Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
1,925 residents make their home in this town in Isère, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes.
Residents are healthier than most (A+): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 36% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Add jobs & income to its strengths — 0.6 jobs per working resident; 6.3% unemployment. At €2,922/m², the median price, 70 m² costs 7.3 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the Communauté de communes Les Balcons du Dauphiné. Walkability is its weak spot (D): 70% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 5% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work.
Figures: deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi. Villemoirieu 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.
Each subject compares Villemoirieu 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.
Villemoirieu 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 Villemoirieu as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Porte de Ville dite Porte de Lyon, in Crémieu, 0.8 mi away.
Explore the history →Heritage, museums and other places to visit in and near Villemoirieu. Best known first.
Archaeological siteSite archéologique du Vernay3.5 km north, in Saint-Romain-de-JalionasMuseumMuseumMinéralogicain townChâteauChâteauChâteau de Mallinin townChâteauChâteauMaison forte de Bienassisin townChâteauChâteauChâteau de Crémieu1.4 km northeast, in CrémieuPhotos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Villemoirieu.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
The nearest emergency department to Villemoirieu is Ch Pierre Oudot Bourgoin Jallieu, 8.5 mi away. 86 deaths here between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 135: 36% below. Life expectancy in Isère: 86.8 years for women and 81.6 for men (2025); France averages 85.9 and 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 adjustment is a TownRatings modeling step, not an official statistic.
Walking, cycling and public transport carried 5.1% of commuters at the census. 6.3% of the labour force were unemployed, below Isère’s towns (8.1%) and compared French towns (10.1%) alike.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
A collège lies 0.7 mi away. The nearest general lycée is 3.8 mi away.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège LamartineNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 182 | 90%−4 pts |
| Collège privé soeur Emmanuelle PrivateBest against expectations: 2 points above the expected rateCollège | Collège | 121 | 99%+2 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Behind the median of €2,922/m²: 43 houses and apartments sold in Villemoirieu between July 2023 and June 2026. For a house, the estimated advertised rent is €12.69/m² a month. Houses accounted for 88% of sales, apartments for the rest.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €3,017/m² | 38 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Just over a tenth of the population is aged 15 to 24, about level with Isère’s towns (11%) and above compared French towns (11%). At 45.5, the median resident of Villemoirieu sits in the middle of the age range. Under-15s account for 18% of the population.
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Isère 51.3%, France 51.8%.
| Villemoirieu | Isère median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 18% | 18% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 11% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 20% | 23% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 30% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 21% | 21% | 22% |
| No diploma | 14% | 19% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 24% | 24% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 19% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 39% | 33% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Isère median and France median: the median of compared communes
Nothing in Villemoirieu 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 Villemoirieu 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Villemoirieu | 1,925 | — | — | C | — | A+ |
| Crémieu | 3,536 | 0.8 | B− | C | C− | C+ |
| Saint-Romain-de-Jalionas | 3,417 | 2.6 | B− | C | B+ | B+ |
| Tignieu-Jameyzieu | 8,031 | 2.9 | C− | D | B− | B− |
| Pont-de-Chéruy | 6,302 | 3.7 | D | C | C− | B+ |
| Charvieu-Chavagneux | 10,547 | 4.2 | D | C− | C+ | B− |
| Chavanoz | 5,126 | 4.2 | D | C− | B | C+ |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Villemoirieu has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 3.5 recorded violent incidents and 9.1 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 71% of compared French towns. 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 €2,922/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Estimated advertised apartment rents are €13.00/m² a month, charges included. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Villemoirieu grades C for cost of living.
Commune in Isère, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Villemoirieu is a commune of 1,925 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) · 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.