Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
A town of 4,438 in Isère, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes.
Vinay grades A+ overall: better than 95% of compared French towns, and #6 of 96 in Isère. At the median price of €2,156/m², a 70 m² home costs 5.8 times the median annual income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size) in the Communauté de communes Saint-Marcellin Vercors Isère Communauté. Its strongest is schools (A+): brevet results 4 points above the expected rate.
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 Vinay 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 Vinay as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Séchoir à noix, in Cognin-les-Gorges, 2.9 mi away.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Vinay.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
For exam results, it comes #3 of 102 in Isère.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Joseph ChassigneuxNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 114 | 97%+4 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
On average over 2023–2025, every 1,000 residents saw 4.2 violent offenses and 10.2 graded property crimes a year. For 2025, the figures show 50 offenses in Vinay. In 2025, criminal damage led the graded crimes in the town.
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 · For other physical violence, armed robbery, burglary and vehicle theft, 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, 14.4% of the index here. That estimated share passes 10%, so treat this Safety Grade with more caution than most. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Per consumption unit, the median disposable income is €25,330 a year. 17.4% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train at the census, above both Isère’s towns (14.1%) and compared French towns (13.4%). Also worth knowing: 1,800 jobs are based in Vinay, for 1,800 working residents (1 per worker).
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
147 sales of houses and apartments in Vinay, from July 2023 to June 2026, give the median of €2,156/m². Houses sell for €2,231/m² locally, apartments for €2,036/m². The sales split: 48% houses, the rest apartments.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,231/m² | 70 |
| Apartments | €2,036/m² | 77 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
People aged 15 to 24 make up 9.5% of the town, below both Isère’s towns (11%) and compared French towns (11%). Over-65s are 23% of the population. The median resident of Vinay is 45.6 years old.
52% women, 48% men
About 93 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Isère 51.3%, France 51.8%.
| Vinay | Isère median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 18% | 18% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 9.5% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 22% | 23% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 28% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 23% | 21% | 22% |
| No diploma | 24% | 19% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 28% | 24% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 18% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 25% | 33% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Isère median and France median: the median of compared communes
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
In Isère, women can expect to live 86.8 years and men 81.6 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. Its three care homes for older people (164 places) count their residents as Vinay’s; allowing for them, deaths were 11% below expected. 632 deaths in the town between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 535: 18% above. The nearest emergency department to Vinay is Hopital de Voiron Chu de Grenoble Alpes, 13.9 mi away.
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 · Allowing for care homes is a TownRatings estimate, not a published statistic.
Heritage and museums in and near Vinay. Best known first.
MuseumLe Grand Séchoirin townChâteauChâteauChâteau du Mont Vinayin townChâteauChâteauChâteau de l'Alba3.2 km northeast, in L'AlbencPhotos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
Nothing in Vinay is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
One notable person was born in Vinay.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vinay | 4,438 | — | A+ | B+ | A− | B− |
| Saint-Marcellin | 7,700 | 6 | C+ | B | C− | B− |
| Autrans-Méaudre en Vercors | 2,936 | 7 | — | B− | — | A− |
| Tullins | 7,624 | 7.3 | C− | C+ | C− | C+ |
| Chatte | 2,518 | 7.8 | B | B | B− | B |
| Saint-Étienne-de-Saint-Geoirs | 3,425 | 9.4 | B | B− | C+ | B+ |
| Renage | 3,348 | 9.5 | B | B+ | B+ | B |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades A− for safety, #7 of 96 in Isère.
They grade A+, better than 95% of compared French towns and #3 of 102 in Isère. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Homes cost less than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €2,156/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Vinay grades B+ for cost of living.
Commune in Isère, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Vinay is a commune of 4,438 people in the Communauté de communes Saint-Marcellin Vercors Isère Communauté. 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.