Largentière has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents. Its weakest subject is jobs & income (D): 1.7 jobs per working resident; 19.3% unemployment. At the median price of €1,434/m², a 70 m² home costs 4.3 times the median annual income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size) in the Communauté de communes Val de Ligne. Its strongest is health (A+): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 43% 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.
Each subject compares Largentière 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.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Largentière.
HealthHealth A+
Fewer deaths than Largentière’s ages would predict, 57 per 100 expected, under Ardèche’s towns and compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
273 deaths in Largentière between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 234: 17% above. The nearest emergency department to Largentière is Ch Ardeche Meridionale Aubenas, 7.2 mi away. For a family doctor, residents of Largentière can choose among 3 GPs. In Ardèche, women can expect to live 85.9 years and men 79.7 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France.
−43%deaths against expected, after care homesA+Health Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw117
Adjusted57
Median town88
Expected100
3
GPs in Largentière · 3.3 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
7.2 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Ch Ardeche Meridionale Aubenas
7.2 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Ch Ardeche Meridionale Aubenas
85.9 · 79.7
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Ardèche, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Largentière skews older, with 33% of residents 65 or over, more than in Ardèche’s towns and across compared French towns
Children under 15 make up 12%, lower than both Ardèche’s towns (16%) and compared French towns (17%). People aged 15 to 24 make up 9.6% of the town. Graduates make up a quarter of adults.
54.5median age
LargentièreArdèche medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
33%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma21%
CAP or BEP31%
Baccalauréat16%
Higher education25%
Women and men · all residents
54% women, 46% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 86 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Ardèche 52.7%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
INSEE, census 2023 · Ardèche median and France median: the median of compared communes
HousingCost of living A−
Renting in Largentière costs less than in Ardèche’s towns and across compared French towns, at an estimated advertised €9.22/m² a month
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Behind the median of €1,434/m²: 50 houses and apartments sold in Largentière between July 2023 and June 2026. From July 2023 to June 2026, 50 homes were sold here. The sales split: 70% houses, the rest apartments.
€1,434/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Largentière€1,434/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Ardèche median€1,907/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€1,493/m²
35
€9.22/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€6.78 to €12.54/m² a month)
4.3
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€8.55/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€23,390
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté de communes Val de Ligne
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Safety
Largentière records more crime per resident than 79% of compared French towns
The yearly rates for 2023–2025: 10.2 violent offenses and 19 graded property crimes per 1,000 residents. Largentière’s tally for 2025: 39 recorded offenses. Jobs outnumber working residents in Largentière (700 to 450): it draws people in from around. More of the graded crimes locally were criminal damage than anything else (2025).
10.2recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a yearC−Safety Grade
Recorded by type · 2025
Criminal damage21
Family violence12
Other physical violence6
Armed robbery0
Theft without violence10
Fraud10
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.
10.2
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
19
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
39
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
16.6%
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 sexual violence, burglary, vehicle theft and theft from vehicles go unpublished (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the département’s average stands in, 16.6% of the index here. As that share tops 10%, this Safety Grade carries more doubt than most. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses. Crimes are counted in the commune where they happen, then divided by its residents, so a town that draws people in from around can look higher.
Work & commuteJobs & income D
Largentière has higher unemployment than Ardèche’s towns or compared French towns: 19.3%
Half of residents lived on more than €20,950 a year per consumption unit, below Ardèche’s towns (€22,735) and compared French towns (€25,970) alike. On foot, by bike or by bus and train: that was how 10.3% of commuters travelled at the census.
10%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving80%
On foot6%
Public transport4%
Motorbike or scooter2%
Bicycle0%
700
jobs based in Largentière, 1.7 per working resident
19.3%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€20,950
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
8%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
B
Walkability: better than 61% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
History
Largentière is rich in protected monuments: 34 per 10,000 residents, more than in Ardèche’s towns and across compared French towns
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
36% of its homes were built before 1919, above both Ardèche’s towns (13%) and compared French towns (7.4%). A protected historic area (site patrimonial remarquable) has covered part of the town since 2021. Largentière has 5 historic monuments on the Culture ministry’s list: 2 classé, the highest protection, and 3 inscrit, the second level. Among the classé monuments locally is Église Notre-Dame-des-Pommiers.
Église Notre-Dame-des-Pommiers: Photo: Pramzan · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Maison Bastide (annexe de la mairie): Photo: https://www.flickr.com/photos/sylaf/ · CC BY 2.0 · Château (ancien): Photo: GIRAUD Patrick · CC BY-SA 1.0 · Le palais de justice et la prison: Photo: MOSSOT · CC BY-SA 4.0
Famous people from Largentière
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Largentière yet.
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Largentière
Are schools in Largentière good?
They grade B, better than 56% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Largentière expensive to live in?
Homes cost less than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €1,434/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Largentière grades A− for cost of living.
About Largentière
Commune in Ardèche, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Largentière is a commune of 1,450 people in the Communauté de communes Val de Ligne. 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
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.
