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Saint-Clair-sur-GalaureIsère

Population 265: a town in Isère, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes.

Is Saint-Clair-sur-Galaure a good place to live?

Saint-Clair-sur-Galaure has no grades yet: French towns are graded from 1,000 residents up. 13% of its homes are second homes.

What makes Saint-Clair-sur-Galaure stand out

The one thing Saint-Clair-sur-Galaure does most differently from other towns.

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Saint-Clair-sur-Galaure’s outline. No photo of the town is in our collection yet.
Saint-Clair-sur-Galaure’s story

No historic monuments in Saint-Clair-sur-Galaure

The Culture ministry lists no building in Saint-Clair-sur-Galaure as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.

The nearest classé monument is Église Saint-Pierre, in Marnans, 5.1 mi away.

22% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.

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The data

Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Saint-Clair-sur-Galaure.

Who lives here

Saint-Clair-sur-Galaure has fewer young adults than Isère’s towns or compared French towns: 8.3% are 15 to 24

Children under 15 make up 19%, above Isère’s towns (18%) and compared French towns (17%) alike. Over-65s are 24% of the population. Half the people of Saint-Clair-sur-Galaure are older than 45.5.

45.5median age
Saint-Clair-sur-GalaureIsère medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma25%
CAP or BEP24%
Baccalauréat21%
Higher education24%

Women and men · all residents

46% women, 54% men

About 116 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Isère 51.3%, France 51.8%.

Ages and diplomas in Saint-Clair-sur-Galaure
Saint-Clair-sur-GalaureIsère medianFrance median
Under 1519%18%17%
15–248.3%11%11%
25–4422%23%23%
45–6427%26%26%
65+24%21%22%
No diploma25%19%19%
CAP or BEP24%24%26%
Baccalauréat21%18%18%
Higher education24%33%30%

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

Work & commute

Unemployment in Saint-Clair-sur-Galaure, 12.4%, runs above Isère’s towns and compared French towns

6.1% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train at the census, below both Isère’s towns (14.1%) and compared French towns (13.4%). For its 100 residents in work, Saint-Clair-sur-Galaure has 100 jobs: 0.9 each. Per consumption unit, the median disposable income is €24,480 a year.

6%walk, cycle or take transit

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving89%
On foot6%
Public transport0%
Bicycle0%
Motorbike or scooter0%
100
jobs based in Saint-Clair-sur-Galaure, 0.9 per working resident
12.4%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€24,480
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
4%
worked without traveling (at or from home)

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

Schools

91.0% of candidates passed the brevet at the collège within 5 km, 4 points below the expected rate

Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.

The closest collège is 2.3 mi off. General-bac pupils go 10.4 mi to the nearest lycée.

91.0%passed the brevet

Brevet pass rate · collèges within 5 km

Saint-Clair-sur-Galaure91.0%
Median of towns87.5%
SchoolLevelCandidatesPassed, 2025
Collège Joseph BédierNearest collègeCollègeCollège6891%−4 pts
91.0%
passed the brevet at the collèges, −4 pts against the expected rate
2.3 mi
to the nearest collège from the town center

Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte

Housing

Estimated advertised rents run lower in Saint-Clair-sur-Galaure than in Isère’s towns or across compared French towns: €9.84/m² a month

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

Saint-Clair-sur-Galaure recorded 15 home sales from July 2023 to June 2026.

€9.84/m²estimated apartment rent a month

Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month

Saint-Clair-sur-Galaure€9.84/m²
Median of towns€12.41/m²
Isère median€13.13/m²
€9.84/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€7.70 to €12.59/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-Clair-sur-Galaure

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Landmarks

Nothing in Saint-Clair-sur-Galaure is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.

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Famous people from Saint-Clair-sur-Galaure

Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Saint-Clair-sur-Galaure yet.

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Saint-Clair-sur-Galaure’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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BeaurepaireSaint-Siméon-de-BressieuxLa Côte-Saint-AndréChatteSaint-Étienne-de-Saint-GeoirsSaint-MarcellinBeaurepaireSaint-Siméon-de-BressieuxLa Côte-Saint-AndréChatteSaint-Étienne-de-Saint-GeoirsSaint-MarcellinSaint-Clair-sur-Galaure
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
Saint-Clair-sur-Galaure265—————
Beaurepaire5,0107A−A−C−B
Saint-Siméon-de-Bressieux3,1867.4DBCC+
La Côte-Saint-André4,87311C−C+D−C−
Chatte2,51811BBB−B
Saint-Étienne-de-Saint-Geoirs3,42511BB−C+B+
Saint-Marcellin7,70011C+BC−B−

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

About Saint-Clair-sur-Galaure

Commune in Isère, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes

Saint-Clair-sur-Galaure is a commune of 265 people in the Communauté de communes Bièvre Isère. 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
265 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes Bièvre Isère
Département
Isère (38)
Région
Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Area
5.9 sq mi (15.3 km²)
INSEE code
38379

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.