Residents are healthier than most (B+): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 20% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. It is strong on cost of living as well — at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 5.4 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Jobs and pay trail most towns (C+): 0.5 jobs per working resident; 8.3% unemployment. Homes change hands at a median €2,023/m².
Figures: deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · employment, INSEE census 2023. Saint Antoine l'Abbaye 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 Saint Antoine l'Abbaye grades
Each subject compares Saint Antoine l'Abbaye 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.
Ancienne abbaye, actuellement hôtel de ville: Photo: Alain Van den Hende · CC BY-SA 4.0
The data
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Saint Antoine l'Abbaye.
HealthHealth B+
Allowing for age and care homes, Saint Antoine l'Abbaye sees fewer deaths than Isère’s towns or compared French towns: 80 per 100 expected
−20%deaths against expected, after care homesB+Health Grade
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
The nearest emergency department to Saint Antoine l'Abbaye is Hopitaux Drome Nord Romans Sur Isere, 13.6 mi away. France’s death rates at each age would predict 124 deaths in the town from 2016 to 2025; there were 99, 20% fewer. Life expectancy in Isère: 86.8 years for women and 81.6 for men (2025); France averages 85.9 and 80.3. There is one general practitioner locally.
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw80
Adjusted80
Median town88
Expected100
1
GPs in Saint Antoine l'Abbaye · 1.2 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
13.6 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Hopitaux Drome Nord Romans Sur Isere
13.6 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Hopitaux Drome Nord Romans Sur Isere
86.8 · 81.6
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Isère, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
History
Old homes shape Saint Antoine l'Abbaye: 35% were built before 1919, more than in Isère’s towns or compared French towns
3historic monuments
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
The earliest of these monuments dates from the 10th century. Among the classé monuments in Saint Antoine l'Abbaye is Chapelle du cimetière de Saint-Jean-le-Fromental. The town has 3 historic monuments on the Culture ministry’s list: 2 classé, the highest protection, and 1 inscrit, the second level. Since 1989, a site patrimonial remarquable has protected part of the town.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Who lives here
Few people in Saint Antoine l'Abbaye are 15 to 24: 7.4%, fewer than in Isère’s towns and compared French towns
47.6median age
Degrees are held by 37% of adults, above both Isère’s towns (33%) and compared French towns (30%). A quarter of residents are 65 or over. At 47.6, the median resident of Saint Antoine l'Abbaye sits in the middle of the age range.
Saint Antoine l'AbbayeIsère medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
25%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma15%
CAP or BEP23%
Baccalauréat21%
Higher education37%
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About an even split. Median share of women: Isère 51.3%, France 51.8%.
INSEE, census 2023 · Isère median and France median: the median of compared communes
Work & commuteJobs & income C+
The median disposable income in Saint Antoine l'Abbaye is €25,090 a year per consumption unit, against €27,110 in Isère’s towns and €25,970 in compared French towns
14%walk, cycle or take transit
Public transport took 5.1% of Saint Antoine l'Abbaye’s working residents to work at the census. Unemployment stood at 8.3%, close to Isère’s towns (8.1%) and below compared French towns (10.1%).
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving74%
On foot7%
Public transport5%
Bicycle2%
Motorbike or scooter0%
300
jobs based in Saint Antoine l'Abbaye, 0.5 per working resident
8.3%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€25,090
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
12%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
B−
Walkability: better than 50% of compared French towns
Saint Antoine l'Abbaye is a commune of 1,263 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
1,263 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes Saint-Marcellin Vercors Isère Communauté
Département
Isère (38)
Région
Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Area
13.9 sq mi (36 km²)
INSEE code
38359
Saint Antoine l'Abbaye’s neighbors
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Saint Antoine l'Abbaye
Is Saint Antoine l'Abbaye safe?
Saint Antoine l'Abbaye has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 4.9 recorded violent incidents and 8.9 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Is Saint Antoine l'Abbaye expensive to live in?
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Saint Antoine l'Abbaye grades B+ for cost of living.
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.
