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2,148 residents make their home in this town in Isère, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes.
Jobs and pay hold up well (B+): 0.5 jobs per working resident; 7.1% unemployment. Cost of living is its weak spot (C−): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 6.8 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. It lags on health as well (C) — after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 3% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Its other grades sit near the middle: B for schools and B− for walkability.
Figures: employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025. Saint-Victor-de-Cessieu 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-Victor-de-Cessieu 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-Victor-de-Cessieu has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
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The one thing Saint-Victor-de-Cessieu does most differently from other towns.
The Culture ministry lists no building in Saint-Victor-de-Cessieu as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Château de Bellegarde, in Chassignieu, 6.2 mi away.
15% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Nothing in Saint-Victor-de-Cessieu 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-Victor-de-Cessieu.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The median price, €2,592/m², comes from 70 sales of houses and apartments in Saint-Victor-de-Cessieu from July 2023 to June 2026. Houses were four fifths of what sold.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,607/m² | 56 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · 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. After the care-home adjustment, Saint-Victor-de-Cessieu’s deaths ran at 97 per 100 expected, above Isère’s towns (84) and compared French towns (88) alike. France’s death rates at each age would predict 143 deaths in the town from 2016 to 2025; there were 139, 3% fewer. The nearest emergency department to Saint-Victor-de-Cessieu is Ch Pierre Oudot Bourgoin Jallieu, 8.1 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 · That adjustment for care homes is a model of TownRatings’ own, not official data. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from D to B.
The under-15s are 19% of the population here. 27% of adults hold a degree, lower than both Isère’s towns (33%) and compared French towns (30%). Half the people of Saint-Victor-de-Cessieu are older than 43.4.
52% women, 48% men
About 94 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Isère 51.3%, France 51.8%.
| Saint-Victor-de-Cessieu | Isère median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 19% | 18% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 11% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 23% | 23% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 30% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 18% | 21% | 22% |
| No diploma | 21% | 19% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 30% | 24% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 18% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 27% | 33% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Isère median and France median: the median of compared communes
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
The nearest collège is 2.3 mi away.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège les DauphinsNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 148 | 90%−1 pt |
| 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
7.1% of the labour force were unemployed, lower than both Isère’s towns (8.1%) and compared French towns (10.1%). On foot, by bike or by bus and train: that was how nearly one in ten commuters travelled at the census. At the census, 4.7% of working residents in Saint-Victor-de-Cessieu didn’t travel to work at all.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
21 offenses were reported in Saint-Victor-de-Cessieu during 2025. Violence against people ran at 3.4 per 1,000 residents a year and the graded property crimes at 8.6 (2023–2025 average). More of the graded crimes in the town were burglary than anything else (2025).
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 · Small counts of family violence, other physical violence, sexual violence, vehicle theft and theft from vehicles go unpublished (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the département’s average stands in, 55.8% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Heritage in and near Saint-Victor-de-Cessieu. Best known first.
One notable person was born in Saint-Victor-de-Cessieu.
Commune in Isère, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Saint-Victor-de-Cessieu is a commune of 2,148 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-Victor-de-Cessieu | 2,148 | — | — | C− | — | C |
| Cessieu | 3,259 | 1.8 | — | C− | — | C+ |
| La Tour-du-Pin | 8,111 | 3.1 | C− | C+ | C− | B− |
| Ruy-Montceau | 4,805 | 4.2 | A− | C− | B | B+ |
| Nivolas-Vermelle | 2,706 | 4.5 | — | C− | — | B |
| Saint-Clair-de-la-Tour | 3,628 | 4.6 | B | C+ | A | C |
| Saint-André-le-Gaz | 2,754 | 6.6 | — | B− | — | A |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Saint-Victor-de-Cessieu has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 14 burglaries and 7 acts of criminal damage.
They grade B, better than 64% 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 €2,592/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Saint-Victor-de-Cessieu 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.