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2,532 residents make their home in this town in Isère, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes.
Work and incomes are strong: 1.6 jobs per working resident; 5.7% unemployment. Where it falls short is health (D) — after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 10% above expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Cost of living is weaker too: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 8.7 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. It is hard to get around without a car: nearly two in five residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 4% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work.
Figures: employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025. Satolas-et-Bonce has no overall grade because safety and schools aren’t graded here.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
The 3 things Satolas-et-Bonce does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Satolas-et-Bonce 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.
Satolas-et-Bonce has no overall grade because safety and schools aren’t graded here.
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The Culture ministry lists no building in Satolas-et-Bonce as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Bloc erratique à cupules, in La Verpillière, 3.6 mi away.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Satolas-et-Bonce.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Satolas-et-Bonce has one family doctor. The nearest emergency department to Satolas-et-Bonce is Ch Pierre Oudot Bourgoin Jallieu, 8.3 mi away. 132 deaths here between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 120: 10% above. Life expectancy at birth in Isère is 86.8 years for women and 81.6 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France.
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 · Allowing for care homes is a TownRatings estimate, not a published statistic.
Unemployment stands at 5.7%. At the census, 4.2% went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport, below both Isère’s towns (14.1%) and compared French towns (13.4%).
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
At the median, a home went for €3,208/m², higher than both Isère’s towns (€2,716/m²) and compared French towns (€2,430/m²). The market in Satolas-et-Bonce: 45 sales of houses and apartments between July 2023 and June 2026. Among the homes sold, 89% were houses.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €3,167/m² | 40 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Degrees are held by 37% of adults. 14% of residents are 65 or over, lower than both Isère’s towns (21%) and compared French towns (22%). The 15-to-24 age group makes up one in ten residents.
49% women, 51% men
About 106 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Isère 51.3%, France 51.8%.
| Satolas-et-Bonce | Isère median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 21% | 18% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 10% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 26% | 23% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 29% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 14% | 21% | 22% |
| No diploma | 12% | 19% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 28% | 24% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 19% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 37% | 33% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Isère median and France median: the median of compared communes
Heritage in and near Satolas-et-Bonce. Best known first.
Nothing in Satolas-et-Bonce 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 Satolas-et-Bonce 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Satolas-et-Bonce | 2,532 | — | — | D | — | D |
| Colombier-Saugnieu Rhône | 2,874 | 2.1 | D | C | D− | C+ |
| La Verpillière | 7,786 | 3.6 | D | C− | C | C+ |
| Saint-Laurent-de-Mure Rhône | 5,791 | 4 | B | C− | C | A |
| Saint-Quentin-Fallavier | 6,189 | 4 | D | C− | D− | B |
| Charvieu-Chavagneux | 10,547 | 4 | D | C− | C+ | B− |
| Tignieu-Jameyzieu | 8,031 | 4.5 | C− | D | B− | B− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Satolas-et-Bonce has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 2.9 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. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 7 burglaries and 7 acts of criminal damage.
Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Satolas-et-Bonce grades D for cost of living.
Commune in Isère, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Satolas-et-Bonce is a commune of 2,532 people in the Communauté d'agglomération Porte de l'Isère (CAPI). 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 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.