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Population 3,545: a town in Isère, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes.
A town of contrasts. Work and incomes are strong: 0.6 jobs per working resident; 4.6% unemployment. Pupils here do less well than most (C): brevet results 5 points below the expected rate. Homes sell for a median €2,843/m²: 70 m² comes to 6.5 years of the median income per consumption unit in the Communauté de communes Collines Isère Nord Communauté. Overall, that makes a B+, good for #27 of 96 in Isère. On that grade it does better than 72% of compared French towns. The rest of its grades are middling: B for safety and B− for walkability.
Figures: employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · recorded crime, SSMSI (Ministry of the Interior) · 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-Georges-d'Espéranche 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 one thing Saint-Georges-d'Espéranche does most differently from other towns.
The Culture ministry’s list holds 2 historic monuments in Saint-Georges-d'Espéranche; none is classé, France’s top protection.
The oldest protected part dates from the 13th century; the first monument here was protected in 1993.
Wikidata records 2 people born in Saint-Georges-d'Espéranche before 1900, the earliest Camille Latreille, in 1870.
The list names few of Saint-Georges-d'Espéranche’s 2 monuments; beside them, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Saint-Georges-d'Espéranche.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
279 deaths in Saint-Georges-d'Espéranche between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 321: 13% below. Life expectancy in Isère: 86.8 years for women and 81.6 for men (2025); France averages 85.9 and 80.3. This Isère town has one family doctor. The nearest emergency department to Saint-Georges-d'Espéranche is Ch Pierre Oudot Bourgoin Jallieu, 8.3 mi away.
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.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
The brevet pass rate near Saint-Georges-d'Espéranche is 89.0%, higher than Isère’s towns (87.4%) and near compared French towns (87.5%). School results put the town #74 of 102 in Isère.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège de PérancheNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 95 | 89%−5 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Behind the median of €2,843/m²: 93 houses and apartments sold in Saint-Georges-d'Espéranche between July 2023 and June 2026. Houses accounted for four in five sales, apartments for the rest.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,870/m² | 74 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
In 2025, burglary led the graded crimes in Saint-Georges-d'Espéranche. The police record for Saint-Georges-d'Espéranche lists 94 offenses in 2025. On average over 2023–2025, every 1,000 residents saw 4.3 violent offenses and 15 graded property crimes a year.
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 · When sexual violence number five or fewer in a recent year, the figure is withheld, and the index uses the département’s average instead (14.1% of the index here). With more than 10% of the index estimated that way, this Safety Grade is less sure than most. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
The protected list starts in the 13th century. Homes from before 1919 make up 11% of the total, above Isère’s towns (8.7%) and compared French towns (7.4%) alike.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
The 15-to-24 age group: 10%, below both Isère’s towns (11%) and compared French towns (11%). Degrees are held by 33% of adults. Saint-Georges-d'Espéranche has a median age of 42.8 years.
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Isère 51.3%, France 51.8%.
| Saint-Georges-d'Espéranche | Isère median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 20% | 18% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 10% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 24% | 23% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 26% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 20% | 21% | 22% |
| No diploma | 16% | 19% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 25% | 24% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 21% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 33% | 33% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Isère median and France median: the median of compared communes
The median disposable income was €29,030 a year per consumption unit, higher than both Isère’s towns (€27,110) and compared French towns (€25,970). At the census, 6.0% of commuters got to work without a car.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Other places to visit and family days out in and near Saint-Georges-d'Espéranche. Best known first.
2 notable people were born in Saint-Georges-d'Espéranche.
Henri Gil-Marchex: Henri Matisse, Public domain · Camille Latreille: Fr.Latreille, CC BY-SA 4.0
Commune in Isère, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Saint-Georges-d'Espéranche is a commune of 3,545 people in the Communauté de communes Collines Isère Nord 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
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-Georges-d'Espéranche | 3,545 | — | B+ | C | B | A |
| Diémoz | 2,947 | 2.1 | B− | C | A− | B− |
| Valencin | 2,878 | 4.5 | — | C− | — | B |
| Saint-Just-Chaleyssin | 2,695 | 4.5 | — | C | — | B+ |
| Saint-Jean-de-Bournay | 4,843 | 4.9 | C | C+ | C+ | C |
| Heyrieux | 4,956 | 5 | B− | C | B | C+ |
| Villefontaine | 19,445 | 5.1 | D | C | D | B |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades B for safety, #26 of 96 in Isère. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 22 burglaries and 17 acts of criminal damage.
They grade C, better than 28% of compared French towns and #74 of 102 in Isère. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Homes cost more than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €2,843/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Saint-Georges-d'Espéranche 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.