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A town of 2,878 in Isère, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes.
Valencin has no overall grade because safety isn’t graded here. Its weakest subject is walkability (D): 37% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 4% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. At the median price of €3,383/m², a 70 m² home costs 7.8 times the median annual income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size) in the Communauté de communes Collines Isère Nord Communauté. Its strongest is jobs & income (A−): 0.3 jobs per working resident; 5.7% unemployment.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
The 3 things Valencin does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Valencin 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.
Valencin has no overall grade because safety isn’t graded here.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
The Culture ministry lists no building in Valencin as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Mosaïque gallo-romaine, in Septème, 4.1 mi away.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Valencin.
The unemployment rate comes to 5.7%. At the census, 3.7% went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport, below 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
Two in five adults hold a degree, above Isère’s towns (33%) and compared French towns (30%) alike. Children under 15 make up a fifth of residents. The share aged 15 to 24 is 11%.
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Isère 51.3%, France 51.8%.
| Valencin | Isère median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 20% | 18% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 11% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 26% | 23% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 29% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 14% | 21% | 22% |
| No diploma | 12% | 19% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 26% | 24% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 17% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 40% | 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.
58 sales of houses and apartments in Valencin, from July 2023 to June 2026, give the median of €3,383/m². Among the homes sold, 78% were houses. Renting a house costs an estimated €12.97/m² a month.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €3,551/m² | 45 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
For exam results, it comes #69 of 102 in Isère. A collège lies 2 mi away.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Jacques PrévertNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 140 | 89%−3 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
The nearest emergency department to Valencin is Hopital Prive de L Est Lyonnais Hpel, 8.8 mi away. 126 deaths locally between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 148: 15% below. Average lifespans in Isère: 86.8 years for women, 81.6 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 nationally.
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 · Care-home places are adjusted for by TownRatings, using a model rather than an official statistic. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from C to A−.
Police and gendarmerie recorded 23 offenses in Valencin in 2025. Graded property crimes ran at 7.1 per 1,000 residents a year, and violence against people at 3.7 (2023–2025 average). Also worth knowing: in 2025, sexual violence led the graded crimes in the town.
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 family violence, other physical violence, armed robbery, burglary and theft from vehicles number five or fewer in a recent year, the figure is withheld, and the index uses the département’s average instead (44.2% of the index here). The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Heritage and museums in and near Valencin. Best known first.
Nothing in Valencin 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 Valencin 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Valencin | 2,878 | — | — | C− | — | B |
| Saint-Just-Chaleyssin | 2,695 | 1.9 | — | C | — | B+ |
| Heyrieux | 4,956 | 2.3 | B− | C | B | C+ |
| Saint-Pierre-de-Chandieu Rhône | 4,616 | 2.4 | B | C− | B | B+ |
| Diémoz | 2,947 | 3.7 | B− | C | A− | B− |
| Toussieu Rhône | 3,177 | 3.7 | A− | C− | A− | A− |
| Chaponnay Rhône | 4,548 | 4.4 | B | C− | B+ | B |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Valencin has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average.
They grade C, better than 34% of compared French towns and #69 of 102 in Isère. 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 €3,383/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Valencin grades C− for cost of living.
Commune in Isère, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Valencin is a commune of 2,878 people in the Communauté de communes Collines Isère Nord Communauté. 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.