At the median price of €2,200/m², a 70 m² home costs 6.2 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the Communauté de communes Ardèche Rhône Coiron. People here tend to be in good health (A): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 30% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Elsewhere it is close to typical: C+ for jobs & income and B− for walkability. 14% of its homes are second homes.
Figures: deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025. Alba-la-Romaine 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 Alba-la-Romaine 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.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Alba-la-Romaine.
HealthHealth A
Deaths in Alba-la-Romaine run below what its ages would predict: 70 per 100 expected, fewer than in Ardèche’s towns and across compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
From 2016 to 2025, 130 residents of Alba-la-Romaine died, against 169 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 23% fewer. The nearest emergency department to Alba-la-Romaine is Groupement hospitalier Portes Provence Montelimar, 9.3 mi away. For a family doctor, residents of Alba-la-Romaine can choose among 3 GPs. Average lifespans in Ardèche: 85.9 years for women, 79.7 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 nationally.
−30%deaths against expected, after care homesAHealth Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw77
Adjusted70
Median town88
Expected100
3
GPs in Alba-la-Romaine · 2.6 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
9.3 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Groupement hospitalier Portes Provence Montelimar
9.5 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Groupement hospitalier Portes Provence Montelimar
85.9 · 79.7
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Ardèche, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Old homes shape Alba-la-Romaine: 25% were built before 1919, more than in Ardèche’s towns and across compared French towns
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Among the classé monuments in Alba-la-Romaine is agglomération antique d'Alba Helviorum. The Culture ministry lists 3 historic monuments in the town: 2 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 1 inscrit (the second level). The protected list starts in Antiquity.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
HousingCost of living B
Alba-la-Romaine earns a B for cost of living
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The estimated advertised rent is €9.86/m² a month, about level with Ardèche’s towns (€10.27/m²) and below compared French towns (€12.41/m²). Behind the median of €2,200/m²: 33 houses and apartments sold in Alba-la-Romaine between July 2023 and June 2026. Houses are advertised at an estimated €9.69/m² a month.
€2,200/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Alba-la-Romaine€2,200/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Ardèche median€1,907/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€2,200/m²
33
€9.86/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€7.58 to €12.83/m² a month)
6.2
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€9.69/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€24,790
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté de communes Ardèche Rhône Coiron
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Who lives here
Few people in Alba-la-Romaine are 15 to 24: 7.9%, fewer than in Ardèche’s towns and across compared French towns
Graduates make up just over a third of adults. People 65 and over make up nearly a quarter of the town. The age that splits Alba-la-Romaine in two is 49.6.
49.6median age
Alba-la-RomaineArdèche medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
24%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma15%
CAP or BEP25%
Baccalauréat20%
Higher education34%
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 95 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Ardèche 52.7%, France 51.8%.
INSEE, census 2023 · Ardèche median and France median: the median of compared communes
Work & commuteJobs & income C+
Fewer people in Alba-la-Romaine are out of work than in Ardèche’s towns or across compared French towns: 8.7%
On foot, by bike or by bus and train: that was how nearly one in ten commuters travelled at the census. Alba-la-Romaine holds 400 jobs; 700 of its residents are in work, so 0.6 jobs each. Median disposable income comes to €25,470 a year per consumption unit.
8%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving82%
On foot5%
Public transport2%
Bicycle1%
Motorbike or scooter1%
400
jobs based in Alba-la-Romaine, 0.6 per working resident
8.7%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€25,470
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
8%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
B−
Walkability: better than 53% of compared French towns
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Alba-la-Romaine
Is Alba-la-Romaine safe?
Alba-la-Romaine has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 3.5 recorded violent incidents and 9.4 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Is Alba-la-Romaine expensive to live in?
Prices are close to the median of compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €2,200/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns, so Alba-la-Romaine grades B for cost of living.
About Alba-la-Romaine
Commune in Ardèche, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Alba-la-Romaine is a commune of 1,533 people in the Communauté de communes Ardèche Rhône Coiron. 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
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.
