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With 1,202 residents, it is a town in Savoie, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes.
Health outcomes beat most towns: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 21% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Jobs and pay trail most towns (C+): 0.6 jobs per working resident; 9.8% unemployment. At the median price of €1,676/m², a 70 m² home costs 4.4 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the Communauté de communes Val Guiers.
Figures: deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · employment, INSEE census 2023 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi. La Bridoire 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 La Bridoire 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.
La Bridoire has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
The one thing La Bridoire does most differently from other towns.
The Culture ministry lists no building in La Bridoire as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Domaine de Vaulserre, in Saint-Albin-de-Vaulserre, 2.6 mi away.
22% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Nothing in La Bridoire is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in La Bridoire.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
La Bridoire has 2 family doctors. At birth, a girl in Savoie can expect 86.6 years and a boy 81.2 (2025); across France, 85.9 and 80.3. From 2016 to 2025, 91 residents of La Bridoire died, against 115 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 21% fewer.
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. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from C to A.
Median disposable income comes to €25,860 a year per consumption unit. Unemployment stood at 9.8%, higher than Savoie’s towns (7.2%) and near compared French towns (10.1%). At the census, 3.7% of working residents in La Bridoire went to work by public transport.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
The 15-to-24 age group makes up one in ten residents. The middle age in La Bridoire is 45. 21% of residents are 65 or over, close to both Savoie’s towns (22%) and compared French towns (22%).
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Savoie 51.5%, France 51.8%.
| La Bridoire | Savoie median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 17% | 17% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 9.6% | 10% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 23% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 29% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 21% | 22% | 22% |
| No diploma | 16% | 14% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 31% | 24% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 19% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 28% | 37% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Savoie median and France median: the median of compared communes
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The median price, €1,676/m², comes from 43 sales of houses and apartments in La Bridoire from July 2023 to June 2026. The estimated advertised rent is €13.11/m² a month, between Savoie’s towns (€14.73/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²). House rents are put at about €10.34/m² a month.
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Other places to visit, heritage and museums in and near La Bridoire. Best known first.
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in La Bridoire yet.
Commune in Savoie, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
La Bridoire is a commune of 1,202 people in the Communauté de communes Val Guiers. 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
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| La Bridoire | 1,202 | — | — | B− | — | B+ |
| Le Pont-de-Beauvoisin Isère | 3,602 | 3.5 | C+ | B+ | D | B+ |
| Saint-Genix-les-Villages | 3,095 | 6.5 | A− | C | B+ | A− |
| Aoste Isère | 2,876 | 7.4 | B+ | C+ | A− | C− |
| Les Abrets en Dauphiné Isère | 6,850 | 7.6 | B | C+ | C+ | C+ |
| Cognin | 6,954 | 7.9 | C | D | C | B+ |
| La Motte-Servolex | 12,067 | 7.9 | B | D | B | B+ |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
La Bridoire has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 5 recorded violent incidents and 8.7 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Homes cost less than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €1,676/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so La Bridoire grades B− for cost of living.
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.