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Revel-TourdanIsère

Population 1,050: a town in Isère, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes.

Is Revel-Tourdan a good place to live?

Schools are its strong suit (A): brevet results 6 points above the expected rate. Walkability is its weak spot — nearly half of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 3% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Elsewhere it is close to typical: B− for cost of living and B− for jobs & income. It lags on health as well (C−).

Figures: brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting and employment, INSEE census 2023 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025). Revel-Tourdan 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.

How Revel-Tourdan grades

Each subject compares Revel-Tourdan 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 grading works

Revel-Tourdan has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.

How TownRatings grades French towns →

Château de Barbarin
Château de Barbarin · Inscrit · Photo: vue aérienne d'un drone par le propriétaire du château · CC BY-SA 4.0
Revel-Tourdan’s story

Revel-Tourdan in pictures

The Culture ministry lists 2 historic monuments in Revel-Tourdan, none of them classé, France’s highest protection.

The oldest protected part dates from the 12th century; the first monument here was protected in 2011.

A protected historic area (site patrimonial remarquable) is on the ministry’s list; its rules are still being drawn up.

21% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.

  • 2007The protected historic area is created
  • 2011First protected: Château de Barbarin
Explore the history →

Landmarks

The Culture ministry lists 2 historic monuments in Revel-Tourdan, none of them classé, France’s highest protection.

All monuments →
Photo credits

Ensemble prieural de Tourdan: Photo: Arnaud Fafournoux · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Château de Barbarin: Photo: vue aérienne d'un drone par le propriétaire du château · CC BY-SA 4.0

The data

Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Revel-Tourdan.

Schools

Brevet results near Revel-Tourdan run high: 93.0% passed, above Isère’s towns and compared French towns

93.0%passed the brevetASchool Grade

Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.

The nearest collège is 3 mi away. For the general bac, the closest lycée is 10.7 mi away.

Brevet pass rate · collèges within 5 km

Revel-Tourdan93.0%
Median of towns87.5%
SchoolLevelCandidatesPassed, 2025
Collège Jacques BrelNearest collègeCollègeCollège12793%+6 pts
93.0%
passed the brevet at the collèges, +6 pts against the expected rate
3 mi
to the nearest collège from the town center

Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte

Work & commuteJobs & income B−

Revel-Tourdan is harder to get around on foot than nine in ten compared French towns

3%walk, cycle or take transit

Walking, cycling and public transport carried 2.9% of commuters at the census. Revel-Tourdan holds 200 jobs; 450 of its residents are in work, so 0.4 jobs each. The jobless rate is 8.2%.

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving92%
On foot1%
Public transport1%
Motorbike or scooter0%
Bicycle0%
200
jobs based in Revel-Tourdan, 0.4 per working resident
8.2%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€27,160
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
5%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
D
Walkability: better than 7% of compared French towns

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

HealthHealth C−

Allowing for age and care homes, deaths in Revel-Tourdan run higher than in 80% of compared French towns

+0%deaths against expected, after care homesC−Health Grade

Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.

Life expectancy at birth in Isère is 86.8 years for women and 81.6 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. Ages and care homes taken into account, deaths in Revel-Tourdan come to 100 per 100 predicted. France’s death rates at each age would predict 85 deaths here from 2016 to 2025; there were 85, about as many. The nearest emergency department to Revel-Tourdan is Clinique des Cotes du Rhone, 10.9 mi away.

Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025

Raw100
Adjusted100
Median town88
Expected100
0
GPs in Revel-Tourdan · 1.9 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
10.9 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Clinique des Cotes du Rhone
13.2 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Centre hospitalier Lucien Hussel de Vienne
86.8 · 81.6
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Isère, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3

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 D− to B.

History

Old homes shape Revel-Tourdan: 21% were built before 1919, more than in Isère’s towns or compared French towns

2historic monuments

France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.

The earliest of these monuments dates from the 12th century. The Culture ministry lists 2 historic monuments in Revel-Tourdan, none of them classé, France’s highest protection.

Monuments by protection · Mérimée

Classé0
Inscrit2
12th c.
oldest protected part
2011
first monument protected
2007
protected historic area (site patrimonial remarquable)
21%
of homes built before 1919 · median town 7.4%

Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period

Who lives here

Degrees are less common in Revel-Tourdan than in Isère’s towns or across compared French towns: 25% of adults

47.6median age

People aged 15 to 24 are nearly a tenth of the population. Line up the people of Revel-Tourdan by age and the one in the middle is 47.6. Children under 15 make up 17%, in line with Isère’s towns (18%) and compared French towns (17%).

Revel-TourdanIsère medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma19%
CAP or BEP33%
Baccalauréat17%
Higher education25%

Women and men · all residents

50% women, 50% men

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

Ages and diplomas in Revel-Tourdan
Revel-TourdanIsère medianFrance median
Under 1517%18%17%
15–249.2%11%11%
25–4419%23%23%
45–6433%26%26%
65+21%21%22%
No diploma19%19%19%
CAP or BEP33%24%26%
Baccalauréat17%18%18%
Higher education25%33%30%

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

HousingCost of living B−

Estimated advertised rents run lower in Revel-Tourdan than in Isère’s towns or across compared French towns: €11.39/m² a month

€11.39/m²estimated apartment rent a month

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

The market in Revel-Tourdan: 15 sales of houses and apartments between July 2023 and June 2026.

Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month

Revel-Tourdan€11.39/m²
Median of towns€12.41/m²
Isère median€13.13/m²
€11.39/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€8.92 to €14.54/m² a month)
€10.80/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€25,910
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté de communes Entre Bièvre et Rhône

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

Keep exploring

Everything we know about Revel-Tourdan

14pages on Revel-Tourdan
Nearby attractions

Château de Barbarin and 3 more in and around Revel-Tourdan

Heritage and other places to visit in and near Revel-Tourdan. Best known first.

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Places: © OpenStreetMap contributors · Wikidata

Famous people from Revel-Tourdan

Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Revel-Tourdan yet.

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About Revel-Tourdan

Commune in Isère, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes

Revel-Tourdan is a commune of 1,050 people in the Communauté de communes Entre Bièvre et Rhône. 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
1,050 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes Entre Bièvre et Rhône
Département
Isère (38)
Région
Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Area
4.5 sq mi (11.7 km²)
INSEE code
38335

Revel-Tourdan’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 →
BeaurepaireEstrablinSaint-Jean-de-BournayAnneyronRoussillonLa Côte-Saint-AndréBeaurepaireEstrablinSaint-Jean-de-BournayAnneyronRoussillonLa Côte-Saint-AndréRevel-Tourdan
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
Revel-Tourdan1,050——B−—C−
Beaurepaire5,0102.8A−A−C−B
Estrablin3,6779.9B+CC+B
Saint-Jean-de-Bournay4,84310CC+C+C
Anneyron Drôme4,16910AC+AA
Roussillon8,59511C−B−C−B−
La Côte-Saint-André4,87311C−C+D−C−

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

Questions about Revel-Tourdan

Is Revel-Tourdan safe?

Revel-Tourdan has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 5.2 recorded violent incidents and 10.7 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.

Are schools in Revel-Tourdan good?

They grade A, better than 95% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.

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 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.