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Home to 1,062 people, this town lies in Isère, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes.
People here tend to be in good health: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 18% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Walkability is its weak spot (C+). Its remaining grades are unremarkable: B for cost of living and B− for schools.
Figures: employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education. Saint-Blaise-du-Buis 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-Blaise-du-Buis 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-Blaise-du-Buis has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
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The Culture ministry lists no building in Saint-Blaise-du-Buis as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Château de Clermont (ancien), in Chirens, 2.9 mi away.
14% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Nothing in Saint-Blaise-du-Buis 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-Blaise-du-Buis.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
After the care-home adjustment, Saint-Blaise-du-Buis’ deaths ran at 82 per 100 expected, close to Isère’s towns (84) and below compared French towns (88). France’s death rates at each age would predict 70 deaths here from 2016 to 2025; there were 57, 18% fewer. In Isère, women can expect to live 86.8 years and men 81.6 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France.
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 C− to A.
6.4% of people in the labour force have no job. Bus, tram or train carried 11.4% of working residents in Saint-Blaise-du-Buis to work at the census.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
The 15-to-24 age group: 9.7%, below both Isère’s towns (11%) and compared French towns (11%). Under-15s account for 19% of the population. Retirement age and beyond: a fifth of residents are 65 or older.
49% women, 51% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Isère 51.3%, France 51.8%.
| Saint-Blaise-du-Buis | Isère median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 19% | 18% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 9.7% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 21% | 23% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 30% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 20% | 21% | 22% |
| No diploma | 14% | 19% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 20% | 24% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 16% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 45% | 33% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Isère median and France median: the median of compared communes
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Houses accounted for 96% of sales, apartments for the rest. Between July 2023 and June 2026, buyers took 25 homes in Saint-Blaise-du-Buis.
Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
The closest lycée for the general bac is 3.6 mi off.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Robert DesnosNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 158 | 83%−6 pts |
| Collège des collinesBest against expectations: 3 points above the expected rateCollège | Collège | 121 | 97%+3 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Heritage in and near Saint-Blaise-du-Buis. Best known first.
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Saint-Blaise-du-Buis yet.
Commune in Isère, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Saint-Blaise-du-Buis is a commune of 1,062 people in the Communauté d'agglomération du Pays Voironnais. 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 →
Saint-Blaise-du-Buis has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 6.4 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 B−, better than 47% 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.