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In Isère, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, this town has 1,090 residents.
Work and incomes are strong (A+): 1.6 jobs per working resident; 5.4% unemployment. People here tend to be in good health: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 31% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Its lowest grade is for cost of living (C−) — A year’s estimated rent on a 70 m² apartment is 43% of the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Getting around depends on the car: 54% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 8% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work.
Figures: employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025. Rochetoirin 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.
The one thing Rochetoirin does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Rochetoirin 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.
Rochetoirin 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 Rochetoirin as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Église Saint-Theudère, in Saint-Chef, 4.1 mi away.
17% 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 Rochetoirin.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
55 deaths in Rochetoirin between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 79: 31% below. The nearest emergency department to Rochetoirin is Ch Pierre Oudot Bourgoin Jallieu, 8.3 mi away. Average lifespans in Isère: 86.8 years for women, 81.6 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 nationally.
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 · The care-home step is TownRatings’ own calculation, not an official number. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from B to A+.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
From July 2023 to June 2026, 20 homes were sold in Rochetoirin.
Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Half of residents lived on more than €28,480 a year per consumption unit, above Isère’s towns (€27,110) and compared French towns (€25,970) alike. Nearly one in ten commuters went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport at the census.
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 closest collège is 1.8 mi off. At the lycées within 5 km of Rochetoirin, 93.1% passed the bac, in line with Isère’s towns (93.7%) and compared French towns (92.9%).
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège le CalloudNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 160 | 76%−10 pts |
| Lycée polyvalent Élie CartanNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 145 | 97%±0 pts |
| Collège privé Saint-Bruno PrivateBest against expectations: 2 points above the expected rateCollège | Collège | 133 | 97%+2 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Children under 15 make up 16%, about level with compared French towns (17%) and below Isère’s towns (18%). 20% of residents are 65 or over. The median resident of Rochetoirin is 49 years old.
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Isère 51.3%, France 51.8%.
| Rochetoirin | Isère median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 16% | 18% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 8.7% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 20% | 23% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 35% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 20% | 21% | 22% |
| No diploma | 17% | 19% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 25% | 24% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 21% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 32% | 33% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Isère median and France median: the median of compared communes
Heritage in and near Rochetoirin. Best known first.
Nothing in Rochetoirin 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 Rochetoirin 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rochetoirin | 1,090 | — | — | C− | — | A |
| La Tour-du-Pin | 8,111 | 1.8 | C− | C+ | C− | B− |
| Cessieu | 3,259 | 2.2 | — | C− | — | C+ |
| Saint-Clair-de-la-Tour | 3,628 | 3.4 | B | C+ | A | C |
| Ruy-Montceau | 4,805 | 4 | A− | C− | B | B+ |
| Dolomieu | 3,173 | 4.1 | — | C | — | B+ |
| Saint-Chef | 3,921 | 4.4 | A+ | B− | A− | A |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Rochetoirin has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 6.2 recorded violent incidents and 11.3 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 37% of compared French towns. 97% of 145 candidates passed the bac at Lycée polyvalent Élie Cartan in 2025, at the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Commune in Isère, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Rochetoirin is a commune of 1,090 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) · 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.