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A town in Isère, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, home to 1,600 people.
Residents are healthier than most: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 28% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Cost of living is another plus: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 5.7 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Schools lag (C−): bac results 1.4 points below the expected rate; brevet results 6 points below the expected rate. Few people walk, cycle or take the bus to work: 48% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 6% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work.
Figures: deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting, INSEE census 2023. Saint-Hilaire-de-la-Côte 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.
The one thing Saint-Hilaire-de-la-Côte does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Saint-Hilaire-de-la-Côte 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-Hilaire-de-la-Côte has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
The Culture ministry lists no building in Saint-Hilaire-de-la-Côte as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Maison natale de Berlioz, in La Côte-Saint-André, 3.2 mi away.
16% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Saint-Hilaire-de-la-Côte.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Average lifespans in Isère: 86.8 years for women, 81.6 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 nationally. France’s death rates at each age would predict 119 deaths in Saint-Hilaire-de-la-Côte from 2016 to 2025; there were 85, 28% fewer. Also worth knowing: the nearest emergency department to Saint-Hilaire-de-la-Côte is Hopital de Voiron Chu de Grenoble Alpes, 12.2 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 · Note: TownRatings models the care-home adjustment; it is not an official figure.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
The bac pro: 90% of 60 candidates passed at the vocational lycée within 5 km. Collège pupils travel 3 mi to the nearest one. 93.2% of candidates passed the bac at the lycées within 5 km of Saint-Hilaire-de-la-Côte, near both Isère’s towns (93.7%) and compared French towns (92.9%).
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège JongkindNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 115 | 83%−6 pts |
| Lycée polyvalent Hector BerliozNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 231 | 94%−3 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
6.6% of the labour force were unemployed, lower than both Isère’s towns (8.1%) and compared French towns (10.1%). Per resident in work, Saint-Hilaire-de-la-Côte counts 0.3 jobs (200 jobs, 750 workers). After tax and benefits, the median income is €28,030 a year per consumption unit.
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.
48 sales of houses and apartments in Saint-Hilaire-de-la-Côte, from July 2023 to June 2026, give the median of €2,147/m². Houses made up 94% of the homes sold; apartments the rest. From July 2023 to June 2026, 48 homes were sold here.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,151/m² | 45 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
People 65 and over make up a fifth of the town, close to Isère’s towns (21%) and below compared French towns (22%). The age that splits Saint-Hilaire-de-la-Côte in two is 44.9. Degrees are held by 30% of adults.
48% women, 52% men
About 110 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Isère 51.3%, France 51.8%.
| Saint-Hilaire-de-la-Côte | Isère median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 18% | 18% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 9.9% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 23% | 23% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 30% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 20% | 21% | 22% |
| No diploma | 16% | 19% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 31% | 24% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 18% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 30% | 33% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Isère median and France median: the median of compared communes
In 2025, criminal damage led the graded crimes in Saint-Hilaire-de-la-Côte. 2025 saw 13 offenses recorded here. Violence against people averaged 4.4 per 1,000 residents a year over 2023–2025; graded property crimes averaged 11.5.
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 family violence, other physical violence, sexual violence, vehicle theft and theft from vehicles number five or fewer in a recent year, the figure is withheld, and the index uses the département’s average instead (47.7% of the index here). The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Heritage and museums in and near Saint-Hilaire-de-la-Côte. Best known first.
Nothing in Saint-Hilaire-de-la-Côte is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
One notable person was born in Saint-Hilaire-de-la-Côte.
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-Hilaire-de-la-Côte | 1,600 | — | — | B+ | — | A |
| La Côte-Saint-André | 4,873 | 3.2 | C− | C+ | D− | C− |
| Saint-Étienne-de-Saint-Geoirs | 3,425 | 3.7 | B | B− | C+ | B+ |
| Le Grand-Lemps | 3,083 | 4.6 | B | B | B | B− |
| Saint-Siméon-de-Bressieux | 3,186 | 5.3 | D | B | C | C+ |
| Apprieu | 3,615 | 8.3 | A | C+ | A− | B+ |
| Renage | 3,348 | 8.8 | B | B+ | B+ | B |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Saint-Hilaire-de-la-Côte has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 6 burglaries and 7 acts of criminal damage.
They grade C−, better than 16% of compared French towns. 94% of 231 candidates passed the bac at Lycée polyvalent Hector Berlioz in 2025, 3 points below the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Homes cost less than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €2,147/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Saint-Hilaire-de-la-Côte grades B+ for cost of living.
Commune in Isère, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Saint-Hilaire-de-la-Côte is a commune of 1,600 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
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.