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Home to 2,754 people, this town lies in Isère, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes.
Saint-André-le-Gaz’s strongest subject is health (A): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 31% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Schools do well: brevet results 3 points above the expected rate. At the median price of €2,250/m², a 70 m² home costs 5.9 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the Communauté de communes Les Vals du Dauphiné. Its remaining grades are unremarkable: B− for jobs & income and B for walkability.
Figures: deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025. Saint-André-le-Gaz has no overall grade because safety isn’t graded here.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
The one thing Saint-André-le-Gaz does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Saint-André-le-Gaz 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-André-le-Gaz has no overall grade because safety isn’t graded here.
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The Culture ministry lists no building in Saint-André-le-Gaz as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Château de Bellegarde, in Chassignieu, 3.2 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 Saint-André-le-Gaz.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
The nearest emergency department to Saint-André-le-Gaz is Ch Yves Touraine, 6.6 mi away. 212 deaths locally between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 257: 18% below. Life expectancy in Isère: 86.8 years for women and 81.6 for men (2025); France averages 85.9 and 80.3. For a family doctor, residents of Saint-André-le-Gaz have one GP on hand.
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.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
General-bac pupils go 4.4 mi to the nearest lycée. The closest collège is 3.1 mi off. Ranked by results, schools here are #9 of 102 in Isère.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Marcel BouvierNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 149 | 95%+3 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Saint-André-le-Gaz has a median age of 43.6 years. The 65-and-over age group makes up 20% of residents. Also worth knowing: 30% of adults hold a degree, below Isère’s towns (33%) and close to compared French towns (30%).
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Isère 51.3%, France 51.8%.
| Saint-André-le-Gaz | Isère median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 18% | 18% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 12% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 23% | 23% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 27% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 20% | 21% | 22% |
| No diploma | 17% | 19% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 28% | 24% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 19% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 30% | 33% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Isère median and France median: the median of compared communes
Jobs located in Saint-André-le-Gaz: 450, for 1,300 residents in work (0.4 each). At the census, 9.2% of working residents in Saint-André-le-Gaz went to work by public transport. Per consumption unit, the median disposable income is €27,230 a year.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The median price, €2,250/m², comes from 93 sales of houses and apartments in Saint-André-le-Gaz from July 2023 to June 2026. Houses made up 86% of the homes sold; apartments the rest.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,350/m² | 80 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Among the graded crimes in Saint-André-le-Gaz, the most frequent was burglary (2025). Violence against people ran at 3.5 per 1,000 residents a year and the graded property crimes at 8.4 (2023–2025 average). 25 offenses were reported in Saint-André-le-Gaz during 2025.
Not in the gradeTheft without violence, drug use and fraud are shown for information but left out of the Safety Grade, which counts violence plus burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and criminal damage per resident.
Source: SSMSI (Interior Ministry), recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 · Licence Ouverte · For family violence, other physical violence, sexual violence, vehicle theft and theft from vehicles, the count isn’t published when it’s small (five or fewer in a year of the last three), so the index uses the département’s average, 41.3% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Heritage, family days out and museums in and near Saint-André-le-Gaz. Best known first.
Nothing in Saint-André-le-Gaz 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 Saint-André-le-Gaz 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-André-le-Gaz | 2,754 | — | — | B− | — | A |
| Les Abrets en Dauphiné | 6,850 | 2.7 | B | C+ | C+ | C+ |
| Saint-Clair-de-la-Tour | 3,628 | 2.8 | B | C+ | A | C |
| La Tour-du-Pin | 8,111 | 4.4 | C− | C+ | C− | B− |
| Dolomieu | 3,173 | 5.3 | — | C | — | B+ |
| Villages du Lac de Paladru | 2,598 | 5.4 | B | C | B+ | A− |
| Aoste | 2,876 | 5.4 | B+ | C+ | A− | C− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Saint-André-le-Gaz has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 13 burglaries and 12 acts of criminal damage.
They grade A, better than 91% of compared French towns and #9 of 102 in Isère. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Prices are close to the median of compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €2,250/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Saint-André-le-Gaz grades B− for cost of living.
Commune in Isère, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Saint-André-le-Gaz is a commune of 2,754 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 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.