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A town in Ardèche, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, home to 1,145 people.
Prices are modest for what you get: A year’s estimated rent on a 70 m² apartment is 31% of the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Where it falls short is walkability (D) — 21% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 4% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Work and incomes lag: 0.4 jobs per working resident; 10.3% unemployment. Just over a tenth of its homes are second homes.
Figures: prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting and employment, INSEE census 2023. Lussas 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 Lussas does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Lussas 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.
Lussas has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
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The Culture ministry lists 1 historic monument in Lussas: 1 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 0 inscrit (the second level).
The oldest protected part dates from Antiquity; the first monument here was protected in 2006.
24% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Heritage, museums and family days out in and near Lussas. Best known first.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Lussas.
Half of residents lived on more than €26,330 a year per consumption unit, higher than Ardèche’s towns (€22,735) and near compared French towns (€25,970). Walking, cycling and public transport carried 4.2% of commuters at the census. Unemployment runs at 10.3%.
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.
Houses were 95% of what sold. Lussas recorded 21 home sales from July 2023 to June 2026.
Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Protection here reaches back to Antiquity. Among the classé monuments in Lussas is Oppidum de Jastres-Nord.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Those 65 and older account for just over a fifth of residents. Young adults of 15 to 24 are nearly one in ten residents, lower than both Ardèche’s towns (9.9%) and compared French towns (11%). Lussas has a median age of 46.7 years.
52% women, 48% men
About 94 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Ardèche 52.7%, France 51.8%.
| Lussas | Ardèche median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 16% | 16% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 8.6% | 9.9% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 24% | 21% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 30% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 21% | 27% | 22% |
| No diploma | 11% | 24% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 26% | 26% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 22% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 37% | 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.
For a family doctor, residents of Lussas have one GP on hand. In Ardèche, life expectancy at birth reaches 85.9 years for women and 79.7 for men (2025), next to 85.9 and 80.3 for France. From 2016 to 2025, 78 residents of Lussas died, against 88 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 12% fewer.
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 · The care-home figures behind this are our own model (TownRatings), not official statistics. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from D to A−.
Lussas has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
Oppidum de Jastres-Nord: Photo: Michael.joffre · CC BY-SA 3.0
Wikidata places 1 person here, but the articles don’t both confirm Lussas 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lussas | 1,145 | — | — | A | — | B− |
| Aubenas | 12,416 | 4 | B+ | B | D | A− |
| Villeneuve-de-Berg | 3,031 | 4.1 | C | B+ | B+ | C− |
| Saint-Étienne-de-Fontbellon | 2,920 | 4.6 | A | C+ | A | B |
| Vals-les-Bains | 3,474 | 6.4 | A− | B | B+ | B+ |
| Privas | 8,538 | 10 | B− | A− | C | C |
| Le Teil | 8,726 | 11 | C− | B+ | C− | C |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Lussas has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 3.2 recorded violent incidents and 5.1 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Commune in Ardèche, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Lussas is a commune of 1,145 people in the Communauté de communes Berg et Coiron. 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) · 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.