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2,143 residents make their home in this town in Isère, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes.
Saint-Didier-de-la-Tour’s best grade is for jobs & income: 0.5 jobs per working resident; 8.0% unemployment. Homes are dear (C): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 6.2 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Getting around depends on the car (C): 13% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 9% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Pupils here do less well than most (C+): bac results 1.9 points below the expected rate; brevet results 3.4 points below the expected rate.
Figures: employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education. Saint-Didier-de-la-Tour 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-Didier-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.
Saint-Didier-de-la-Tour has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
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The one thing Saint-Didier-de-la-Tour does most differently from other towns.
The Culture ministry’s list holds 1 historic monument in Saint-Didier-de-la-Tour; none is classé, France’s top protection.
18% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Saint-Didier-de-la-Tour has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Saint-Didier-de-la-Tour.
Children under 15 make up 20%, above Isère’s towns (18%) and compared French towns (17%) alike. Typical age in Saint-Didier-de-la-Tour: 42, the median. Among adults, 30% have a degree.
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Isère 51.3%, France 51.8%.
| Saint-Didier-de-la-Tour | Isère median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 20% | 18% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 11% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 24% | 23% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 29% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 16% | 21% | 22% |
| No diploma | 15% | 19% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 30% | 24% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 20% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 30% | 33% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Isère median and France median: the median of compared communes
8.6% of commuters left the car at home at the census, walking, cycling or taking public transport. Unemployment stood at 8.0%, close to Isère’s towns (8.1%) and below compared French towns (10.1%). At the census, 4.1% of working residents in Saint-Didier-de-la-Tour didn’t travel to work at all.
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.
Advertised rents are estimated at €13.67/m² a month, about level with Isère’s towns (€13.13/m²) and above compared French towns (€12.41/m²). 51 houses and apartments changed hands in Saint-Didier-de-la-Tour from July 2023 to June 2026. Renting a house costs an estimated €11.81/m² a month.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,380/m² | 51 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Vocational results within 5 km: 76% passed the bac pro, of 33 candidates. The town’s pupils have a collège 2.3 mi away. Near Saint-Didier-de-la-Tour, 87.0% of collège pupils passed the brevet, in line with Isère’s towns (87.4%) and compared French towns (87.5%).
| 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
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
The Culture ministry’s list holds 1 historic monument in Saint-Didier-de-la-Tour; none is classé, France’s top protection.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
The nearest emergency department to Saint-Didier-de-la-Tour is Ch Yves Touraine, 8.4 mi away. France’s death rates at each age would predict 127 deaths locally from 2016 to 2025; there were 108, 15% fewer. In Isère, women can expect to live 86.8 years and men 81.6 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. Also worth knowing: this Isère town has one family doctor.
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 · Allowing for care homes is a TownRatings estimate, not a published statistic. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from C− to A.
The yearly rates for 2023–2025: 3.2 violent offenses and 8.9 graded property crimes per 1,000 residents. Police and gendarmerie recorded 13 offenses in Saint-Didier-de-la-Tour in 2025. The commonest graded crime locally 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 family violence, other physical violence, sexual violence, 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, 53.5% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Heritage and museums in and near Saint-Didier-de-la-Tour. Best known first.
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Saint-Didier-de-la-Tour yet.
Commune in Isère, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Saint-Didier-de-la-Tour is a commune of 2,143 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-Didier-de-la-Tour | 2,143 | — | — | C | — | B |
| Saint-Clair-de-la-Tour | 3,628 | 1.3 | B | C+ | A | C |
| Saint-André-le-Gaz | 2,754 | 1.8 | — | B− | — | A |
| La Tour-du-Pin | 8,111 | 2.6 | C− | C+ | C− | B− |
| Dolomieu | 3,173 | 4.5 | — | C | — | B+ |
| Les Abrets en Dauphiné | 6,850 | 4.5 | B | C+ | C+ | C+ |
| Cessieu | 3,259 | 5.6 | — | C− | — | C+ |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Saint-Didier-de-la-Tour has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 5 burglaries and 8 acts of criminal damage.
They grade C+, better than 37% of compared French towns. 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.
Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Saint-Didier-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 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.