Andance has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents. Its weakest subject is jobs & income (C): 0.7 jobs per working resident; 10.7% unemployment. Its strongest is cost of living (A): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 3.7 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
Each subject compares Andance 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.
INSEE, census 2023 · Ardèche median and France median: the median of compared communes
HealthHealth B
Fewer deaths than Andance’s ages would predict, 84 per 100 expected, under Ardèche’s towns and compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
For Andance, that is below both Ardèche’s towns (90) and compared French towns (88). The care-home adjustment is a TownRatings modeling step, not an official statistic. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from C to A.
−16%deaths against expected, after care homesBHealth Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw84
Adjusted84
Median town88
Expected100
2
GPs in Andance · 2.5 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
4.4 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Hopitaux Drome Nord Saint Vallier
6.2 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Centre hospitalier Ardeche Nord
85.9 · 79.7
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Ardèche, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Walking, cycling and public transport carry fewer commuters in Andance than in Ardèche’s towns or compared French towns: 6.7%
Andance sits below both Ardèche’s towns (11.9%) and compared French towns (13.4%) on this measure. The median disposable income is €25,440 a year per consumption unit.
7%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving88%
Public transport4%
On foot2%
Motorbike or scooter1%
Bicycle1%
400
jobs based in Andance, 0.7 per working resident
10.7%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€25,440
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
4%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
B
Walkability: better than 61% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
History
Old homes shape Andance: 20% were built before 1919, more than in Ardèche’s towns or compared French towns
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
That puts Andance above both Ardèche’s towns (13%) and compared French towns (7.4%). The Culture ministry lists 2 historic monuments in Andance: 1 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 1 inscrit (the second level). Among the classé monuments in Andance is Ruine romaine, dite la Sarrazinière.
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Andance
Is Andance safe?
Andance has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 4.5 recorded violent incidents and 14.8 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Is Andance expensive to live in?
Estimated advertised apartment rents are €9.35/m² a month, charges included. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Andance grades A for cost of living.
About Andance
Commune in Ardèche, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Andance is a commune of 1,192 people in the Communauté de communes Porte de DrômArdèche. 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.
