Ardèche has 335 towns and villages, each with its page. Its 22 towns of 2,500 or more are graded against towns across France on cost of living, safety, schools, health and more; 74 of 1,000 to 2,499 have subject grades.
The median ranked town in Ardèche grades highest on walkability and cost of living against towns across France, and lowest on jobs & income. Choose a subject to find the towns that do best on it.
The median town, subject by subjectThe median ranked town in Ardèche against French towns · the line marks the median French town
How the towns Ardèche grade overall16 ranked towns
A5B5C6
5 of 16 (31%) grade A− or better, against 25% of French towns.
With the 22 towns of 2,500 or more above, these are all 335 communes of Ardèche, A to Z. Towns of 1,000 to 2,499 have subject grades on their page (the figure is the population); villages under 1,000 have their page with the figures, without grades. The search at the top finds these too.
Saint-Étienne-de-Fontbellon ranks first of 16 graded towns of 2,500 or more: safety (A) and schools (A−) are its strongest grades; walkability (C) is its lowest. Davézieux and Saint-Péray follow.
How do the biggest towns in Ardèche grade?
Annonay (17,274 people) grades B+ overall, with its best grade in cost of living. Aubenas (12,416 people) grades B+ overall, with its best grade in health.
How are these towns ranked?
By the overall grade, which blends six graded subjects (cost of living, safety, schools, health, jobs and income, walkability) from public data, each comparing a town with every French town of 1,000 or more. The rank is among the towns of 2,500 or more in Ardèche, where five or more have an overall grade.
Is every commune in Ardèche on TownRatings?
Yes: all 335 have their page, listed on this page. Grading depends on size: the 22 towns of 2,500 or more get every grade we can give them, the 74 of 1,000 to 2,499 get subject grades, and the 239 villages under 1,000 have their page with the figures, without grades.
Why isn’t my town ranked?
The ranking covers towns of 2,500 or more with an overall grade. Charmes-sur-Rhône and Le Cheylard and Chomérac and Cruas and 2 more have no overall grade; their pages show the grades they have, and why.
Sources: TownRatings grades: our own summary of the data, ranking French towns against each other only, run #47 of October 30, 2026 · INSEE, census 2023 (population). 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.
