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Sainte-AgnèsIsère

548 people call this town in Isère, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes home.

Is Sainte-Agnès a good place to live?

Sainte-Agnès is too small to grade: French towns get subject grades from 1,000 residents. 14% of homes here are second homes.

What makes Sainte-Agnès stand out

The one thing Sainte-Agnès does most differently from other towns.

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Sainte-Agnès’ outline. No photo of the town is in our collection yet.
Sainte-Agnès’ story

No historic monuments in Sainte-Agnès

The Culture ministry lists no building in Sainte-Agnès as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.

The nearest classé monument is Prieuré (ruines de l'ancien), in Domène, 5.2 mi away.

19% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.

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The data

Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Sainte-Agnès.

Who lives here

Degrees are more common in Sainte-Agnès than in Isère’s towns or across compared French towns: 58% of adults

Young adults of 15 to 24 are 7.2% of residents, below both Isère’s towns (11%) and compared French towns (11%). Children under 15 make up 20% of residents. Sainte-Agnès has a median age of 46.3.

46.3median age
Sainte-AgnèsIsère medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma8%
CAP or BEP16%
Baccalauréat16%
Higher education58%

Women and men · all residents

50% women, 50% men

About an even split. Median share of women: Isère 51.3%, France 51.8%.

Ages and diplomas in Sainte-Agnès
Sainte-AgnèsIsère medianFrance median
Under 1520%18%17%
15–247.2%11%11%
25–4420%23%23%
45–6432%26%26%
65+21%21%22%
No diploma8.1%19%19%
CAP or BEP16%24%26%
Baccalauréat16%18%18%
Higher education58%33%30%

INSEE, census 2023 · Isère median and France median: the median of compared communes

Work & commute

Incomes in Sainte-Agnès run higher than in both Isère’s towns and compared French towns: a median €32,730 a year per consumption unit

4.8% of the labour force are out of work. For its 250 residents in work, Sainte-Agnès has 50 jobs: 0.1 each. Also worth knowing: at the census, 8.0% of working residents in Sainte-Agnès went to work by public transport.

13%walk, cycle or take transit

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving81%
Public transport8%
Bicycle3%
On foot2%
Motorbike or scooter1%
50
jobs based in Sainte-Agnès, 0.1 per working resident
4.8%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€32,730
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
5%
worked without traveling (at or from home)

Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte

Schools

94.0% of candidates passed the brevet at the collège within 5 km, a point below the expected rate

Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.

For collège, the closest is 2 mi away.

99%passed the bac (general and technological)

Brevet pass rate · collèges within 5 km

Sainte-Agnès94.0%
Median of towns87.5%

Bac pass rate · lycées within 5 km

Sainte-Agnès99.0%
Median of towns92.9%
SchoolLevelCandidatesPassed, 2025
Collège BelledonneNearest collègeCollègeCollège19794%−1 pt
Lycée général et technologique Marie ReynoardNearest lycéeGeneral lycéeGeneral lycée27799%+1 pt
99%
passed the general and technological bac, +1 pt against the expected rate
94.0%
passed the brevet at the collèges, −1 pt against the expected rate
2 mi
to the nearest collège from the town center

Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte

Housing

The estimated advertised rent of an apartment in Sainte-Agnès is €12.02/m² a month

Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.

Sales in Sainte-Agnès from July 2023 to June 2026: 8 houses and apartments.

€12.02/m²estimated apartment rent a month

Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month

Sainte-Agnès€12.02/m²
Median of towns€12.41/m²
Isère median€13.13/m²
€12.02/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€9.55 to €15.14/m² a month)
€10.85/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included

Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte

Nearby attractions

Ancienne centrale hydroélectrique and 3 more in and around Sainte-Agnès

Heritage, other places to visit and museums in and near Sainte-Agnès. Best known first.

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Everything we know about Sainte-Agnès

13pages on Sainte-Agnès

Landmarks

Nothing in Sainte-Agnès is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.

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Famous people from Sainte-Agnès

One notable person was born in Sainte-Agnès.

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Sainte-Agnès’ neighbors

The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →

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Villard-BonnotFrogesLe VersoudBerninSaint-Nazaire-les-EymesCrollesVillard-BonnotFrogesLe VersoudBerninSaint-Nazaire-les-EymesCrollesSainte-Agnès
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
Sainte-Agnès548—————
Villard-Bonnot7,5092.2A−B−B−C+
Froges3,2852.7—C+—B+
Le Versoud4,9003.4A+CAA
Bernin3,3344.3AC−BA
Saint-Nazaire-les-Eymes3,0164.4AC−A−A
Crolles8,6094.4A−C−C−A−

People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.

About Sainte-Agnès

Commune in Isère, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes

Sainte-Agnès is a commune of 548 people in the Communauté de communes Le Grésivaudan. 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

Population
548 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes Le Grésivaudan
Département
Isère (38)
Région
Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Area
10.3 sq mi (26.6 km²)
INSEE code
38350

Sources: INSEE, census 2023 (population, employment, commuting) · INSEE, Filosofi 2023 (income per consumption unit, poverty) · 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.