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A town of 1,024 in Isère, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes.
Vignieu has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents. Its weakest subject is walkability (D): 56% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 4% 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 one thing Vignieu does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Vignieu 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 TownRatings grades French towns →
The Culture ministry lists no building in Vignieu as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Église Saint-Theudère, in Saint-Chef, 2.8 mi away.
22% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Heritage, museums and family days out in and near Vignieu. Best known first.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Vignieu.
That puts Vignieu below both Isère’s towns (8.1%) and compared French towns (10.1%). At the census, 3.9% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
On this, Vignieu is below both Isère’s towns (11%) and compared French towns (11%). Those 65 and older account for 19% of residents.
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Isère 51.3%, France 51.8%.
| Vignieu | Isère median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 19% | 18% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 9.1% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 26% | 23% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 28% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 19% | 21% | 22% |
| No diploma | 14% | 19% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 29% | 24% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 23% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 29% | 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.
Too few homes sold here for a reliable median price, so the Cost Grade uses rent alone.
Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
From 2016 to 2025, 59 residents of Vignieu died, against 66 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 11% fewer. 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. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from D to A.
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
Nothing in Vignieu 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 Vignieu 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vignieu | 1,024 | — | — | C+ | — | B− |
| Saint-Chef | 3,921 | 2.9 | A+ | B− | A− | A |
| Dolomieu | 3,173 | 3.2 | — | C | — | B+ |
| Morestel | 4,340 | 3.8 | C− | C+ | C− | D |
| La Tour-du-Pin | 8,111 | 4.4 | C− | C+ | C− | B− |
| Cessieu | 3,259 | 4.9 | — | C− | — | C+ |
| Saint-Clair-de-la-Tour | 3,628 | 5.1 | B | C+ | A | C |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Vignieu has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 6.6 recorded violent incidents and 11.8 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Commune in Isère, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Vignieu is a commune of 1,024 people in the Communauté de communes Les Balcons 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
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 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.