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Some 1,714 people live in this town, in Isère, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes.
The local economy does well (A−): 1.7 jobs per working resident; 9.5% unemployment. Its lowest grade is for safety (C) — an average of 9.7 recorded violent incidents and 15.6 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. It also trails on schools: bac results 1.9 points below the expected rate; brevet results 3.4 points below the expected rate. Homes sell for a median €2,219/m²: 70 m² comes to 5.8 years of the median income per consumption unit in the Communauté de communes Les Vals du Dauphiné. Its other grades sit near the middle: B for health and C+ for walkability.
Figures: employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · recorded crime, SSMSI (Ministry of the Interior) · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025. Saint-Jean-de-Soudain 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-Jean-de-Soudain 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-Jean-de-Soudain has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
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The Culture ministry lists no building in Saint-Jean-de-Soudain as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Église Saint-Theudère, in Saint-Chef, 5 mi away.
12% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Nothing in Saint-Jean-de-Soudain 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-Jean-de-Soudain.
People 65 and over make up 17% of the town, below Isère’s towns (21%) and compared French towns (22%) alike. Typical age in Saint-Jean-de-Soudain: 40.2, the median. Also worth knowing: 29% of adults hold a degree.
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Isère 51.3%, France 51.8%.
| Saint-Jean-de-Soudain | Isère median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 22% | 18% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 11% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 25% | 23% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 25% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 17% | 21% | 22% |
| No diploma | 19% | 19% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 27% | 24% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 19% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 29% | 33% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Isère median and France median: the median of compared communes
The graded crime recorded most in Saint-Jean-de-Soudain was criminal damage (2025). All told, Saint-Jean-de-Soudain had 26 recorded offenses in 2025. Jobs outnumber working residents in Saint-Jean-de-Soudain (1,300 to 750): it draws people in from around.
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 · For family violence, sexual violence, vehicle theft and theft from vehicles, the count isn’t published when it’s small (five or fewer in a year of the last three), so the index uses the département’s average, 20.2% 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. Crimes are counted in the commune where they happen, then divided by its residents, so a town that draws people in from around can look higher.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
The bac pro: 76% of 33 candidates passed at the vocational lycée within 5 km. Collège pupils travel 0.7 mi to the nearest one. Near Saint-Jean-de-Soudain, 93.1% of lycée candidates passed the bac, near both Isère’s towns (93.7%) and compared French towns (92.9%).
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège le CalloudNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 160 | 76%−10 pts |
| Lycée polyvalent Élie CartanNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 145 | 97%±0 pts |
| Collège privé Saint-Bruno PrivateBest against expectations: 2 points above the expected rateCollège | Collège | 133 | 97%+2 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Women in Isère live to 86.8 on average and men to 81.6 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. From 2016 to 2025, 85 residents of Saint-Jean-de-Soudain died, against 102 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 16% fewer. The nearest emergency department to Saint-Jean-de-Soudain is Ch Pierre Oudot Bourgoin Jallieu, 9.4 mi away. The 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 · The care-home step is TownRatings’ own calculation, not an official number. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from C− to A.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The median price, €2,219/m², comes from 43 sales of houses and apartments in Saint-Jean-de-Soudain from July 2023 to June 2026. Houses made up 86% of the homes sold; apartments the rest. House rents are put at about €11.58/m² a month.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,295/m² | 37 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
One in ten commuters left the car at home at the census, walking, cycling or taking public transport. The median disposable income was €28,010 a year per consumption unit, about level with Isère’s towns (€27,110) and above compared French towns (€25,970). Unemployment runs at 9.5%.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Heritage in and near Saint-Jean-de-Soudain. Best known first.
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Saint-Jean-de-Soudain yet.
Commune in Isère, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Saint-Jean-de-Soudain is a commune of 1,714 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-Jean-de-Soudain | 1,714 | — | — | C+ | C | B |
| La Tour-du-Pin | 8,111 | 0.8 | C− | C+ | C− | B− |
| Saint-Clair-de-la-Tour | 3,628 | 2.3 | B | C+ | A | C |
| Cessieu | 3,259 | 2.9 | — | C− | — | C+ |
| Dolomieu | 3,173 | 3.5 | — | C | — | B+ |
| Ruy-Montceau | 4,805 | 5 | A− | C− | B | B+ |
| Saint-André-le-Gaz | 2,754 | 5.1 | — | B− | — | A |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades C for safety. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 5 burglaries and 15 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.
Prices are close to the median of compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €2,219/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Estimated advertised apartment rents are €12.67/m² a month, charges included. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Saint-Jean-de-Soudain 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.