Vienne grades B− overall: better than 46% of compared French towns, and #55 of 96 in Isère. Its weakest subject is safety (D): an average of 10.8 recorded violent incidents and 21.7 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. At the median price of €2,457/m², a 70 m² home costs 6.2 times the median annual income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size) in the Communauté d'agglomération Vienne Condrieu. Its strongest is walkability (A): 89% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 27% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work.
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 Vienne 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 Vienne.
Work & commuteJobs & income C
Vienne gets to work on foot, by bike and by public transport more than Isère’s towns or compared French towns: 27.4% of commuters
For Vienne, that is above both Isère’s towns (14.1%) and compared French towns (13.4%). The median disposable income is €23,840 a year per consumption unit. Vienne has 15,950 jobs for 13,100 working residents, 1.2 per worker.
27%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving69%
Public transport17%
On foot8%
Bicycle3%
Motorbike or scooter1%
15,950
jobs based in Vienne, 1.2 per working resident
11.2%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€23,840
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
3%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
A
Walkability: better than 92% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
History
39 historic monuments, the oldest from Antiquity
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
The Culture ministry lists 39 historic monuments in Vienne: 22 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 16 inscrit (the second level). Vienne has 12 protected monuments per 10,000 residents, above both Isère’s towns (1.2) and compared French towns (2.5). Among the classé monuments in Vienne is Aiguille (pyramide de la Spina du cirque).
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Safety
Crime per resident in Vienne runs higher than in 87% of compared French towns
Police and gendarmerie recorded 941 offenses in the graded categories in Vienne in 2025. Of the graded crimes in Vienne, criminal damage came up most often (2025). For armed robbery, 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, 0.1% of the index here.
10.8recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a yearDSafety Grade
Recorded by type · 2025
Criminal damage367
Other physical violence132
Burglary108
Family violence101
Theft from vehicles93
Sexual violence72
Vehicle theft68
Theft without violence321
Drug use188
Fraud180
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.
10.8
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
21.7
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
941
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
0.1%
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
HealthHealth B+
Vienne’s death rate, adjusted for age and care homes, is lower than in 69% of compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
From 2016 to 2025, 2,952 residents of Vienne died, against 3,155 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 6% fewer. Its five care homes for older people (456 places) count their residents as Vienne’s; allowing for them, deaths were 18% below expected. The adjustment lowers most towns’ figures, so the comparison is what counts: the median of compared French towns is 12% below expected. The care-home adjustment is a TownRatings modeling step, not an official statistic.
−18%deaths against expected, after care homesB+Health Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw94
Adjusted82
Median town88
Expected100
30
GPs in Vienne · 3.6 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
0.6 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier Lucien Hussel de Vienne
0.6 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Centre hospitalier Lucien Hussel de Vienne
86.8 · 81.6
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Isère, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
INSEE, census 2023 · Isère median and France median: the median of compared communes
HousingCost of living C+
Vienne gets a C+ for cost of living
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The median price, €2,457/m², comes from 1,083 sales of houses and apartments in Vienne from July 2023 to June 2026. Houses in Vienne sell for €3,059/m² and apartments for €2,267/m².
€2,457/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Vienne€2,457/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Isère median€2,716/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€3,059/m²
255
Apartments
€2,267/m²
828
€12.31/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€9.58 to €15.82/m² a month)
6.2
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€12.41/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€27,730
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté d'agglomération Vienne Condrieu
Aiguille (pyramide de la Spina du cirque): Photo: Jean-Louis Lascoux · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Enceinte romaine: Photo: User:Otourly · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Mur romain: Photo: Jacques MOSSOT · CC BY-SA 4.0
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Vienne
Is Vienne safe?
It grades D for safety, #81 of 96 in Isère. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 108 burglaries and 367 acts of criminal damage.
Are schools in Vienne good?
They grade B, better than 61% of compared French towns and #36 of 102 in Isère. The lycée stands out: 99% of 162 candidates passed the bac at Institution privée Saint-Charles in 2025, a point above the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Vienne expensive to live in?
Estimated advertised apartment rents are €12.31/m² a month, charges included. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns, so Vienne grades C+ for cost of living.
About Vienne
Commune in Isère, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Vienne is a commune of 31,778 people in the Communauté d'agglomération Vienne Condrieu. 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.
