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1,162 residents make their home in this town in Isère, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes.
Saint-Nizier-du-Moucherotte’s best grade is for health: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 44% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Work and incomes are strong (A−): 0.2 jobs per working resident; 3.9% unemployment. Where it falls short is cost of living (C−) — at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 8.8 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Schools are weaker too (C−): bac results 3.4 points below the expected rate; brevet results 2.2 points below the expected rate.
Figures: deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · employment, INSEE census 2023 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education. Saint-Nizier-du-Moucherotte 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-Nizier-du-Moucherotte 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-Nizier-du-Moucherotte has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
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The 3 things Saint-Nizier-du-Moucherotte does most differently from other towns.
The Culture ministry lists no building in Saint-Nizier-du-Moucherotte as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Château de Beauregard, in Seyssinet-Pariset, 2 mi away.
4.9% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Nothing in Saint-Nizier-du-Moucherotte 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-Nizier-du-Moucherotte.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
For a family doctor, residents of Saint-Nizier-du-Moucherotte have one GP on hand. Life expectancy in Isère: 86.8 years for women and 81.6 for men (2025); France averages 85.9 and 80.3. From 2016 to 2025, 47 residents of Saint-Nizier-du-Moucherotte died, against 83 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 44% fewer.
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 · That adjustment for care homes is a model of TownRatings’ own, not official data.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The estimated advertised rent is €13.63/m² a month, about level with Isère’s towns (€13.13/m²) and above compared French towns (€12.41/m²). Estimated advertised rent for houses: €12.54/m² a month. 40 houses and apartments changed hands in Saint-Nizier-du-Moucherotte from July 2023 to June 2026.
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.
At the 2 vocational lycées within 5 km, 79% of 181 candidates passed the bac pro. A collège lies 2.7 mi away. 86.5% of candidates passed the brevet at the collèges within 5 km of Saint-Nizier-du-Moucherotte, close to both Isère’s towns (87.4%) and compared French towns (87.5%).
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Pierre DuboisNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 101 | 83%−6 pts |
| Lycée général et technologique Aristide BergèsNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 334 | 94%−2 pts |
| Collège Marc SangnierBest against expectations: 3 points above the expected rateCollège | Collège | 113 | 99%+3 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Over-65s are 18% of the population. 8.4% of residents are 15 to 24, lower than both Isère’s towns (11%) and compared French towns (11%). Children under 15 count for 19% of the people here.
49% women, 51% men
About 106 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Isère 51.3%, France 51.8%.
| Saint-Nizier-du-Moucherotte | Isère median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 19% | 18% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 8.4% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 23% | 23% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 32% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 18% | 21% | 22% |
| No diploma | 5.6% | 19% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 12% | 24% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 12% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 68% | 33% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Isère median and France median: the median of compared communes
3.9% of the labour force were unemployed, below both Isère’s towns (8.1%) and compared French towns (10.1%). Public transport took 6.7% of Saint-Nizier-du-Moucherotte’s working residents to work at the census. At the census, 4.9% of working residents in Saint-Nizier-du-Moucherotte didn’t travel to work at all.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Other places to visit and heritage in and near Saint-Nizier-du-Moucherotte. Best known first.
ChâteauChâteau de Sassenage4.8 km northeast, in Sassenage
AttractionCuves de Sassenage4.3 km north, in SassenageChâteauChâteauChâteau de Beaurevoir4.5 km north, in SassenageChâteauChâteauChâteau des Blondes4.5 km northeast, in SassenageChâteauChâteauChâteau Borel4.4 km east, in Seyssinet-ParisetPhotos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
Wikidata places 1 person here, but the articles don’t both confirm Saint-Nizier-du-Moucherotte as the birthplace, so nobody is listed.
Commune in Isère, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Saint-Nizier-du-Moucherotte is a commune of 1,162 people in the Communauté de communes du Massif du Vercors. 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-Nizier-du-Moucherotte | 1,162 | — | — | C− | — | A+ |
| Seyssins | 8,092 | 2.6 | B− | D | C− | A |
| Seyssinet-Pariset | 11,739 | 2.9 | B− | C | C− | A |
| Sassenage | 11,646 | 2.9 | B− | C | C | B |
| Fontaine | 22,020 | 3.1 | C | B− | D | B+ |
| Claix | 7,836 | 4.1 | B− | D | C+ | A− |
| Lans-en-Vercors | 2,751 | 4.1 | — | C− | — | A− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Saint-Nizier-du-Moucherotte has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 5.8 recorded violent incidents and 9.7 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
They grade C−, better than 23% of compared French towns. 94% of 334 candidates passed the bac at Lycée général et technologique Aristide Bergès in 2025, 2 points below 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-Nizier-du-Moucherotte 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.