Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
A town of 2,410 in Ardèche, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes.
Cornas has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents. Its weakest subject is schools (C−): bac results 2.1 points below the expected rate; brevet results 1.9 points below the expected rate. At the median price of €2,697/m², a 70 m² home costs 6.8 times the median annual income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size) in the Communauté de communes Rhône Crussol. Its strongest is health (A): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 30% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
The 2 things Cornas does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Cornas 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.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
The Culture ministry lists no building in Cornas as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Ancienne abbaye de Saint-Ruf "le Haut", in Valence, 2.8 mi away.
Explore the history →Heritage, museums and other places to visit in and near Cornas. Best known first.
ChâteauChâteau de Crussol2.6 km south, in Saint-Péray
AttractionKiosque Peynet4.8 km southeast, in Valence
MuseumMusée d'Art et d'Archéologie de Valence4.6 km southeast, in Valence
MuseumCentre du patrimoine arménien de Valence4.9 km southeast, in ValenceAttractionAttractionMaison des Têtes de Valence4.7 km southeast, in ValencePhotos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Cornas.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Adjusted for age and care homes, Cornas records 70 deaths per 100 expected, below both Ardèche’s towns (90) and compared French towns (88). From 2016 to 2025, 146 residents of Cornas died, against 210 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 30% fewer. The care-home adjustment is a TownRatings modeling step, not an official statistic.
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
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
For Cornas, that is below both Ardèche’s towns (87.6%) and compared French towns (87.5%).
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège de CrussolNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 110 | 89%−6 pts |
| Lycée général et technologique les trois SourcesNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 219 | 90%−3 pts |
| Collège Émile LoubetBest against expectations: 4 points above the expected rateCollège | Collège | 85 | 76%+4 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Cornas sits below both Ardèche’s towns (€10.27/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²) on this measure. The median price, €2,697/m², comes from 59 sales of houses and apartments in Cornas from July 2023 to June 2026.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,769/m² | 54 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
That puts Cornas below both Ardèche’s towns (13.3%) and compared French towns (10.1%). Cornas has 200 jobs for 1,100 working residents, 0.2 per worker. The median disposable income is €27,220 a year per consumption unit.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
9.8% of residents are 15 to 24 and 22% are 65 or over, against 9.9% and 27% in the median compared commune of Ardèche. 32% of adults who have left education hold a higher-education diploma (Ardèche 25%, France 30%).
52% women, 48% men
About 94 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Ardèche 52.7%, France 51.8%.
| Cornas | Ardèche median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 18% | 16% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 9.8% | 9.9% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 22% | 21% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 28% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 22% | 27% | 22% |
| No diploma | 17% | 24% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 27% | 26% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 19% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 32% | 25% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Ardèche median and France median: the median of compared communes
Nothing in Cornas is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
2 notable people were born in Cornas.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cornas | 2,410 | — | — | B+ | — | A |
| Saint-Péray | 7,580 | 1.6 | A− | C+ | A− | A− |
| Guilherand-Granges | 11,235 | 2.3 | A− | C+ | B+ | B+ |
| Bourg-lès-Valence Drôme | 19,992 | 2.5 | C | C+ | C | B− |
| Pont-de-l'Isère Drôme | 3,681 | 3.2 | D | C | C− | D |
| Valence Drôme | 64,458 | 3.6 | D | C+ | D | C+ |
| La Roche-de-Glun Drôme | 3,569 | 3.6 | A | C | A+ | A− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Cornas has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 2.2 recorded violent incidents and 4.8 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
They grade C−, better than 18% of compared French towns. 90% of 219 candidates passed the bac at Lycée général et technologique les trois Sources in 2025, 3 points below the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Homes cost more than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €2,697/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Cornas grades B+ for cost of living.
Commune in Ardèche, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Cornas is a commune of 2,410 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
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 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.