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A town in Ardèche, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, home to 1,048 people.
Buying a home costs less than in most towns: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 5.3 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Health is a strength: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 22% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. 19% of homes here are second homes.
Figures: prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025). Alboussière 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 Alboussière 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.
Alboussière has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
The one thing Alboussière does most differently from other towns.
The Culture ministry lists no building in Alboussière as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Grotte de Néron, in Soyons, 7.3 mi away.
14% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Nothing in Alboussière 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 Alboussière.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The median price, €2,118/m², comes from 44 sales of houses and apartments in Alboussière from July 2023 to June 2026. The sales split: 93% houses, the rest apartments.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,211/m² | 41 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
From 2016 to 2025, 180 residents of Alboussière died, against 151 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 19% more. The nearest emergency department to Alboussière is Clinique Pasteur, 7.6 mi away. There are 2 general practitioners here. Life expectancy at birth in Ardèche is 85.9 years for women and 79.7 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France.
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 · Care-home places are adjusted for by TownRatings, using a model rather than an official statistic.
The median disposable income was €23,630 a year per consumption unit, close to Ardèche’s towns (€22,735) and below compared French towns (€25,970). 300 jobs are based in Alboussière, for 400 working residents (0.7 per worker). Also worth knowing: just over one in ten commuters went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport at the census.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
19% are under 15, higher than both Ardèche’s towns (16%) and compared French towns (17%). Over-65s are 26% of the population. Half the people of Alboussière are older than 46.8.
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Ardèche 52.7%, France 51.8%.
| Alboussière | Ardèche median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 19% | 16% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 9.2% | 9.9% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 21% | 21% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 26% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 26% | 27% | 22% |
| No diploma | 24% | 24% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 28% | 26% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 17% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 26% | 25% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Ardèche median and France median: the median of compared communes
Heritage in and near Alboussière. Best known first.
Wikidata places 1 person here, but the articles don’t both confirm Alboussière as the birthplace, so nobody is listed.
Commune in Ardèche, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Alboussière is a commune of 1,048 people in the Communauté de communes Rhône Crussol. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alboussière | 1,048 | — | — | A− | — | A− |
| Saint-Péray | 7,580 | 5.5 | A− | C+ | A− | A− |
| Guilherand-Granges | 11,235 | 7.2 | A− | C+ | B+ | B+ |
| Charmes-sur-Rhône | 3,143 | 7.6 | — | B− | — | A− |
| La Roche-de-Glun Drôme | 3,569 | 7.9 | A | C | A+ | A− |
| Pont-de-l'Isère Drôme | 3,681 | 8.3 | D | C | C− | D |
| Bourg-lès-Valence Drôme | 19,992 | 8.4 | C | C+ | C | B− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Alboussière has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 5.1 recorded violent incidents and 5.2 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 €2,118/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Alboussière grades A− 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.