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AjouxArdèche

A town of 81 in Ardèche, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes.

Is Ajoux a good place to live?

Ajoux is too small to grade: French towns get subject grades from 1,000 residents.

What makes Ajoux stand out

The 2 things Ajoux does most differently from other towns.

Picked automatically from the data
Ajoux’s outline. No photo of the town is in our collection yet.
Ajoux’s story

No historic monuments in Ajoux

The Culture ministry lists no building in Ajoux as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.

The nearest classé monument is Château de Boulogne (ruines), in Saint-Michel-de-Boulogne, 4.9 mi away.

Part of the town has been a protected historic area, a site patrimonial remarquable, since 2013.

67% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.

  • 2013The protected historic area is created
Explore the history →

The data

Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Ajoux.

Who lives here

Few people in Ajoux are 15 to 24: 1.1%, fewer than in Ardèche’s towns and compared French towns

That puts Ajoux below both Ardèche’s towns (9.9%) and compared French towns (11%). People 65 and over make up 37% of the town.

59median age
AjouxArdèche medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma7%
CAP or BEP22%
Baccalauréat32%
Higher education36%

Women and men · all residents

43% women, 57% men

About 76 women for every 100 men. Median share of women: Ardèche 52.7%, France 51.8%.

Ages and diplomas in Ajoux
AjouxArdèche medianFrance median
Under 1516%16%17%
15–241.1%9.9%11%
25–4416%21%23%
45–6430%26%26%
65+37%27%22%
No diploma6.8%24%19%
CAP or BEP22%26%26%
Baccalauréat32%18%18%
Higher education36%25%30%

INSEE, census 2023 · Ardèche median and France median: the median of compared communes

Work & commute

Only 6.7% of commuters in Ajoux go to work without a car, fewer than in Ardèche’s towns and compared French towns

On this, Ajoux is below both Ardèche’s towns (11.9%) and compared French towns (13.4%). Ajoux has 0 jobs for 50 working residents, 0.5 per worker.

7%walk, cycle or take transit

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving77%
On foot3%
Bicycle3%
Motorbike or scooter3%
Public transport0%
0
jobs based in Ajoux, 0.5 per working resident
12.5%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
13%
worked without traveling (at or from home)

Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte

Housing

Renting in Ajoux costs less than in Ardèche’s towns or compared French towns, at an estimated advertised €8.66/m² a month

Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.

In the comparison, Ajoux comes below both Ardèche’s towns (€10.27/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²).

€8.66/m²estimated apartment rent a month

Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month

Ajoux€8.66/m²
Median of towns€12.41/m²
Ardèche median€10.27/m²
€8.66/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€6.79 to €11.03/m² a month)
€8.92/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included

Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte

Keep exploring

Everything we know about Ajoux

11pages on Ajoux

Landmarks

Nothing in Ajoux is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.

Its history page →

Famous people from Ajoux

Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Ajoux yet.

How we find them →

Ajoux’s neighbors

The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →

All towns in Ardèche →
PrivasVals-les-BainsChoméracAubenasLe CheylardSaint-Étienne-de-FontbellonPrivasVals-les-BainsChoméracAubenasLe CheylardSaint-Étienne-de-FontbellonAjoux
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
Ajoux81—————
Privas8,5385.5B−A−CC
Vals-les-Bains3,4748.6A−BB+B+
Chomérac3,1839.3—B—B
Aubenas12,41611B+BDA−
Le Cheylard2,80311—A—C+
Saint-Étienne-de-Fontbellon2,92012AC+AB

People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.

About Ajoux

Commune in Ardèche, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes

Ajoux is a commune of 81 people in the Communauté d'agglomération Privas Centre Ardèche. 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

Population
81 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté d'agglomération Privas Centre Ardèche
Département
Ardèche (07)
Région
Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Area
4.8 sq mi (12.4 km²)
INSEE code
07004

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 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.