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The town has 8,031 residents and lies in Isère, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes.
Tignieu-Jameyzieu’s overall grade, C−, puts it better than nearly a fifth of compared French towns. It ranks #82 of 96 in Isère. Its lowest grade is for schools — bac results 1.8 points below the expected rate; brevet results 6.1 points below the expected rate. Housing is expensive: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 8.1 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Elsewhere it is close to typical: B− for safety, B− for health and C+ for walkability.
Figures: employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · recorded crime, SSMSI (Ministry of the Interior) · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas. The overall grade uses the other six subjects.
Each subject compares Tignieu-Jameyzieu 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.
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The one thing Tignieu-Jameyzieu does most differently from other towns.
The Culture ministry lists no building in Tignieu-Jameyzieu as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Porte de Ville dite Porte de Lyon, in Crémieu, 3.4 mi away.
Explore the history →Nothing in Tignieu-Jameyzieu is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Tignieu-Jameyzieu.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Just over nine in ten candidates passed the bac at the lycées within 5 km of Tignieu-Jameyzieu, below Isère’s towns (93.7%) and compared French towns (92.9%) alike. Vocational results within 5 km: 84% passed the bac pro, of 75 candidates. Its schools’ results rank #88 of 102 in Isère.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Philippe CousteauNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 157 | 71%−19 pts |
| Lycée général et technologique La PléiadeNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 368 | 93%−3 pts |
| Lycée professionnel l'OdysséeBest against expectations: 4 points above the expected rateVocational lycée | Vocational lycée | 75 | 84%+4 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
A house in Tignieu-Jameyzieu goes for €3,249/m², an apartment for €3,203/m². Behind the median of €3,248/m²: 198 houses and apartments sold locally between July 2023 and June 2026. Of the homes sold, 80% were houses.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €3,249/m² | 159 |
| Apartments | €3,203/m² | 39 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
16% of residents have reached 65. Half of Tignieu-Jameyzieu is older than 38.6, half younger. The 15-to-24 age group: 11%, near both Isère’s towns (11%) and compared French towns (11%).
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Isère 51.3%, France 51.8%.
| Tignieu-Jameyzieu | Isère median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 23% | 18% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 11% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 26% | 23% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 24% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 16% | 21% | 22% |
| No diploma | 20% | 19% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 27% | 24% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 18% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 31% | 33% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Isère median and France median: the median of compared communes
7.7% of the labour force are out of work. Half of residents lived on more than €27,690 a year per consumption unit, close to Isère’s towns (€27,110) and above compared French towns (€25,970). No commute at all: 3.4% of working residents in Tignieu-Jameyzieu at the census.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
For 2025, the figures show 201 offenses in Tignieu-Jameyzieu. Violence against people ran at 6.3 per 1,000 residents a year and the graded property crimes at 15.8 (2023–2025 average). Burglary topped the graded crimes in Tignieu-Jameyzieu (2025).
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 · Small counts of armed robbery go unpublished (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the département’s average stands in, 0.9% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Tignieu-Jameyzieu has 9 family doctors. The nearest emergency department to Tignieu-Jameyzieu is Ch Pierre Oudot Bourgoin Jallieu, 10.3 mi away. 446 deaths in the town between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 506: 12% below. At birth, a girl in Isère can expect 86.8 years and a boy 81.6 (2025); across France, 85.9 and 80.3.
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 · Note: TownRatings models the care-home adjustment; it is not an official figure.
Heritage, family days out and other places to visit in and near Tignieu-Jameyzieu. Best known first.
Archaeological siteSite archéologique du Vernay3.7 km east, in Saint-Romain-de-JalionasChâteauChâteauChâteau de Vavresin townAttractionAttractionLocotracteur Berlietin townChâteauChâteauChâteau Grammont1.7 km northwest, in Pont-de-ChéruyChâteauChâteauCommanderie de Montiracle4.3 km southeast, in VillemoirieuPhotos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
Wikidata places 1 person here, but the articles don’t both confirm Tignieu-Jameyzieu as the birthplace, so nobody is listed.
Commune in Isère, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Tignieu-Jameyzieu is a commune of 8,031 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
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tignieu-Jameyzieu | 8,031 | — | C− | D | B− | B− |
| Pont-de-Chéruy | 6,302 | 0.9 | D | C | C− | B+ |
| Charvieu-Chavagneux | 10,547 | 1.4 | D | C− | C+ | B− |
| Chavanoz | 5,126 | 1.9 | D | C− | B | C+ |
| Saint-Romain-de-Jalionas | 3,417 | 1.9 | B− | C | B+ | B+ |
| Loyettes Ain | 3,554 | 3 | C | C | A− | C |
| Crémieu | 3,536 | 3.3 | B− | C | C− | C+ |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades B− for safety, #40 of 96 in Isère. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 41 burglaries and 41 acts of criminal damage.
They grade D, better than 11% of compared French towns and #88 of 102 in Isère. 93% of 368 candidates passed the bac at Lycée général et technologique La Pléiade in 2025, 3 points below the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Homes cost more than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €3,248/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Tignieu-Jameyzieu grades D for cost of living.
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.