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A town in Isère, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, home to 2,025 people.
People here tend to be in good health: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 29% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Buying in is costly (D): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 9.8 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. The median price paid is €3,878/m².
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. Villette-de-Vienne 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.
The 2 things Villette-de-Vienne does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Villette-de-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.
Villette-de-Vienne has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
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The Culture ministry lists no building in Villette-de-Vienne as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Pont Saint-Martin, in Vienne, 4.5 mi away.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Villette-de-Vienne.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
87 deaths in Villette-de-Vienne between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 122: 29% below. Life expectancy at birth in Isère is 86.8 years for women and 81.6 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. The town has 5 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 · The adjustment for care homes is TownRatings’ own modeling, not an official figure.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Houses made up 55% of the homes sold; apartments the rest. From July 2023 to June 2026, 51 homes were sold in Villette-de-Vienne. That is the middle of 51 sales of houses and apartments in the town from July 2023 to June 2026, against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns and €2,716/m² for the median of compared towns in Isère.
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
20% are under 15, higher than both Isère’s towns (18%) and compared French towns (17%). Those 65 and older account for 16% of residents. People aged 15 to 24 are a tenth of the population.
49% women, 51% men
About 106 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Isère 51.3%, France 51.8%.
| Villette-de-Vienne | Isère median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 20% | 18% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 10% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 25% | 23% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 28% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 16% | 21% | 22% |
| No diploma | 11% | 19% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 22% | 24% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 18% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 46% | 33% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Isère median and France median: the median of compared communes
3.8% of people in the labour force have no job. At the census, 5.1% went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport, below Isère’s towns (14.1%) and compared French towns (13.4%) alike.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Family days out, museums and heritage in and near Villette-de-Vienne. Best known first.
Nothing in Villette-de-Vienne is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
Wikidata places 1 person here, but the articles don’t both confirm Villette-de-Vienne as the birthplace, so nobody is listed.
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-de-Vienne | 2,025 | — | — | D | — | A |
| Chaponnay Rhône | 4,548 | 3.1 | B | C− | B+ | B |
| Communay Rhône | 4,540 | 3.8 | B− | C | C+ | A |
| Pont-Évêque | 6,213 | 4 | B | C+ | B− | C+ |
| Saint-Symphorien-d'Ozon Rhône | 6,186 | 4 | B− | C | B | C+ |
| Saint-Just-Chaleyssin | 2,695 | 4.2 | — | C | — | B+ |
| Vienne | 31,778 | 4.6 | B− | C+ | D | B+ |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Villette-de-Vienne has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 3.6 recorded violent incidents and 6.4 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Villette-de-Vienne grades D for cost of living.
Commune in Isère, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Villette-de-Vienne is a commune of 2,025 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
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.