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Veurey-VoroizeIsère

Some 1,427 people live in this town, in Isère, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes.

Is Veurey-Voroize a good place to live?

Households here earn well: 3.9 jobs per working resident; 7.6% unemployment. It also does well on health: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 34% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Where it falls short is cost of living: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 8.3 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. It has 2,450 jobs for 650 working residents.

Figures: employment, INSEE census 2023 · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi. Veurey-Voroize 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 Veurey-Voroize grades

Each subject compares Veurey-Voroize 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 grading works

Veurey-Voroize has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.

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Tour dite Tour des Templiers
Tour dite Tour des Templiers · Inscrit · Photo: X-Javier · CC BY-SA 3.0
Veurey-Voroize’s story

Veurey-Voroize in pictures

Veurey-Voroize has 1 historic monument on the Culture ministry’s list, none at the highest level (classé).

The oldest protected part dates from the 13th century; the first monument here was protected in 1984.

20% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.

  • 1984First protected: Tour dite Tour des Templiers
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The data

Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Veurey-Voroize.

HealthHealth A+

Mortality in Veurey-Voroize, once ages and care homes are allowed for, undercuts Isère’s towns and compared French towns: 66 per 100 expected

Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.

The nearest emergency department to Veurey-Voroize is Hopital de Voiron Chu de Grenoble Alpes, 7.3 mi away. From 2016 to 2025, 84 residents of Veurey-Voroize died, against 128 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 34% fewer. In Isère, women can expect to live 86.8 years and men 81.6 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. 3 GPs practise locally.

−34%deaths against expected, after care homesA+Health Grade

Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025

Raw66
Adjusted66
Median town88
Expected100
3
GPs in Veurey-Voroize · 4.2 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
7.3 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Hopital de Voiron Chu de Grenoble Alpes
7.3 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

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 · The care-home step is TownRatings’ own calculation, not an official number.

Schools

99.0% of candidates passed the brevet at the collège within 5 km, 4 points above the expected rate

Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.

At the lycées within 5 km of Veurey-Voroize, 92.1% passed the bac, lower than Isère’s towns (93.7%) and near compared French towns (92.9%). For the general bac, the closest lycée is 3.7 mi away. The town’s pupils have a collège 1.7 mi away.

99.0%passed the brevetASchool Grade

Brevet pass rate · collèges within 5 km

Veurey-Voroize99.0%
Median of towns87.5%

Bac pass rate · lycées within 5 km

Veurey-Voroize92.1%
Median of towns92.9%
SchoolLevelCandidatesPassed, 2025
Collège André MalrauxNearest collègeCollègeCollège10399%+4 pts
Lycée professionnel privé les Portes de Chartreuse PrivateNearest lycéeVocational lycéeVocational lycée8891%−3 pts
Lycée professionnel Françoise DoltoBest against expectations: 10 points above the expected rateVocational lycéeVocational lycée5294%+10 pts
92%
passed the vocational bac, +1.8 pts against the expected rate
99.0%
passed the brevet at the collèges, +4 pts against the expected rate
1.7 mi
to the nearest collège from the town center

Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte

HousingCost of living C−

Homes in Veurey-Voroize cost more than in Isère’s towns or across compared French towns, with a median sale of €3,169/m²

Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.

Sales in Veurey-Voroize from July 2023 to June 2026: 36 houses and apartments. The sales split: 86% houses, the rest apartments. House rents are put at about €12.54/m² a month.

€3,169/m²median sale price

Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026

Veurey-Voroize€3,169/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Isère median€2,716/m²
By typeMedian per m²Sales
Houses€3,214/m²31
€12.74/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€10.35 to €15.70/m² a month)
8.3
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€12.54/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€26,600
median annual income per consumption unit, Grenoble-Alpes-Métropole

Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte

Work & commuteJobs & income A+

Veurey-Voroize is better off than Isère’s towns or compared French towns: the median disposable income is €31,650 a year per consumption unit

Unemployment stood at 7.6%, lower than both Isère’s towns (8.1%) and compared French towns (10.1%). At the census, 3.2% of working residents in Veurey-Voroize didn’t travel to work at all. 14.0% of the town’s working residents walked, cycled or took public transport to work in the 2023 census, against 13% for the median of compared French towns; 81% drove.

14%walk, cycle or take transit

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving81%
Bicycle7%
Public transport4%
On foot2%
Motorbike or scooter2%
2,450
jobs based in Veurey-Voroize, 3.9 per working resident
7.6%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€31,650
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
3%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
B
Walkability: better than 64% of compared French towns

Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte

History

Veurey-Voroize keeps more of its old housing than Isère’s towns or compared French towns: 20% built before 1919

France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.

Veurey-Voroize has 1 historic monument on the Culture ministry’s list, none at the highest level (classé). The earliest of these monuments dates from the 13th century.

1historic monument

Monuments by protection · Mérimée

Classé0
Inscrit1
13th c.
oldest protected part
1984
first monument protected

Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period

Who lives here

More people in Veurey-Voroize hold a degree than in Isère’s towns or compared French towns: 45%

The share of residents under 15 is 20%. People aged 15 to 24 make up 7.9% of the town, below both Isère’s towns (11%) and compared French towns (11%). The middle age in Veurey-Voroize is 43.4.

43.4median age
Veurey-VoroizeIsère medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma12%
CAP or BEP22%
Baccalauréat17%
Higher education45%

Women and men · all residents

51% women, 49% men

About an even split. Median share of women: Isère 51.3%, France 51.8%.

Ages and diplomas in Veurey-Voroize
Veurey-VoroizeIsère medianFrance median
Under 1520%18%17%
15–247.9%11%11%
25–4424%23%23%
45–6426%26%26%
65+22%21%22%
No diploma12%19%19%
CAP or BEP22%24%26%
Baccalauréat17%18%18%
Higher education45%33%30%

INSEE, census 2023 · Isère median and France median: the median of compared communes

Safety

Veurey-Voroize has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average

Police and gendarmerie recorded 20 offenses in Veurey-Voroize in 2025. The yearly rates for 2023–2025: 5.4 violent offenses and 16.9 graded property crimes per 1,000 residents. The commonest graded crime in the town was criminal damage (2025).

5.4recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year

Recorded by type · 2025

Criminal damage12
Burglary8
Armed robbery0
Theft without violence13
Fraud10

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.

5.4
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
16.9
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
20
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
35.1%
of the index rests on the département’s average, used where small counts aren’t published

Source: SSMSI (Interior Ministry), recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 · Licence Ouverte · For family violence, other physical violence, sexual violence, vehicle theft and theft from vehicles, this figure isn’t published when it’s small (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the index uses the département’s average instead, 35.1% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.

Nearby attractions

Tour des Templiers and 7 more in and around Veurey-Voroize

Heritage and other places to visit in and near Veurey-Voroize. Best known first.

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Everything we know about Veurey-Voroize

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Landmarks

Veurey-Voroize has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.

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Photo credits

Tour dite Tour des Templiers: Photo: X-Javier · CC BY-SA 3.0

Famous people from Veurey-Voroize

Wikidata places 2 people here, but for none of them do the articles confirm Veurey-Voroize as the birthplace, so nobody is listed.

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Veurey-Voroize’s neighbors

The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →

All towns in Isère →
VoreppeFontanil-CornillonSaint-ÉgrèveMoiransLa BuisseSassenageVoreppeFontanil-CornillonSaint-ÉgrèveMoiransLa BuisseSassenageVeurey-Voroize
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
Veurey-Voroize1,427——C−—A+
Voreppe9,9221.7ACCA
Fontanil-Cornillon3,4042.8BDBC−
Saint-Égrève17,9864.3B−C−DA−
Moirans7,8184.6A−B−C−B+
La Buisse3,5004.6ACB+A
Sassenage11,6464.9B−CCB

People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.

Questions about Veurey-Voroize

Is Veurey-Voroize safe?

Veurey-Voroize has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 8 burglaries and 12 acts of criminal damage.

Are schools in Veurey-Voroize good?

They grade A, better than 93% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.

Is Veurey-Voroize expensive to live in?

Estimated advertised apartment rents are €12.74/m² a month, charges included. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Veurey-Voroize grades C− for cost of living.

About Veurey-Voroize

Commune in Isère, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes

Veurey-Voroize is a commune of 1,427 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

Population
1,427 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Grenoble-Alpes-Métropole
Département
Isère (38)
Région
Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Area
4.8 sq mi (12.5 km²)
INSEE code
38540

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.