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The town has 3,628 residents and lies in Isère, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes.
Plenty in its favour, and one clear drawback. Saint-Clair-de-la-Tour’s overall grade of B puts it better than just over three fifths of compared French towns, #39 of 96 in Isère. It is a safe place by the numbers: an average of 3.7 recorded violent incidents and 10.4 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Health outcomes fall short of most towns: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 6% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. At €2,276/m², the median price, 70 m² costs 5.9 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the Communauté de communes Les Vals du Dauphiné. Its schools fall short: bac results 1.9 points below the expected rate; brevet results 3.4 points below the expected rate. The rest of its grades are middling: B for jobs & income and B for walkability.
Figures: recorded crime, SSMSI (Ministry of the Interior) · 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.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas. The overall grade uses the other six subjects.
Each subject compares Saint-Clair-de-la-Tour 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.
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The Culture ministry lists no building in Saint-Clair-de-la-Tour as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Château de Bellegarde, in Chassignieu, 4.8 mi away.
Explore the history →Nothing in Saint-Clair-de-la-Tour 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-Clair-de-la-Tour.
The 2025 count: 49 offenses in Saint-Clair-de-la-Tour. The commonest graded crime here was criminal damage (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 · Small counts of other physical violence, sexual violence, armed robbery, vehicle theft and theft from vehicles go unpublished (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the département’s average stands in, 18.0% of the index here. As that share tops 10%, this Safety Grade carries more doubt than most. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
For a family doctor, residents of Saint-Clair-de-la-Tour can choose among 4 GPs. The nearest emergency department to Saint-Clair-de-la-Tour is Ch Yves Touraine, 9.2 mi away. 266 deaths locally between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 282: 6% below. Life expectancy at birth in Isère is 86.8 years for women and 81.6 for men (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 figures behind this are our own model (TownRatings), not official statistics. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from C− to B.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
At the vocational lycée within 5 km, 76% of 33 candidates passed the bac pro. The town’s pupils have a collège 1.6 mi away. Its collèges and lycées rank #65 of 102 in Isère on results.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège privé Saint-Bruno PrivateNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 133 | 97%+2 pts |
| Lycée polyvalent Élie CartanNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 145 | 97%±0 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Degrees are held by 28% of adults, lower than both Isère’s towns (33%) and compared French towns (30%). The 65-and-over age group makes up 19% of residents. The share of residents under 15 is 18%.
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Isère 51.3%, France 51.8%.
| Saint-Clair-de-la-Tour | Isère median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 18% | 18% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 9.1% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 26% | 23% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 27% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 19% | 21% | 22% |
| No diploma | 21% | 19% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 27% | 24% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 19% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 28% | 33% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Isère median and France median: the median of compared communes
No commute at all: 4.2% of working residents in Saint-Clair-de-la-Tour at the census. 8.3% of people in the labour force have no job. Half of residents lived on more than €26,380 a year per consumption unit, close to both Isère’s towns (€27,110) and compared French towns (€25,970).
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.
Houses in Saint-Clair-de-la-Tour sell for €2,313/m² and apartments for €2,027/m². 140 sales of houses and apartments here, from July 2023 to June 2026, give the median of €2,276/m². The sales split: 71% houses, the rest apartments.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,313/m² | 100 |
| Apartments | €2,027/m² | 40 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Heritage and museums in and near Saint-Clair-de-la-Tour. Best known first.
One notable person was born in Saint-Clair-de-la-Tour.
Commune in Isère, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Saint-Clair-de-la-Tour is a commune of 3,628 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
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-Clair-de-la-Tour | 3,628 | — | B | C+ | A | C |
| La Tour-du-Pin | 8,111 | 1.7 | C− | C+ | C− | B− |
| Saint-André-le-Gaz | 2,754 | 2.8 | — | B− | — | A |
| Dolomieu | 3,173 | 3.3 | — | C | — | B+ |
| Cessieu | 3,259 | 5 | — | C− | — | C+ |
| Les Abrets en Dauphiné | 6,850 | 5.4 | B | C+ | C+ | C+ |
| Les Avenières Veyrins-Thuellin | 7,698 | 5.9 | C+ | B | B− | B+ |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades A for safety, #5 of 96 in Isère. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 13 burglaries and 27 acts of criminal damage.
They grade C+, better than 37% of compared French towns and #65 of 102 in Isère. 97% of 145 candidates passed the bac at Lycée polyvalent Élie Cartan in 2025, at the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. 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 €2,276/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Estimated advertised apartment rents are €12.16/m² a month, charges included. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Saint-Clair-de-la-Tour grades C+ for cost of living.
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.