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A town of 1,711 in Isère, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes.
Homes are affordable (B): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 6.7 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Its lowest grade is for schools: bac results 1.1 points below the expected rate; brevet results 3.6 points below the expected rate. Its other grades sit near the middle: B− for health, C+ for jobs & income and C+ for walkability.
Figures: prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025. Saint-Vérand 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-Vérand 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-Vérand has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
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The Culture ministry lists 1 historic monument in Saint-Vérand, none of them classé, France’s highest protection.
The oldest protected part dates from the 15th century; the first monument here was protected in 1980.
13% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Saint-Vérand.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
At the vocational lycée within 5 km, 90% of 51 candidates passed the bac pro. 85.9% of candidates passed the brevet at the collèges within 5 km of Saint-Vérand, close to Isère’s towns (87.4%) and below compared French towns (87.5%).
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège le SavouretNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 130 | 82%−4 pts |
| Lycée polyvalent La SaulaieNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 219 | 95%−2 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
27% of residents have reached 65. At 50.4, the median resident of Saint-Vérand sits in the middle of the age range. Degrees are held by nearly a third of adults, close to Isère’s towns (33%) and above compared French towns (30%).
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Isère 51.3%, France 51.8%.
| Saint-Vérand | Isère median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 17% | 18% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 7.7% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 19% | 23% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 29% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 27% | 21% | 22% |
| No diploma | 18% | 19% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 25% | 24% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 19% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 32% | 33% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Isère median and France median: the median of compared communes
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Behind the median of €2,492/m²: 57 houses and apartments sold in Saint-Vérand between July 2023 and June 2026. Among the homes sold, 86% were houses.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,500/m² | 49 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
The protected list starts in the 15th century. The Culture ministry lists 1 historic monument in Saint-Vérand, none of them classé, France’s highest protection.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Households’ median disposable income: €27,840 a year per consumption unit. 7.8% of the labour force were unemployed, about level with Isère’s towns (8.1%) and below compared French towns (10.1%). At the census, just over one in ten commuters got to work without a car.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
For a family doctor, residents of Saint-Vérand 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, 155 residents of Saint-Vérand died, against 180 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 14% 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 · This figure includes a care-home adjustment that TownRatings models; no official statistic exists. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from C to A−.
Heritage in and near Saint-Vérand. Best known first.
Saint-Vérand has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
Château de Quincivet: Photo: DoucF · CC BY-SA 3.0
Wikidata places 1 person here, but the articles don’t both confirm Saint-Vérand as the birthplace, so nobody is listed.
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-Vérand | 1,711 | — | — | B | — | B− |
| Saint-Marcellin | 7,700 | 1.6 | C+ | B | C− | B− |
| Chatte | 2,518 | 3.3 | B | B | B− | B |
| Vinay | 4,438 | 4.5 | A+ | B+ | A− | B− |
| Autrans-Méaudre en Vercors | 2,936 | 9.6 | — | B− | — | A− |
| Saint-Jean-en-Royans Drôme | 2,874 | 11 | B | B+ | A | C |
| Saint-Siméon-de-Bressieux | 3,186 | 12 | D | B | C | C+ |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Saint-Vérand has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 4 recorded violent incidents and 10.8 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 27% of compared French towns. 95% of 219 candidates passed the bac at Lycée polyvalent La Saulaie 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.
Prices are close to the median of compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €2,492/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Saint-Vérand grades B for cost of living.
Commune in Isère, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Saint-Vérand is a commune of 1,711 people in the Communauté de communes Saint-Marcellin Vercors Isère 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
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 October 30, 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.