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It is a town of 5,268 residents in Isère, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes.
Villette-d'Anthon’s strongest is jobs & income — 0.7 jobs per working resident; 5.4% unemployment. The town grades B+ overall and ranks #30 of 96 in Isère. Set against the rest, it does better than just over two thirds of compared French towns. Health is a strength (A): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 29% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. What counts against it is cost of living — at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 9.6 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Elsewhere it is close to typical: B for safety and C+ for walkability.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas. The overall grade uses the other six subjects.
The 2 things Villette-d'Anthon does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Villette-d'Anthon 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.
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The Culture ministry lists no building in Villette-d'Anthon as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Église Saint-Maurice, in Saint-Maurice-de-Gourdans, 4.4 mi away.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Villette-d'Anthon.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
At the median, a home went for €3,752/m², above Isère’s towns (€2,716/m²) and compared French towns (€2,430/m²) alike. 88 houses and apartments changed hands in Villette-d'Anthon from July 2023 to June 2026. Of the homes sold, 78% were houses.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €3,797/m² | 69 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
The nearest emergency department to Villette-d'Anthon is Antenne Smur Bron Hospices Civils de Lyon, 9.8 mi away. France’s death rates at each age would predict 411 deaths in the town from 2016 to 2025; there were 362, 12% fewer. Women in Isère live to 86.8 on average and men to 81.6 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. This Isère town has 3 family doctors.
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 · Note: TownRatings models the care-home adjustment; it is not an official figure.
At the census, 8.1% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train. 5.4% 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
Young adults of 15 to 24 account for 9.6% of the town. 40% of adults hold a degree, above Isère’s towns (33%) and compared French towns (30%) alike. Typical age in Villette-d'Anthon: 42.8, the median.
51% women, 49% men
About 95 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Isère 51.3%, France 51.8%.
| Villette-d'Anthon | Isère median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 21% | 18% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 9.6% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 23% | 23% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 26% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 21% | 21% | 22% |
| No diploma | 14% | 19% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 26% | 24% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 17% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 40% | 33% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Isère median and France median: the median of compared communes
The graded crime recorded most in Villette-d'Anthon was burglary (2025). Each year (2023–2025 average), violence against people came to 5.5 per 1,000 residents and the graded property crimes to 14.9. Recorded offenses locally came to 87 in 2025.
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.
Source: SSMSI (Interior Ministry), recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 · Licence Ouverte · Small counts of sexual violence and armed robbery go unpublished (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the département’s average stands in, 1.5% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Nothing in Villette-d'Anthon 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 Villette-d'Anthon 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Villette-d'Anthon | 5,268 | — | B+ | D | B | A |
| Pusignan Rhône | 4,119 | 3.3 | B− | C− | C− | B+ |
| Balan Ain | 3,077 | 3.4 | — | C− | — | A− |
| Jonage Rhône | 6,144 | 3.4 | B | D | C+ | A |
| Chavanoz | 5,126 | 3.4 | D | C− | B | C+ |
| Charvieu-Chavagneux | 10,547 | 3.7 | D | C− | C+ | B− |
| Pont-de-Chéruy | 6,302 | 3.8 | D | C | C− | B+ |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades B for safety, #33 of 96 in Isère. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 32 burglaries and 19 acts of criminal damage.
Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Villette-d'Anthon grades D for cost of living.
Commune in Isère, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Villette-d'Anthon is a commune of 5,268 people in the Communauté de communes Lyon Saint Exupéry en 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.