Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
767 people call this town in Ardèche, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes home.
Les Assions isn’t graded: grades begin at 1,000 residents. Just over a third of homes here are second homes. Over-65s are 32% of the population.
The 2 things Les Assions does most differently from other towns.
The Culture ministry lists no building in Les Assions as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Dolmen de la Lauze, in Banne, 3.4 mi away.
24% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Heritage, museums and other places to visit in and near Les Assions. Best known first.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Les Assions.
Children under 15 make up 14%, below both Ardèche’s towns (16%) and compared French towns (17%). Among adults, 34% have a degree. Line up the people of Les Assions by age and the one in the middle is 52.2.
53% women, 47% men
About 90 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.
| Les Assions | Ardèche median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 14% | 16% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 7.3% | 9.9% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 21% | 21% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 26% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 32% | 27% | 22% |
| No diploma | 14% | 24% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 27% | 26% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 19% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 34% | 25% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Ardèche median and France median: the median of compared communes
Half of residents lived on more than €25,570 a year per consumption unit, about level with compared French towns (€25,970) and above Ardèche’s towns (€22,735). For its 300 residents in work, Les Assions has 50 jobs: 0.2 each. The unemployment rate comes to 11.3%.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
The town’s pupils have a collège 2.1 mi away. The closest lycée for the general bac is 17 mi off.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Léonce VieljeuxNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 78 | 88%−2 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.
Behind the median of €2,289/m²: 31 houses and apartments sold in Les Assions between July 2023 and June 2026. Of the homes sold, 77% were houses.
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Nothing in Les Assions is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
Wikidata places 1 person here, but the articles don’t both confirm Les Assions as the birthplace, so nobody is listed.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Les Assions | 767 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Les Vans | 2,662 | 2.5 | C | C | C | B |
| Bessèges Gard | 2,606 | 9.8 | C+ | A | C+ | D |
| Saint-Ambroix Gard | 3,445 | 12 | D− | B | C− | D |
| Saint-Étienne-de-Fontbellon | 2,920 | 16 | A | C+ | A | B |
| La Grand-Combe Gard | 4,783 | 16 | C | A | C− | C− |
| Rousson Gard | 4,456 | 17 | D | C− | A+ | C+ |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Commune in Ardèche, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Les Assions is a commune of 767 people in the Communauté de communes Pays des Vans en Cévennes. 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.