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With 1,187 residents, it is a town in Isère, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes.
Saint-Agnin-sur-Bion’s strongest is health — after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 25% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Cost of living is its weak spot (C−): A year’s estimated rent on a 70 m² apartment is 44% of the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. It is hard to get around without a car (C).
Figures: 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 · commuting, INSEE census 2023. Saint-Agnin-sur-Bion 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.
Each subject compares Saint-Agnin-sur-Bion 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.
Saint-Agnin-sur-Bion has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
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The one thing Saint-Agnin-sur-Bion does most differently from other towns.
The Culture ministry lists no building in Saint-Agnin-sur-Bion as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Mur de terrasse antique, in Bourgoin-Jallieu, 4.5 mi away.
13% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Nothing in Saint-Agnin-sur-Bion is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Saint-Agnin-sur-Bion.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
A house rents for an estimated €11.31/m² a month. 25 houses and apartments changed hands in Saint-Agnin-sur-Bion from July 2023 to June 2026.
Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
France’s death rates at each age would predict 66 deaths in Saint-Agnin-sur-Bion from 2016 to 2025; there were 50, 25% fewer. In Isère, women can expect to live 86.8 years and men 81.6 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. The nearest emergency department to Saint-Agnin-sur-Bion is Ch Pierre Oudot Bourgoin Jallieu, 4 mi away.
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 · TownRatings makes the care-home adjustment itself; it is a model, not an official statistic. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from C to A+.
16% of residents are 65 or over, below both Isère’s towns (21%) and compared French towns (22%). Young adults of 15 to 24 are 9.9% of the population. Degrees are held by 36% of adults.
48% women, 52% men
About 108 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Isère 51.3%, France 51.8%.
| Saint-Agnin-sur-Bion | Isère median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 23% | 18% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 9.9% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 28% | 23% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 23% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 16% | 21% | 22% |
| No diploma | 13% | 19% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 30% | 24% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 17% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 36% | 33% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Isère median and France median: the median of compared communes
One in ten commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train at the census, below Isère’s towns (14.1%) and compared French towns (13.4%) alike. 100 jobs are based in Saint-Agnin-sur-Bion, for 600 working residents (0.2 per worker). Median disposable income is €29,380 a year for each consumption unit.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Heritage and family days out in and near Saint-Agnin-sur-Bion. Best known first.
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Saint-Agnin-sur-Bion yet.
Commune in Isère, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Saint-Agnin-sur-Bion is a commune of 1,187 people in the Communauté de communes Bièvre Isère. 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
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Agnin-sur-Bion | 1,187 | — | — | C− | — | A− |
| Nivolas-Vermelle | 2,706 | 3.4 | — | C− | — | B |
| Bourgoin-Jallieu | 30,151 | 4.2 | C− | C− | C− | C |
| Saint-Jean-de-Bournay | 4,843 | 5.4 | C | C+ | C+ | C |
| L'Isle-d'Abeau | 17,515 | 5.5 | D | C− | D | B+ |
| Ruy-Montceau | 4,805 | 5.5 | A− | C− | B | B+ |
| Villefontaine | 19,445 | 6.3 | D | C | D | B |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Saint-Agnin-sur-Bion 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 10.1 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
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 9, 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.