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The town has 1,039 residents and lies in Isère, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes.
Households here earn well: 0.6 jobs per working resident; 5.6% unemployment. Where it falls short is cost of living: A year’s estimated rent on a 70 m² apartment is 40% of the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Most journeys need a car: 2% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 12% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. School results trail most towns: bac results 1.9 points below the expected rate; brevet results 3.4 points below the expected rate.
Figures: employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education. Sainte-Blandine 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 Sainte-Blandine 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.
Sainte-Blandine 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 Sainte-Blandine as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Château de Bellegarde, in Chassignieu, 4.5 mi away.
22% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Sainte-Blandine.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The market in Sainte-Blandine: 23 sales of houses and apartments between July 2023 and June 2026.
Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
The median disposable income was €28,370 a year per consumption unit, higher than both Isère’s towns (€27,110) and compared French towns (€25,970). Bus, tram or train carried a tenth of working residents in Sainte-Blandine to work at the census. At the census, 4.3% of working residents in Sainte-Blandine didn’t travel to work at all.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
At the vocational lycée within 5 km, 76% of 33 candidates passed the bac pro. Collège pupils travel 1.2 mi to the nearest one. The bac pass rate near Sainte-Blandine is 93.1%, about level with both Isère’s towns (93.7%) and compared French towns (92.9%).
| 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
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Average lifespans in Isère: 86.8 years for women, 81.6 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 nationally. From 2016 to 2025, 73 residents of Sainte-Blandine died, against 80 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 9% fewer. The nearest emergency department to Sainte-Blandine is Ch Pierre Oudot Bourgoin Jallieu, 10.1 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 · The care-home figures behind this are our own model (TownRatings), not official statistics. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from D to A−.
19% are under 15, higher than both Isère’s towns (18%) and compared French towns (17%). Sainte-Blandine has a median age of 45.3 years. Retirement age and beyond: just over a fifth of residents are 65 or older.
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Isère 51.3%, France 51.8%.
| Sainte-Blandine | Isère median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 19% | 18% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 8.8% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 21% | 23% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 29% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 21% | 21% | 22% |
| No diploma | 16% | 19% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 28% | 24% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 20% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 33% | 33% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Isère median and France median: the median of compared communes
Heritage in and near Sainte-Blandine. Best known first.
Nothing in Sainte-Blandine is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Sainte-Blandine yet.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sainte-Blandine | 1,039 | — | — | C | — | C+ |
| La Tour-du-Pin | 8,111 | 1.7 | C− | C+ | C− | B− |
| Saint-Clair-de-la-Tour | 3,628 | 2.6 | B | C+ | A | C |
| Cessieu | 3,259 | 3.3 | — | C− | — | C+ |
| Saint-André-le-Gaz | 2,754 | 4.3 | — | B− | — | A |
| Dolomieu | 3,173 | 5.4 | — | C | — | B+ |
| Ruy-Montceau | 4,805 | 5.9 | A− | C− | B | B+ |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Sainte-Blandine has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 6.5 recorded violent incidents and 10 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 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.
Commune in Isère, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Sainte-Blandine is a commune of 1,039 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
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 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.