Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
1,398 people call this town in Isère, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes home.
Where it does best is jobs & income: 0.2 jobs per working resident; 4.2% unemployment. Housing is expensive: A year’s estimated rent on a 70 m² apartment is just over two fifths of the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Its remaining grades are unremarkable: B for schools and B for health. Walkability is weaker too: 5% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 10% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work.
Figures: employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025. Vaulnaveys-le-Bas 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.
The 2 things Vaulnaveys-le-Bas does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Vaulnaveys-le-Bas 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.
Vaulnaveys-le-Bas has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
The Culture ministry lists no building in Vaulnaveys-le-Bas as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Ancienne église priorale Notre-Dame, in Vizille, 2 mi away.
Explore the history →Heritage, other places to visit and museums in and near Vaulnaveys-le-Bas. Best known first.
MuseumMusée de la Révolution française4 km southwest, in Vizille
ChâteauChâteau de Vizille4.1 km southwest, in Vizille
ChâteauChâteau de Bon Repos3.9 km west, in JarrieAttractionAttractionUriage-les-Bains4 km northeast, in Vaulnaveys-le-HautMonastery or conventMonastery or conventChartreuse de Prémol3.1 km east, in Vaulnaveys-le-HautChâteauChâteauChâteau des Rollands de Haute-Jarrie3.4 km west, in JarriePhotos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Vaulnaveys-le-Bas.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Of the homes sold, 92% were houses. A house rents for an estimated €10.53/m² a month. From July 2023 to June 2026, 26 homes were sold in Vaulnaveys-le-Bas.
Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
The jobless rate is 4.2%. 9.9% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train at the census, lower than both Isère’s towns (14.1%) and compared French towns (13.4%). At the census, 4.6% of working residents in Vaulnaveys-le-Bas didn’t travel to work at all.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Adjusted for age and care homes, Vaulnaveys-le-Bas records 83 deaths per 100 expected, near Isère’s towns (84) and lower than compared French towns (88). France’s death rates at each age would predict 105 deaths here from 2016 to 2025; there were 87, 17% fewer. 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 · That adjustment for care homes is a model of TownRatings’ own, not official data. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from C− to A.
Nearly one in ten residents are 15 to 24, lower than both Isère’s towns (11%) and compared French towns (11%). The 65-and-over age group makes up nearly a fifth of residents. Children under 15 make up 20% of residents.
48% women, 52% men
About 106 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Isère 51.3%, France 51.8%.
| Vaulnaveys-le-Bas | Isère median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 20% | 18% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 8.7% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 24% | 23% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 28% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 19% | 21% | 22% |
| No diploma | 12% | 19% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 21% | 24% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 15% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 49% | 33% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Isère median and France median: the median of compared communes
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
The nearest collège is 1.9 mi away. The bac pass rate near Vaulnaveys-le-Bas is 93.7%, about level with both Isère’s towns (93.7%) and compared French towns (92.9%).
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège les MattonsNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 183 | 86%−2 pts |
| Lycée polyvalent Portes de l'OisansNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 272 | 99%+2 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Nothing in Vaulnaveys-le-Bas 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 Vaulnaveys-le-Bas 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vaulnaveys-le-Bas | 1,398 | — | — | C | — | B |
| Vaulnaveys-le-Haut | 4,006 | 1.6 | A | C− | A | A |
| Vizille | 7,292 | 2.6 | C+ | B− | D | C+ |
| Jarrie | 3,952 | 2.7 | A | C− | B+ | A+ |
| Saint-Martin-d'Uriage | 5,587 | 3.8 | A− | C− | B+ | A+ |
| Champ-sur-Drac | 3,335 | 4.1 | B | C− | B+ | C+ |
| Eybens | 10,493 | 4.3 | C | D | D− | A− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Vaulnaveys-le-Bas has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 4.3 recorded violent incidents and 9 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
They grade B, better than 58% of compared French towns. The lycée stands out: 99% of 272 candidates passed the bac at Lycée polyvalent Portes de l'Oisans in 2025, 2 points above the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Commune in Isère, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Vaulnaveys-le-Bas is a commune of 1,398 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) · 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.