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8,092 residents make their home in this town in Isère, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes.
Health is its strong suit (A): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 31% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Buying in is costly: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 8.9 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Crime is the sore point (C−): an average of 5.9 recorded violent incidents and 23.3 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. The overall grade lands at B−, better than half of compared French towns. In the ranking it comes #50 of 96 in Isère.
Figures: deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · employment, INSEE census 2023 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · recorded crime, SSMSI (Ministry of the Interior).
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas. The overall grade uses the other six subjects.
The 2 things Seyssins does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Seyssins 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.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
The Culture ministry lists 1 historic monument in Seyssins: 1 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 0 inscrit (the second level).
2.8% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Museums, gardens and heritage in and near Seyssins. Best known first.
MuseumMagasin-CNAC3.3 km northeast, in Grenoble
AttractionTour Perret4.7 km northeast, in Grenoble
MuseumMusée Géo-Charles1.6 km southeast, in Échirolles
MuseumMuséum d'histoire naturelle de Grenoble4.9 km northeast, in Grenoble
FortFort de Comboire2.7 km south, in Claix
MuseumAppartement du docteur Gagnon4.7 km northeast, in GrenoblePhotos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Seyssins.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
France’s death rates at each age would predict 856 deaths in Seyssins from 2016 to 2025; there were 672, 21% fewer. Women in Isère live to 86.8 on average and men to 81.6 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. For a family doctor, residents of Seyssins can choose among 8 GPs.
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.
7.4% of the labour force are out of work. At the census, 25.7% went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport, above Isère’s towns (14.1%) and compared French towns (13.4%) alike.
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.
The estimated advertised rent is €14.81/m² a month, above Isère’s towns (€13.13/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²) alike. A house in Seyssins goes for €3,989/m², an apartment for €3,173/m². Houses made up 37% of the homes sold; apartments the rest.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €3,989/m² | 89 |
| Apartments | €3,173/m² | 153 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Seyssins’s tally for 2025: 225 recorded offenses. In 2025, theft from vehicles led the graded crimes locally.
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 · When armed robbery number five or fewer in a recent year, the figure is withheld, and the index uses the département’s average instead (0.7% of the index here). The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
The town’s schools place #68 of 102 in Isère on results.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Marc SangnierNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 113 | 99%+3 pts |
| Lycée polyvalent Louise MichelNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 255 | 91%−1 pt |
| Lycée polyvalent VaucansonBest against expectations: 5 points above the expected rateVocational lycée | Vocational lycée | 96 | 84%+5 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
26% of residents are 65 or over, above both Isère’s towns (21%) and compared French towns (22%). Aged 15 to 24: 9.4% of residents. Residents of Seyssins have a median age of 46.3.
52% women, 48% men
About 92 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Isère 51.3%, France 51.8%.
| Seyssins | Isère median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 18% | 18% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 9.4% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 21% | 23% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 26% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 26% | 21% | 22% |
| No diploma | 12% | 19% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 18% | 24% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 15% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 51% | 33% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Isère median and France median: the median of compared communes
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
On the Culture ministry’s list, Seyssins counts 1 historic monument: 1 classé at the top level of protection and 0 inscrit at the second. 2.8% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Seyssins has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Seyssins 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Seyssins | 8,092 | — | B− | D | C− | A |
| Seyssinet-Pariset | 11,739 | 1.2 | B− | C | C− | A |
| Échirolles | 37,491 | 1.6 | C− | C+ | D− | B |
| Le Pont-de-Claix | 10,956 | 2.1 | C− | B− | C− | B− |
| Fontaine | 22,020 | 2.3 | C | B− | D | B+ |
| Grenoble | 156,140 | 2.3 | C− | C | D− | B |
| Claix | 7,836 | 2.8 | B− | D | C+ | A− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades C− for safety, #61 of 96 in Isère. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 38 burglaries and 44 acts of criminal damage.
They grade C, better than 35% of compared French towns and #68 of 102 in Isère. 91% of 255 candidates passed the bac at Lycée polyvalent Louise Michel in 2025, a point below the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Seyssins grades D for cost of living.
Commune in Isère, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Seyssins is a commune of 8,092 people in the Grenoble-Alpes-Métropole. 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.