Cheap to live in, with trade-offs. At B− overall, Bourg-Saint-Andéol is better than 48% of compared French towns and ranks #10 of 16 in Ardèche. Health is a weak point (C+): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 8% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Cost of living is its strong suit (B+) — at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 4.1 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. It is easy to get around without a car: 80% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 10% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. The rest of its grades are middling: B− for safety and B− for schools.
Figures: prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting and employment, INSEE census 2023 · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · recorded crime, SSMSI (Ministry of the Interior) · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas. The overall grade uses the other six subjects.
Each subject compares Bourg-Saint-Andéol 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.
The Culture ministry lists 25 historic monuments in Bourg-Saint-Andéol: 14 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 11 inscrit (the second level).
That’s 33 for every 10,000 residents, more per resident than 98% of compared French towns; the median compared French town has 2.5.
The oldest protected part dates from prehistory; the first monument here was protected in 1862.
15% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
1862First protected: Église Saint-Andéol
1961Most recently protected: Hôtel Bonnot de Villevrain
The Culture ministry lists 25 historic monuments in Bourg-Saint-Andéol: 14 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 11 inscrit (the second level).
Chapelle Saint-Polycarpe: Photo: Marianne Casamance · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Église Saint-Andéol: Photo: CUBALIBRE2 · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Ancien Palais des Evêques: Photo: Camomila · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Bassin de Neptune, dans la propriété dite Le Grand-Jardin: Photo: Celeda · CC BY-SA 4.0
The data
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Bourg-Saint-Andéol.
History
25 historic monuments, more per resident than 98% of compared French towns
25historic monuments
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Before 1919: that is when 15% of homes were built. Among the classé monuments in Bourg-Saint-Andéol is Chapelle Saint-Polycarpe. Per 10,000 residents, Bourg-Saint-Andéol counts 33 protected monuments, above Ardèche’s towns (4.8) and compared French towns (2.5) alike. Its heritage reaches back to prehistory.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
HousingCost of living B+
Buying in Bourg-Saint-Andéol costs less than in both Ardèche’s towns and compared French towns: the median sale is €1,458/m²
€1,458/m²median sale price
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
In Bourg-Saint-Andéol, houses go for €2,024/m² and apartments for €1,115/m². Advertised rents are estimated at €10.43/m² a month, near Ardèche’s towns (€10.27/m²) and lower than compared French towns (€12.41/m²). Between July 2023 and June 2026, buyers took 266 homes here.
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Bourg-Saint-Andéol€1,458/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Ardèche median€1,907/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€2,024/m²
157
Apartments
€1,115/m²
109
€10.43/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€8.47 to €12.84/m² a month)
4.1
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€10.06/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€24,640
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté de communes du Rhône aux Gorges de l'Ardèche
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
HealthHealth C+
Allowing for age and care homes, deaths in Bourg-Saint-Andéol run higher than in 61% of compared French towns
−8%deaths against expected, after care homesC+Health Grade
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
In Ardèche, women can expect to live 85.9 years and men 79.7 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. France’s death rates at each age would predict 954 deaths in Bourg-Saint-Andéol from 2016 to 2025; there were 1,163, 22% more. Its three care homes for older people (293 places) count their residents as Bourg-Saint-Andéol’s; allowing for them, deaths were 8% below expected. The nearest emergency department to Bourg-Saint-Andéol is Centre hospitalier Louis Pasteur Bagnols Sur Ceze, 14.9 mi away.
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw122
Adjusted92
Median town88
Expected100
9
GPs in Bourg-Saint-Andéol · 2.4 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
14.9 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier Louis Pasteur Bagnols Sur Ceze
15.7 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
A town of families: 18% of people in Bourg-Saint-Andéol are under 15, more than in both Ardèche’s towns and compared French towns
44.2median age
25% of residents are 65 or over, below Ardèche’s towns (27%) but above compared French towns (22%). Among adults, 24% have a degree. Bourg-Saint-Andéol has a median age of 44.2.
Bourg-Saint-AndéolArdèche medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
25%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma26%
CAP or BEP25%
Baccalauréat19%
Higher education24%
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 92 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
Safety
Bourg-Saint-Andéol has more crime per resident than 55% of compared French towns
8recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a yearB−Safety Grade
Bourg-Saint-Andéol’s tally for 2025: 152 recorded offenses. Violence against people ran at 8 per 1,000 residents a year and the graded property crimes at 14.4 (2023–2025 average). More of the graded crimes here were criminal damage than anything else (2025).
Recorded by type · 2025
Criminal damage59
Family violence37
Other physical violence18
Burglary14
Theft from vehicles9
Sexual violence8
Vehicle theft7
Theft without violence48
Fraud42
Drug use40
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.
8
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
14.4
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
152
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
0.1%
of the index rests on the département’s average, used where small counts aren’t published
Source: SSMSI (Interior Ministry), recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 · Licence Ouverte · Small counts of armed robbery go unpublished (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the département’s average stands in, 0.1% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Schools
83.9% of candidates passed the brevet at the five collèges within 5 km, 1.7 points below the expected rate
98%passed the bac (general and technological)B−School Grade
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
The town’s schools place #11 of 21 in Ardèche on results. At the lycées within 5 km of Bourg-Saint-Andéol, 94.1% passed the bac, near both Ardèche’s towns (94.1%) and compared French towns (92.9%).
Camille Soccorsi: Famille Soccorsi., CC BY-SA 4.0 · Joseph-Paulin Madier de Montjau: François-Joseph Heim, Public domain · Noël Joseph Madier de Montjau: Jipaipai, CC BY-SA 4.0
About Bourg-Saint-Andéol
Commune in Ardèche, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Bourg-Saint-Andéol is a commune of 7,661 people in the Communauté de communes du Rhône aux Gorges de l'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
7,661 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes du Rhône aux Gorges de l'Ardèche
Département
Ardèche (07)
Région
Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Area
16.5 sq mi (42.9 km²)
INSEE code
07042
Bourg-Saint-Andéol’s neighbors
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Bourg-Saint-Andéol
Is Bourg-Saint-Andéol safe?
It grades B− for safety, #7 of 16 in Ardèche. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 14 burglaries and 59 acts of criminal damage.
Are schools in Bourg-Saint-Andéol good?
They grade B−, better than 54% of compared French towns and #11 of 21 in Ardèche. The lycée stands out: 99% of 162 candidates passed the bac at Lycée général et technologique privé Marie Rivier in 2025, a point above the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Bourg-Saint-Andéol expensive to live in?
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Bourg-Saint-Andéol grades B+ for cost of living.
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.
