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ChampisArdèche

A town of 680 in Ardèche, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes.

Is Champis a good place to live?

Champis is too small to grade: French towns get subject grades from 1,000 residents.

What makes Champis stand out

The one thing Champis does most differently from other towns.

Picked automatically from the data
Champis’ outline. No photo of the town is in our collection yet.
Champis’ story

No historic monuments in Champis

The Culture ministry lists no building in Champis as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.

The nearest classé monument is Monument aux morts, in Valence, 6.7 mi away.

35% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.

Explore the history →

The data

Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Champis.

Who lives here

A town of families: 22% of people in Champis are under 15, more than in Ardèche’s towns or compared French towns

Nearly a fifth of residents are 65 or over, below Ardèche’s towns (27%) and compared French towns (22%) alike. Young adults of 15 to 24 are nearly a tenth of the population. Graduates make up 34% of adults.

41.9median age
ChampisArdèche medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma14%
CAP or BEP26%
Baccalauréat21%
Higher education34%

Women and men · all residents

48% women, 52% men

About 111 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Ardèche 52.7%, France 51.8%.

Ages and diplomas in Champis
ChampisArdèche medianFrance median
Under 1522%16%17%
15–248.5%9.9%11%
25–4426%21%23%
45–6426%26%26%
65+19%27%22%
No diploma14%24%19%
CAP or BEP26%26%26%
Baccalauréat21%18%18%
Higher education34%25%30%

INSEE, census 2023 · Ardèche median and France median: the median of compared communes

Work & commute

Unemployment in Champis, 7.1%, runs below Ardèche’s towns and compared French towns

Champis has 50 jobs for 300 working residents, 0.2 per worker. At the census, 2.8% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train. Half of residents lived on more than €26,270 a year per consumption unit, higher than Ardèche’s towns (€22,735) and near compared French towns (€25,970).

3%walk, cycle or take transit

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving91%
Public transport2%
Motorbike or scooter1%
On foot1%
Bicycle0%
50
jobs based in Champis, 0.2 per working resident
7.1%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€26,270
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
5%
worked without traveling (at or from home)

Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte

Housing

Renting in Champis costs less than in Ardèche’s towns or compared French towns, at an estimated advertised €8.86/m² a month

Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.

The market in Champis: 28 sales of houses and apartments between July 2023 and June 2026. House rents are put at about €7.83/m² a month.

€8.86/m²estimated apartment rent a month

Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month

Champis€8.86/m²
Median of towns€12.41/m²
Ardèche median€10.27/m²
€8.86/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€6.99 to €11.25/m² a month)
€7.83/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included

Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte

Nearby attractions

Château de Roubiac and 7 more in and around Champis

Heritage and other places to visit in and near Champis. Best known first.

All attractions →
Places: © OpenStreetMap contributors · Wikidata
Keep exploring

Everything we know about Champis

12pages on Champis

Landmarks

Nothing in Champis is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.

Its history page →

Famous people from Champis

Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Champis yet.

How we find them →

Champis’ neighbors

The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →

All towns in Ardèche →
Saint-PérayGuilherand-GrangesLa Roche-de-GlunPont-de-l'IsèreBourg-lès-ValenceCharmes-sur-RhôneSaint-PérayGuilherand-GrangesLa Roche-de-GlunPont-de-l'IsèreBourg-lès-ValenceCharmes-sur-RhôneChampis
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
Champis680—————
Saint-Péray7,5804.3A−C+A−A−
Guilherand-Granges11,2356A−C+B+B+
La Roche-de-Glun Drôme3,5696.4ACA+A−
Pont-de-l'Isère Drôme3,6816.8DCC−D
Bourg-lès-Valence Drôme19,9927.1CC+CB−
Charmes-sur-Rhône3,1437.3—B−—A−

People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.

About Champis

Commune in Ardèche, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes

Champis is a commune of 680 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

Population
680 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes Rhône Crussol
Département
Ardèche (07)
Région
Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Area
6.4 sq mi (16.7 km²)
INSEE code
07052

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.