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With 1,508 residents, it is a town in Isère, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes.
Salagnon’s schools beat most: brevet results 5 points above the expected rate. Walkability is its weak spot (D) — 4% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 5% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Homes are dear: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 6.9 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Its other grades sit near the middle: C+ for health and B− for jobs & income.
Salagnon 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.
The 2 things Salagnon does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Salagnon 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.
Salagnon has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
The Culture ministry lists no building in Salagnon as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Église Saint-Theudère, in Saint-Chef, 2.3 mi away.
14% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Heritage, museums and family days out in and near Salagnon. Best known first.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Salagnon.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
For collège, the closest is 1.8 mi away.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Frédéric DardNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 134 | 98%+5 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
At the census, 5.1% went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport, below Isère’s towns (14.1%) and compared French towns (13.4%) alike. Households’ median disposable income: €29,820 a year per consumption unit. Salagnon holds 150 jobs; 750 of its residents are in work, so 0.2 jobs each. Of those in the labour force, 7.3% are unemployed.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Just over a third of adults hold a degree, close to Isère’s towns (33%) and above compared French towns (30%). The share of residents under 15 is 20%. Half the people of Salagnon are older than 41.
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Isère 51.3%, France 51.8%.
| Salagnon | Isère median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 20% | 18% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 10% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 26% | 23% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 30% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 14% | 21% | 22% |
| No diploma | 11% | 19% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 28% | 24% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 21% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 35% | 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.
Between July 2023 and June 2026, buyers took 36 homes in Salagnon. Houses made up 97% of the homes sold; apartments the rest. A house rents for an estimated €12.88/m² a month.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,734/m² | 35 |
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.
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, 69 residents of Salagnon died, against 76 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 9% fewer. The nearest emergency department to Salagnon is Ch Pierre Oudot Bourgoin Jallieu, 7.5 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 · TownRatings makes the care-home adjustment itself; it is a model, not an official statistic. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from D to A−.
Nothing in Salagnon 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 Salagnon 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Salagnon | 1,508 | — | — | C | — | C+ |
| Saint-Chef | 3,921 | 1.9 | A+ | B− | A− | A |
| Saint-Savin | 4,323 | 3.5 | A− | C− | A | B+ |
| Morestel | 4,340 | 5.1 | C− | C+ | C− | D |
| Ruy-Montceau | 4,805 | 5.6 | A− | C− | B | B+ |
| Bourgoin-Jallieu | 30,151 | 6.5 | C− | C− | C− | C |
| Crémieu | 3,536 | 6.8 | B− | C | C− | C+ |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Salagnon has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 4.5 recorded violent incidents and 7.7 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
They grade A+, better than 97% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Estimated advertised apartment rents are €13.00/m² a month, charges included. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Salagnon grades C for cost of living.
Commune in Isère, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Salagnon is a commune of 1,508 people in the Communauté de communes Les Balcons 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) · 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.