Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
A town of 1,308 in Ardèche, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes.
Ardoix has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents. Its weakest subject is health (C−): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 2% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Its strongest is cost of living (A+): A year’s estimated rent on a 70 m² apartment is 28% of 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 Ardoix 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.
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The Culture ministry lists no building in Ardoix as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Pont suspendu sur la Cance dit Pont du Moulin (ancien), in Quintenas, 2.4 mi away.
15% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Ardoix.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
That puts Ardoix below both Ardèche’s towns (€10.27/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²).
Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Adjusted for age and care homes, Ardoix records 98 deaths per 100 expected, above 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 D− to B+.
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
On this, Ardoix is below both Ardèche’s towns (13.3%) and compared French towns (10.1%). Ardoix has 250 jobs for 600 working residents, 0.4 per worker. At the census, 6.8% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
In the comparison, Ardoix comes below both Ardèche’s towns (27%) and compared French towns (22%). 20% of residents are children under 15.
49% women, 51% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Ardèche 52.7%, France 51.8%.
| Ardoix | Ardèche median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 20% | 16% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 11% | 9.9% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 25% | 21% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 27% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 17% | 27% | 22% |
| No diploma | 18% | 24% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 30% | 26% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 18% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 30% | 25% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Ardèche median and France median: the median of compared communes
Police and gendarmerie recorded 0 offenses in the graded categories in Ardoix in 2025. For family violence, burglary, vehicle theft, theft from vehicles and criminal damage, this figure isn’t published when it’s small (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the index uses the département’s average instead, 100.0% of the index here.
Not in the gradeTheft without violence, drug use and fraud are shown for information but left out of the Safety Grade, which counts violence plus burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and criminal damage per resident.
Source: SSMSI (Interior Ministry), recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 · Licence Ouverte
Other places to visit, heritage and family days out in and near Ardoix. Best known first.
Nothing in Ardoix is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Ardoix yet.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ardoix | 1,308 | — | — | A+ | — | C− |
| Vernosc-lès-Annonay | 2,725 | 2.8 | — | B− | — | B+ |
| Saint-Vallier Drôme | 4,027 | 3.8 | C+ | A | D | C |
| Roiffieux | 2,743 | 4.5 | — | A− | — | A |
| Davézieux | 3,205 | 5 | A− | C | A− | C+ |
| Annonay | 17,274 | 5.1 | B+ | A | C− | B |
| Saint-Rambert-d'Albon Drôme | 7,001 | 8.3 | D | B | D | C |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Ardoix has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 1.6 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.
Commune in Ardèche, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Ardoix is a commune of 1,308 people in the Communauté d'agglomération Annonay Rhône Agglo. 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
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.