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This town in Ardèche, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes has a population of 2,327. People aged 65 and over make up 37% of residents.
Lamastre’s strongest subject is cost of living: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 4 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Schools are its weak spot: brevet results 8 points below the expected rate. Health outcomes fall short of most towns (C): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 3% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Jobs & income is weaker too: 1.5 jobs per working resident; 11.5% unemployment.
Figures: prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · employment, INSEE census 2023. Lamastre 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 3 things Lamastre does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Lamastre 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.
Lamastre 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 Lamastre as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Croix de chemin, in Satillieu, 11.5 mi away.
17% 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 Lamastre.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Just over four in five candidates passed the brevet at the collèges within 5 km of Lamastre, below both Ardèche’s towns (87.6%) and compared French towns (87.5%). There is no general lycée within 5 km; one lies 9.2 mi away.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège du VivaraisNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 59 | 81%−8 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
People 65 and over make up 37% of the town, higher than both Ardèche’s towns (27%) and compared French towns (22%). Young adults of 15 to 24 account for 8% of the town. 18% of adults hold a degree.
51% women, 49% men
About 95 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Ardèche 52.7%, France 51.8%.
| Lamastre | Ardèche median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 9.4% | 16% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 8% | 9.9% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 17% | 21% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 29% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 37% | 27% | 22% |
| No diploma | 30% | 24% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 27% | 26% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 16% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 18% | 25% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Ardèche median and France median: the median of compared communes
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
72 sales of houses and apartments in Lamastre, from July 2023 to June 2026, give the median of €1,286/m². From July 2023 to June 2026, 72 homes were sold here. Houses made up 81% of the homes sold; apartments the rest.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,343/m² | 58 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
At the census, 16.6% went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport, above Ardèche’s towns (11.9%) and compared French towns (13.4%) alike. Per consumption unit, the median disposable income is €22,410 a year. Of those in the labour force, 11.5% are unemployed.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
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. After the care-home adjustment, Lamastre’s deaths ran at 97 per 100 expected, above Ardèche’s towns (90) and compared French towns (88) alike. From 2016 to 2025, 542 residents of Lamastre died, against 432 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 25% more. The nearest emergency department to Lamastre is Clinique Pasteur, 15.3 mi away.
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 · This figure includes a care-home adjustment that TownRatings models; no official statistic exists.
Heritage, other places to visit and museums in and near Lamastre. Best known first.
Nothing in Lamastre is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
5 notable people were born in Lamastre.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lamastre | 2,327 | — | — | A | — | C |
| Le Cheylard | 2,803 | 9.2 | — | A | — | C+ |
| Saint-Péray | 7,580 | 13 | A− | C+ | A− | A− |
| La Roche-de-Glun Drôme | 3,569 | 14 | A | C | A+ | A− |
| Tournon-sur-Rhône | 11,279 | 14 | B | B | C | C+ |
| Le Chambon-sur-Lignon Haute-Loire | 2,501 | 14 | — | A− | — | B |
| Tain-l'Hermitage Drôme | 5,915 | 14 | B | B− | C− | B− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Lamastre has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 2.3 recorded violent incidents and 9.7 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. With 1,250 jobs for 800 working residents, Lamastre draws people from neighboring communes, and crimes are counted in the commune where they happen, then divided by its number of residents.
They grade D, better than 5% 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 €1,286/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Lamastre grades A for cost of living.
Commune in Ardèche, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Lamastre is a commune of 2,327 people in the Communauté de communes du Pays de Lamastre. 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.