rencurel358—————
Villard-de-Lans4,3284.6A+C−A−B+
Autrans-Méaudre en Vercors2,9364.7—B−—A−
Lans-en-Vercors2,7515.7—C−—A−
Vinay4,4387.9A+B+A−B−
Saint-Marcellin7,7008.1C+BC−B−
Chatte2,5189.7BBB−B

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

About Rencurel

Commune in Isère, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes

Rencurel is a commune of 358 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

Population
358 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes Saint-Marcellin Vercors Isère Communauté
Département
Isère (38)
Région
Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Area
13.3 sq mi (34.5 km²)
INSEE code
38333

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.