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It is a town of 1,120 residents in Ardèche, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes.
Fewer journeys need a car: 80% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 13% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Work and incomes lag (C−): 1.2 jobs per working resident; 12.1% unemployment. At the median price of €1,443/m², a 70 m² home costs 4.5 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the Communauté de communes Ardèche des Sources et Volcans. School results trail most towns: brevet results a point below the expected rate.
Figures: amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting and employment, INSEE census 2023 · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi. Lalevade-d'Ardèche has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
The one thing Lalevade-d'Ardèche does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Lalevade-d'Ardèche 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.
Lalevade-d'Ardèche has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
The Culture ministry lists no building in Lalevade-d'Ardèche as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Borne milliaire, in Pont-de-Labeaume, 1.8 mi away.
18% 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 Lalevade-d'Ardèche.
Unemployment stood at 12.1%, lower than Ardèche’s towns (13.3%) yet higher than compared French towns (10.1%). No commute at all: 3.5% of working residents in Lalevade-d'Ardèche at the census.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
38 sales of houses and apartments in Lalevade-d'Ardèche, from July 2023 to June 2026, give the median of €1,443/m². House rents are put at about €8.55/m² a month. Houses made up 82% of the homes sold; apartments the rest.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,488/m² | 31 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
For the general bac, the closest lycée is 3.8 mi away. The town’s pupils have a collège 2.5 mi away.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Georges GouyNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 86 | 83%−1 pt |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
27% of residents are 65 or over, near Ardèche’s towns (27%) and higher than compared French towns (22%). The middle age in Lalevade-d'Ardèche is 47.5. The share of residents under 15 is 16%.
52% women, 48% men
About 93 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Ardèche 52.7%, France 51.8%.
| Lalevade-d'Ardèche | Ardèche median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 16% | 16% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 11% | 9.9% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 19% | 21% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 26% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 27% | 27% | 22% |
| No diploma | 24% | 24% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 32% | 26% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 19% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 19% | 25% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Ardèche median and France median: the median of compared communes
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
At birth, a girl in Ardèche can expect 85.9 years and a boy 79.7 (2025); across France, 85.9 and 80.3. France’s death rates at each age would predict 168 deaths in Lalevade-d'Ardèche from 2016 to 2025; there were 203, 21% more. Its care home for older people (55 places) counts its residents as Lalevade-d'Ardèche’s; allowing for it, deaths were 11% below expected. For a family doctor, residents of Lalevade-d'Ardèche have one GP on hand.
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 · Care-home places are adjusted for by TownRatings, using a model rather than an official statistic. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from C− to B+.
Heritage, museums and other places to visit in and near Lalevade-d'Ardèche. Best known first.
Nothing in Lalevade-d'Ardèche 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 Lalevade-d'Ardèche 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lalevade-d'Ardèche | 1,120 | — | — | B+ | — | B− |
| Vals-les-Bains | 3,474 | 2.2 | A− | B | B+ | B+ |
| Aubenas | 12,416 | 4.1 | B+ | B | D | A− |
| Saint-Étienne-de-Fontbellon | 2,920 | 4.7 | A | C+ | A | B |
| Villeneuve-de-Berg | 3,031 | 11 | C | B+ | B+ | C− |
| Privas | 8,538 | 15 | B− | A− | C | C |
| Chomérac | 3,183 | 17 | — | B | — | B |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Lalevade-d'Ardèche has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 5.8 recorded violent incidents and 11.1 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 29% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Homes cost less than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €1,443/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Lalevade-d'Ardèche grades B+ for cost of living.
Commune in Ardèche, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Lalevade-d'Ardèche is a commune of 1,120 people in the Communauté de communes Ardèche des Sources et Volcans. 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 November 4, 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.