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Saint-Bonnet-de-ChavagneIsère

With 655 residents, it is a town in Isère, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes.

Is Saint-Bonnet-de-Chavagne a good place to live?

Saint-Bonnet-de-Chavagne has no grades yet: French towns are graded from 1,000 residents up.

Château de l'Arthaudière
Château de l'Arthaudière · Classé · Photo: Original téléversé par DE sur Wikipédia français . · CC BY-SA 3.0
Saint-Bonnet-de-Chavagne’s story

Saint-Bonnet-de-Chavagne in pictures

Saint-Bonnet-de-Chavagne has 1 historic monument on the Culture ministry’s list: 1 classé, the highest protection, and 0 inscrit, the second level.

The oldest protected part dates from the 16th century; the first monument here was protected in 1991.

25% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.

  • 1991First protected: Château de l'Arthaudière
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Landmarks

Saint-Bonnet-de-Chavagne has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.

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Photo credits

Château de l'Arthaudière: Photo: Original téléversé par DE sur Wikipédia français . · CC BY-SA 3.0

The data

Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Saint-Bonnet-de-Chavagne.

Who lives here

A younger town: only 19% of people in Saint-Bonnet-de-Chavagne are 65 or over, fewer than in Isère’s towns and across compared French towns

46median age

Half the people of Saint-Bonnet-de-Chavagne are older than 46. The share aged 15 to 24 is 10%. Children under 15 make up 17%, about level with compared French towns (17%) and below Isère’s towns (18%).

Saint-Bonnet-de-ChavagneIsère medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma16%
CAP or BEP27%
Baccalauréat22%
Higher education32%

Women and men · all residents

49% women, 51% men

About 104 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Isère 51.3%, France 51.8%.

Ages and diplomas in Saint-Bonnet-de-Chavagne
Saint-Bonnet-de-ChavagneIsère medianFrance median
Under 1517%18%17%
15–2410%11%11%
25–4422%23%23%
45–6432%26%26%
65+19%21%22%
No diploma16%19%19%
CAP or BEP27%24%26%
Baccalauréat22%18%18%
Higher education32%33%30%

INSEE, census 2023 · Isère median and France median: the median of compared communes

History

Saint-Bonnet-de-Chavagne keeps more of its old housing than Isère’s towns or compared French towns: 25% built before 1919

1historic monument

France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.

Among the classé monuments in Saint-Bonnet-de-Chavagne is Château de l'Arthaudière. The protected list starts in the 16th century.

Monuments by protection · Mérimée

Classé1
Inscrit0

Among them · Classé

16th c.
oldest protected part
1991
first monument protected

Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period

Work & commute

Unemployment in Saint-Bonnet-de-Chavagne, 10.8%, runs above Isère’s towns and compared French towns

10%walk, cycle or take transit

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. Jobs based in Saint-Bonnet-de-Chavagne number 50, against 300 residents in work (0.2 per worker). The median disposable income is €25,360 a year per consumption unit.

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving84%
Public transport6%
On foot4%
Bicycle1%
Motorbike or scooter0%
50
jobs based in Saint-Bonnet-de-Chavagne, 0.2 per working resident
10.8%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€25,360
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
5%
worked without traveling (at or from home)

Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte

Housing

Renting in Saint-Bonnet-de-Chavagne costs less than in Isère’s towns and across compared French towns, at an estimated advertised €10.07/m² a month

€10.07/m²estimated apartment rent a month

Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.

Sales in Saint-Bonnet-de-Chavagne from July 2023 to June 2026: 11 houses and apartments. A house rents for an estimated €10.68/m² a month.

Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month

Saint-Bonnet-de-Chavagne€10.07/m²
Median of towns€12.41/m²
Isère median€13.13/m²
€10.07/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€7.86 to €12.90/m² a month)
€10.68/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included

Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte

Keep exploring

Everything we know about Saint-Bonnet-de-Chavagne

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Nearby attractions

Château de l'Arthaudière and 5 more in and around Saint-Bonnet-de-Chavagne

Heritage, other places to visit and gardens in and near Saint-Bonnet-de-Chavagne. Best known first.

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Places: © OpenStreetMap contributors · Wikidata

Famous people from Saint-Bonnet-de-Chavagne

Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Saint-Bonnet-de-Chavagne yet.

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About Saint-Bonnet-de-Chavagne

Commune in Isère, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes

Saint-Bonnet-de-Chavagne is a commune of 655 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
655 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes Saint-Marcellin Vercors Isère Communauté
Département
Isère (38)
Région
Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Area
5.9 sq mi (15.2 km²)
INSEE code
38370

Saint-Bonnet-de-Chavagne’s neighbors

The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →

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ChatteSaint-MarcellinSaint-Jean-en-RoyansMours-Saint-EusèbePeyrinsRomans-sur-IsèreChatteSaint-MarcellinSaint-Jean-en-RoyansMours-Saint-EusèbePeyrinsRomans-sur-IsèreSaint-Bonnet-de-Chavagne
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
Saint-Bonnet-de-Chavagne655—————
Chatte2,5182.8BBB−B
Saint-Marcellin7,7004.7C+BC−B−
Saint-Jean-en-Royans Drôme2,8747.7BB+AC
Mours-Saint-Eusèbe Drôme3,4249.3A−B−AB−
Peyrins Drôme2,6139.4—C+—A
Romans-sur-Isère Drôme33,46410CBC−C+

People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.

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.