Walking, cycling and public transport work well here (B): nearly two thirds of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 12% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Where it falls short is cost of living — at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 5.7 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Elsewhere it is close to typical: B for health and B− for jobs & income.
Figures: amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting and employment, INSEE census 2023 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025). Val-de-Virieu 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.
How Val-de-Virieu grades
Each subject compares Val-de-Virieu 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.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Val-de-Virieu.
HousingCost of living C
Estimated advertised rents run higher in Val-de-Virieu than in Isère’s towns or across compared French towns: €13.92/m² a month
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
34 sales of houses and apartments in Val-de-Virieu, from July 2023 to June 2026, give the median of €2,180/m². Houses accounted for 94% of sales, apartments for the rest.
€2,180/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Val-de-Virieu€2,180/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Isère median€2,716/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€2,229/m²
32
€13.92/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€10.77 to €17.98/m² a month)
5.7
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€11.29/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€26,800
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté de communes Les Vals du Dauphiné
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Work & commuteJobs & income B−
Incomes in Val-de-Virieu run lower than in Isère’s towns or compared French towns: a median €24,770 a year per consumption unit
Per resident in work, Val-de-Virieu counts 1.2 jobs (750 jobs, 650 workers). Unemployment stood at 9.7%, above Isère’s towns (8.1%) and close to compared French towns (10.1%). Bus, tram or train carried 5.2% of working residents in Val-de-Virieu to work at the census.
12%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving80%
On foot5%
Public transport5%
Bicycle1%
Motorbike or scooter1%
750
jobs based in Val-de-Virieu, 1.2 per working resident
9.7%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€24,770
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
7%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
B
Walkability: better than 61% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
History
Old homes shape Val-de-Virieu: 21% were built before 1919, more than in Isère’s towns or compared French towns
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Its oldest listed monument dates from the 15th century. The Culture ministry’s list holds 1 historic monument in Val-de-Virieu; none is classé, France’s top protection.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Who lives here
Children make up only 15% of Val-de-Virieu, fewer than in Isère’s towns and compared French towns
Degrees are held by 28% of adults, below Isère’s towns (33%) and compared French towns (30%) alike. Over-65s are a quarter of the population. At 46.7, the median resident of Val-de-Virieu sits in the middle of the age range.
46.7median age
Val-de-VirieuIsère medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
25%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma19%
CAP or BEP30%
Baccalauréat19%
Higher education28%
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 96 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Isère 51.3%, France 51.8%.
INSEE, census 2023 · Isère median and France median: the median of compared communes
HealthHealth B
Allowing for age and care homes, deaths in Val-de-Virieu run lower than in 58% of compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
2 GPs practise in Val-de-Virieu. Its care home for older people (83 places) counts its residents as Val-de-Virieu’s; allowing for it, deaths were 15% below expected. From 2016 to 2025, 299 residents of Val-de-Virieu died, against 250 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 20% more. The nearest emergency department to Val-de-Virieu is Hopital de Voiron Chu de Grenoble Alpes, 9.2 mi away.
−15%deaths against expected, after care homesBHealth Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw120
Adjusted85
Median town88
Expected100
2
GPs in Val-de-Virieu · 2.6 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
9.2 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Hopital de Voiron Chu de Grenoble Alpes
9.2 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Hopital de Voiron Chu de Grenoble Alpes
86.8 · 81.6
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Isère, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Val-de-Virieu
Is Val-de-Virieu safe?
Val-de-Virieu has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 4.9 recorded violent incidents and 8.5 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Is Val-de-Virieu expensive to live in?
Homes cost less than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €2,180/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Val-de-Virieu grades C for cost of living.
About Val-de-Virieu
Commune in Isère, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Val-de-Virieu is a commune of 1,528 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
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.
