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This town in Savoie, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes has a population of 1,248.
Schools are its strong suit — brevet results 4 points above the expected rate. Jobs & income is another plus: 1 job per working resident; 7.0% unemployment. Homes are dear: A year’s estimated rent on a 70 m² apartment is 41% of the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Most journeys need a car: 68% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 5% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work.
Figures: brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025. Sainte-Hélène-sur-Isère 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 Sainte-Hélène-sur-Isère 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.
Sainte-Hélène-sur-Isère has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
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The Culture ministry lists 1 historic monument in Sainte-Hélène-sur-Isère, none of them classé, France’s highest protection.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Sainte-Hélène-sur-Isère.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
No general lycée lies within 5 km; the nearest is 5.5 mi away. Collège pupils travel 1.4 mi to the nearest one.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Joseph FontanetNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 88 | 94%+4 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
For its 600 residents in work, Sainte-Hélène-sur-Isère has 600 jobs: 1 each. Unemployment stood at 7.0%, about level with Savoie’s towns (7.2%) and below compared French towns (10.1%). Households’ median disposable income: €27,860 a year per consumption unit.
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.
The sales split: 93% houses, the rest apartments. The market in Sainte-Hélène-sur-Isère: 29 sales of houses and apartments between July 2023 and June 2026. Renting a house costs an estimated €11.35/m² a month.
Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Just over a quarter of adults hold a degree. People aged 15 to 24 make up nearly a tenth of the town, below Savoie’s towns (10%) and compared French towns (11%) alike. The median resident of Sainte-Hélène-sur-Isère is 42 years old.
48% women, 52% men
About 110 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Savoie 51.5%, France 51.8%.
| Sainte-Hélène-sur-Isère | Savoie median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 18% | 17% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 8.9% | 10% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 26% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 29% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 18% | 22% | 22% |
| No diploma | 15% | 14% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 30% | 24% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 23% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 26% | 37% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Savoie median and France median: the median of compared communes
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Life expectancy in Savoie: 86.6 years for women and 81.2 for men (2025); France averages 85.9 and 80.3. France’s death rates at each age would predict 86 deaths in Sainte-Hélène-sur-Isère from 2016 to 2025; there were 72, 16% fewer. For a family doctor, residents of Sainte-Hélène-sur-Isère have one GP on hand.
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. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from C− to A.
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
The Culture ministry’s list holds 1 historic monument in Sainte-Hélène-sur-Isère; none is classé, France’s top protection.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Heritage and family days out in and near Sainte-Hélène-sur-Isère. Best known first.
Sainte-Hélène-sur-Isère has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
Château de Sainte-Hélène-sur-Isère: Photo: Boris-73 · CC BY-SA 3.0
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Sainte-Hélène-sur-Isère 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sainte-Hélène-sur-Isère | 1,248 | — | — | C | — | B |
| Gilly-sur-Isère | 3,149 | 3.7 | A− | D | A− | A |
| Mercury | 3,495 | 4.6 | — | D | — | B+ |
| Albertville | 19,978 | 5 | C− | C | C | C+ |
| Saint-Pierre-d'Albigny | 4,217 | 8.5 | A− | C+ | B | B |
| La Léchère | 2,538 | 9.1 | — | C+ | — | C− |
| Faverges-Seythenex Haute-Savoie | 7,545 | 9.5 | A | C+ | A− | B+ |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Sainte-Hélène-sur-Isère has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 4.7 recorded violent incidents and 8.8 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
They grade A, better than 92% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Commune in Savoie, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Sainte-Hélène-sur-Isère is a commune of 1,248 people in the Communauté d'agglomération Arlysère. 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) · 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 9, 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.